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God Of Slaughter
Sha Shen; 杀神
Synopsis:
Growing up parentless, Shi Yan was left with large amount of inheritance
money, and a general disinterest in life. The only times he felt alive was
when his adrenaline coursed through his veins. He quickly found that
exercise extreme sports, bungyjumping, cave diving & skydiving, gave
him the biggest kicks. The bigger adrenalin kick, the close he was to
death, the more alive he felt. Waking up in a pile of dead bodies in an
unknown land, after a diving adventure had ended disastrously, he
quickly realizes the body he now possessed was not his own. Follow Shi
Yan as he explores this new world where danger lurks around every
corner, and death is only a breath away. A world Shi Yan could not feel
more alive in.
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Language: Chinese
Type: Chinese Novel
Genre: Martial Arts, Harem, Adventure, Action,
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Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................... i
Chapter 1 ............................................................................................. 2
Chapter 2 ........................................................................................... 10
Chapter 3 ........................................................................................... 18
Chapter 4 ........................................................................................... 27
Chapter 5 ........................................................................................... 34
Chapter 6 ........................................................................................... 41
Chapter 7 ........................................................................................... 48
Chapter 8 ........................................................................................... 55
Chapter 9 ........................................................................................... 63
Chapter 10 ......................................................................................... 70
Chapter 11 ......................................................................................... 78
Chapter 12 ......................................................................................... 85
Chapter 13 ......................................................................................... 94
Chapter 1
Reborn In Another World
Shi Yan woke up with a start. His head was throbing in pain.
Once he recovered a bit, he looked around and found himself in a dim
stone cave, which was as big as a basketball court. Piles of bones were
scattered all over the place, and a dozen corpses, in strange clothes, lay
beside him. The clothes looked new and bright. These people had died
recently.
"Where am I? Is this still the Bahamas?"
Shi Yan, 27 years old, was a fanatic of extreme sports. His mother died
early, while his father died of cancer in the prime of his life, and left him
with such a large amount of wealth that he could never use it up in a
lifetime.
He owned many things at an early age, which other people would pursue
for their entire life.
Although young and rich, he had no goals for his future, which kept him
unhappy for a long time.
It wasn't until he was 17 that he had the first taste of extreme sports,
which brought him unspeakable excitement. Given his large amount of
wealth, he could exercise those sports as much as he liked, which
ordinary people were not able to afford.
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Those classic extreme sports, such as free-climbing, crocodile bungee,
low-altitude parachuting, volcanic skateboarding, cliff diving, and limbo
skating, brought Shi Yan the greatest pleasure. He enjoyed the thrill of
death that invigorated him and made his blood boil.
In ten years, he had tried all sorts of dangerous extreme sports, which
built up Shi Yan's extraordinarily strong body. Hundreds of near-death
experiences made his nerves as hard as steel. He once joked that he
was the man who got closest to the Grim Reaper.
The blue-hole exploration in the Bahamas was the most dangerous
extreme sport he ever took part in. Some of these blue-holes were
hundreds of meters deep, while some were complex like mazes. What's
more, every little move could stir the sand up on the bottom of the cave.
No matter how bright your light was, you wouldn't be able to see
anything in front of you.
Even if you were an experienced diver, you had to wear a steel wire
before you jumped into a blue-hole. The steel wire was the lifeline of
explorers, the length of which decided the distance explorers could go.
Moving beyond that distance was tant amount to suicide, because
nobody could get out of that maze without a steel wire. According to the
statistics from the Bahamas Maritime Institute, there was an average of
20 cave diving related deaths in the blue-hole, most of whom died from
losing direction.
In this most dangerous extreme adventure, Shi Yan threw away his
lifeline--the steel wire, entering a suicidal adventure, and finally lost
himself in the mysterious blue-hole.
And in the blue-hole, getting lost would mean certain death.
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Shi Yan lied collapsed on the ice-cold rock ground, looking at his
surroundings with the aid of a dim light from the palisades. In his mind
appeared some memory fragments that didn't belong to him .
That was the memory of another Shi Yan...
That boy was 17 years old, and had the same name as himself. Attracted
to antiques, that boy was obsessed with all kinds of historical remains;
and because of an ancient map, he strived for half a year and eventually
got here with his guards.
Feeling weak all over, Shi Yan frowned and slowly lifted himself up.
Just then, to his surprise, Shi Yan noticed that this body was not his own,
but of the other Shi Yan who was only 17 years old.
He was dumbstruck for a moment.
"Did I die in the blue-hole? No! I am still alive--but in an unbelievable
way!"
According to the other Shi Yan's memory, this was a place called Grace
Mainland, where there was no science or technolog. No soldiers or wars.
Many dwellers here showed mysterious abilities not long after they were
born. Some had the power of lightning, some could control plants, some
could tunnel at will into the earth, some could use the chill of frost, and
some were capable of communicating with demon beasts ....
These people with various abilities would all become warriors, and their
abilities were referred to as "Martial Spirits".
Martial Spirits were something one was born with, and only very few
could acquire a spirit through some stroke of luck. That is why this
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mainland was named Grace Mainland, as the warriors believed that
Martial Spirits were a gift from God.
Not all of the fighters could have a martial spirit, and actually, the
majority of warriors weren't blessed with a martial spirit. Ordinary
people trained hard to be warriors, but there was no way to obtain a
martial spirit through training. Martial spirits were so powerful that they
could benefit a warrior's training, increase combat potential significantly
and grant them their own special abilities...
As a result, among the warriors of same level, those who owned a
martial spirit tended to be stronger, and achieved greater results. They
did half the work with double the results.
There was a higher probability where one inherited the martial spirit.
In general, if one of the parents possessed a spirit, there was a great
possibility that their kid would inherit the same spirit; If both of the
parents had a spirit, their child would have an even greater chance to
inherit one of the spirits, either from the father or from the mother.
There was only a 1/100 chance that a couple, both with a spirit, would
give birth to an ordinary child.
Even rarer was the situation where the kid inherited both spirits from his
parents. This inherent type of Martial Spirit was called "Twin Spirits", and
these type of lucky individuals which possessed them were also known
as "The Son of God"! It only happened to one in ten thousand couples
who possessed different Spirits.
Shi Yan stood there and continued to put the foreign memories into
order.
The original owner (Shi Yan, age 17) of the body came from the Shi
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Family. They possessed the "Spirit of Petrifaction", which could make the
body as hard as a rock in battles, preventing damage to the body. As
said fighter raised his cultivation, the "Spirit of Petrifaction" would
become much stronger, to the point where they were almost
indestructible.
Unfortunately, this guy didn't inherit the "Spirit of Petrifaction", and thus
was considered a poor successor for the martial arts the Shi Family
trained in. He also showed no interest in martial arts, and never learned
anything about it either. All he had been devoted to was the exploration
of historical remains.
Thanks to that ancient map, he had crawled through heavy bushes, and
suffered a lot to arrive at this ancient cave.
"Wu wu wu.... hu hu hu.... "
Suddenly a devil-like cry came from the deep of the cave. Astonished,
Shi Yan looked around to find a blood pool in the direction the voice
came from.
The blood pool, about 10 square meters in size, was located in the
middle of the cave, filled with a red fluid. Just like blood. It was bubbling
on the surface, and was giving out horrifying shrieks and howls when the
bubbles broke.
He then realized that his escorts were driven insane by the howls, and
they had started to kill each other. They all died in succession, while that
17-year-old Shi Yan fainted.
It was all because of the blood pool!
Shi Yan stared at the blood pool with a rigid face. The howls, slowly and
slowly, evoked the desire to kill in him, and made him want to kill all the
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people around him!
His head was still aching, and the howls from the blood pool never
stopped tormenting him, which made it hard for him to concentrate.
"....Must be the blood pool!"
With his countless near-death experiences and his steeled mind, Shi Yan
managed to calm down. Though his head still ached a lot, he was able to
stay focused, and walked towards the blood pool, step by step.
"Crack, crack, crack!"
Shi Yan looked dignified, while gray dry bones shattered under his feet.
Judging by the pile of bones in the cave, he guessed how many people
had died in this place previously. The pool was the source of this evil. If
he wanted to examine the secrets of the blood pool, he had to be
prepared for death.
The howls were getting louder and louder as he got closer to the blood
pool, which drilled into his head like sharp knifes. The sound of slaughter
contained in the howls almost destroyed all his reasoning. He wouldn't
have been able to bear this pain if it weren't for the extreme conditions
he faced for so many years that slowly formed his spirit.
A heap of bones wasbeside the blood pool; some milky white bones also
floated in the center of the pool. This small blood pool was like the Shura
blood sea, which had devoured an uncountable number of lives.
Shi Yan had a feeling that his soul was summoned here because of this
bizarre blood pool. He thought maybe this blood pool, was his ticket
back to the blue-hole in the Bahamas.
When he got closer to the blood pool, suddenly, Shi Yan found
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something strange. The blood in the middle of the blood pool was scarlet
and thick, but he couldn't smell the slightest amount of blood.
On the contrary, the air around him was very fresh, even filled with an
unexplainable fragrance. After careful inspection, he determined that
the exotic fragrance actually came from the blood pool!
Shi Yan was full of curiosity, and thought that there must be something
weird in the blood pool.
Again, he took a few steps forward. All of a sudden, an illusion of an
endless sea, filled with scarlet red blood entered his mind, where
countless remains of corpses accumulated into islands; some of the
bones were like those of the cretaceous period dinosaurs, as large as a
small hill. There was a sound repeatedly coming out from the blood sea,
screaming "Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Shi Yan tried to calm down, but he couldn't. His heart started to beat
faster and faster. Suffocating and terrifying pressure overwhelmed him.
He felt the familiar smell of death and felt bthat he had never been this
close to death before.
He knew that the next step likely meant death!
However those dreary adventures over the years hadn't terrified him,
but instead had gave him the utmost pleasure! Being face to face with
death and surviving all peril was the true definition of extreme sports!
Step by step, one after the other!
Under the call of the blood pool, Shi Yan finally went to the edge. He
stared at the small blood pool; the insane side of his character had been
triggered. He roared, "Let's see what you have to offer, small blood
pool!"
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Then he jumped into the pool.
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Chapter 2
The body remodeled
As Shi Yan entered the blood pool, the blood was already up to his waist.
Suddenly the blood in the pool started to move around as if it was alive,
creeping up and down his body like vines. Seconds later, his whole body
was covered with blood and tightly bound.
The crimson blood in the pool was like vicious snakes, untiringly
wrapping around him until it formed a bloody cocoon.
A wave of intense pain spread throughout his body, Shi Yan felt as if his
brain was sliced into pieces. It felt even worse than death, as if tens of
millions tiny worms were drilling into his body and squirming around in
his arms, legs, bones and viscera, eating away his blood and flesh.
Shi Yan couldn't see anything. He wanted to scream, but couldn't make
a sound, neither his body could make a move.
A strange liquid started flowing slowly along his ribs like a small stream,
and tore his veins open wherever it passed. Then the liquid accelerated
rapidly and divided into numerous strands and madly surged into the
seven hundred and twenty meridians within his body.
The Pain he felt in his head grew stronger, Shi Yan felt some weird
changes were happening within his Meridians[1].He felt that the seven
hundred and twenty meridians enlarged significantly, and as they
interchanged between scorching hot and biting cold he felt extremely
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uncomfortable.
Soon after the meridians turned into a little cyclones and were swirling
madly.
A small amount of the liquid infused itself into every cyclone and was
absorbed swiftly into it.. After absorbing the liquid, the cyclones became
enlarged even more and accelerated the process even faster.
The intensity of the pain was almost unbearable. He felt that his body
was like a huge vessel, filled with the strange liquid, it was transformed
in ways he couldn't possibly comprehend.
*the liquid is transforming the meridians in my body...*
While this thought flashed through his mind, he fainted.
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After a long time, Shi Yan awoke again.
The searing pain had disappeared and was replaced by numb pain in his
meridians. The liquid returned to its origin and blood pool was tranquil..
Unexpectedly, he felt a warm sensation flowing through body. After this
sensation made a complete cycle he felt extraordinary comfortable and
that his body has increased in strength.
"Profound Qi!"[2]
It dawned on him that it originated from the blood pool! That is the
precious Qi which could only be obtained by warriors!
With the memory of the other Shi Yan, he came to know that Profound qi
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was the source of power for warriors. It was the foundation for warriors
to support and release powerful martial arts.
Warriors were strictly ranked into ten grades,according to the strengh of
their Profound Qi. They were Elementary, Nascent, Human, Disaster,
Earth, Nirvana, Sky, Spirit, True God and King God[3], each grade
containing three divisions.
Warriors were stronger than commoners. Profound Qi determines the
status one would have. One could be called a warrior as long as he
owned the slightest amount of profound qi.
The vast majority couldn't obtain any profound qi throughout their whole
life. Once someone obtained some,they could strengthen it simply by
training. Therefore, as long as a warrior had it, they would always have a
place to return to.
As the weak profound qi gently in his body, Shi Yan came to his senses.
Even if he couldn't go back to his world, he would survive here. Just then
he noticed that the blood cocoon still wrapped him tightly.
Shi Yan spared no effort to struggle.
"HEYA !"
The blood cocoon cracked, and Shi Yan jumped out. Looking around, he
found himself in that odd cave with the bones omnipresent.
However, the blood pool had all dried up! Only a few pieces of broken
bones were in it!
A huge glittering blood cocoon, as thin as a wafer, towered in the centre
of the empty pool. After Shi Yan glanced it, a small flame ignited at the
bottom of the cocoon. Then the flame grew wildly and started to burn
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the bones. In a few minutes, the blood cocoon and the bones were all
burnt to nothingness. A red light sparkled in the dry pool. It was a
sparkling delicate ring quietly lying there .
Shi Yan stared at the strange ring for a while and assumed this ring must
have some connection with the blood pool. After seconds' of hesitance,
he stepped in again, picked the ring and wore it on the ring finger of his
left hand.
The ring conveyed a warmth that made Shi Yan feel strongly connected
to it, as if the ring had become a part of his body. All at once, the weak
profound energy in his body lost control and rushed towards the
direction of the crimson ring, yet it was blocked by the skin on his finger
and failed to enter the ring.
Shi Yan was shocked and tried to take off the ring immediately, but only
to find that the ring had been firmly placed onto his ring finger like an
unmovable boulder. No matter how hard he tried, the ring wouldn't
move an inch.
Now that the profound energy couldn't break the skin, it went back to
normal again after a while. The warmth and red gleam on the ring faded
away as well.
The ring kept silent after that, thus Shi Yan started to analyze the
situation.
*The blood in the pool must have pured inside my body*
The blood pool was ten square meters in size. Though not big, the blood
it contained would weigh at least a few tons. There was no way even for
an elephant hold that much liquid inside its body!
Shi Yan turned pale. He subconsciously looked around and wanted to
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see how his body had changed. Had it swelled up?
He was incredibly anxious!
To his surprise, his body was only skin and bones! The clothes on him
looked ridiculously large now.It was better to call him a withered
mummy.
Shi Yan turned even paler. He had never expected that this blood pool
not only failed to send him back to the normal world, but made such
unconceivable changes on him.
"Guru~ Guru~!!"
His stomach began rumbling and he suddenly felt an enormous appetite,
so overwhelming that he could almost devour an elephant.
But there was nothing to eat in the cave. He glanced at the dry blood
pool and was sad to find that he could no longer return to his world.
Shi Yan decided to find a weapon, when he remembered those escorts
had fought against each other with all kinds of weapons. But after he
examined around the stone cave, he found that all of the weapons have
rusted or destroyed, none of which could be used anymore.
Crestfallen, Shi Yan could only leave empty-handed from the stone cave.
There was a heatwave in the moist air, with a sound of rippling water
running from the distance. Ancient trees rose from the ground and
prevented sunshine like a giant umbrella. Only a few spots of sunlight
could be seen on the wetland.
The Dark Forest! Shi Yan recalled this place with the help of the memory
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of his new body once he got out of that cave.
The Dark Forest covered a large area, where the trees were too thick to
let the sunlight in. Thus the forest was damp and dark even in the
daytime. That's the reason it was called The Dark Forest.
The Dark forest was surrounded by The Merchant Union, The Fire Empire
and The God-blessed Empire[4]. The Merchant Union was to the north of
the forest, Divine God Empire in the south, and The Fire Empire in the
west. Merchants from the three countries had to pass through the Dark
Forest to trade.
Demon beasts always made their appearance in The Dark Forest, some
of which even reached 6th or 7th grade. As the trade caravans, soldiers,
and warriors crossed The Dark Forest now and then, they knew that
demon beasts of high level only appear in a special area, and those of
low level were usually vagrants.
In general, trade caravans wouldn't come across high level demon
beasts as long as they traveled through their usual routes. But soldiers
and warriors often adventured into the beast-infested areas specially for
the fights.
Great risk yields great benefits. Once a soldier killed a demon beast of
6th or 7th level, he could immediately get high-valued crystal coins.
Each demon beast above level 6 had a monster core inside its body. The
monster crystal was of great use to warriors, alchemists, and
blacksmiths.
Apart from the monster crystal, its fur, fangs, bones, flesh, and its poison
are all very valuable. The body of a high-grade demon beast was full of
treasures.
And that was all that attracted bold soldiers and warriors to adventure
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into The Dark Forest. But only a few people could achieve their goals
and get some benefits, while the majority of them underestimated the
wisdom and strength of a demon beast, thus paid their lives for it.
Shi Yan observed his surroundings for a while, and he heard the sound of
water off in the distance, which was combined with some women's talk.
As Shi Yan was hesitating, he noticed a slight rustling sound from the
bushes not far away, as if someone was fiddling with the leaves.
Shi Yan subconsciously looked towards that direction.
Through the thick bushes he saw a slim and graceful female body. The
woman took off her white belt, squatted down and showed a peachshaped
white bottom to him. Her snow-white hand was waving off
annoying mosquitoes, as she was about to joyfully urinate...
The woman apparently didn't notice the eyes behind her, and she began
to sing happily..
At first Shi Yan was stunned. But soon he was enchanted by that
charming white butt and couldn't move his eyes.
"Pa!"
The woman suddenly clapped on her smooth and white left hip to kill a
mosquito. The move of her butt captivated Shi Yan a lot.
Soon the woman finished urinating, wore her belt, and muttered to
herself "damn mosquito..."
Unexpectedly, the woman turned around fast. Her hands sent out a
green arc of lightning, which targeted all the mosquitoes and killed them
on the spot.
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As she turned, Shi Yan finally saw her delicate appearance. She looked
around 20 years old and 5.5 feet in height. Her face was glowing like the
bright moon, and she had a slim waist, full chest, and nice posture. She
was wearing an exquisite lavender robe and a silver soft armor, which
couldn't cover her fascinating figure as an legendary wild vixen.
Shi Yan focused on her hot body and thought to himself that she was
more beautiful than the most popular superstars in his world.
Shi Yan couldn't stop his eyes from wandering, when the woman
suddenly looked directly into his eyes across the huge banana leaves.
The beauty's eyes flashed like lightning!
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Chapter 3
First encounter
"Did you see me naked?" The beauty was apparently annoyed, but still
dangerously charming.
"Yes, I never miss anything in front of my eyes." Shi Yan nodded, not
even bothering to deny it.
"Did you enjoy it?"
"Skin like porcelain, breasts like flowers. I'd say it was a feast for the
eyes. " Shi Yan was strangely honest.
"You want to see some more?" Mo Yanyu was almost furious. She had
never met a man with such shamelessness.
"Well, if you wouldn't mind taking your pants off, and don't mind me
staring at you, then yes, I would love to take a closer look." Shi Yan
smiled.
Apparently, Shi Yan didn't want to pretend to be somebody he was not.
Before he came to this world, every time he finished some extreme
sport, he would have to find a woman for pleasure. Extreme sports was
his biggest enthusiasm. While women, were the most important spice in
his life.
Mo Yanyu almost jumped on her feet.
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Who the hell is this guy?! What a bastard! Looks like a ghost, and came
out of nowhere. Every word he said is so shameless, and he even seems
to be proud of himself. If there is a competition for shameless bastards,
he would be holding the crown.
Mo Yanyu had to take a deep breath before she began to talk again, with
her beautiful breasts moving up and down, as well as the surge of rage
in her chests. Out of surprise, she laughed, "Nice! Good! Very Good! "
Hearing her saying this, Shi Yan was even happier, and put on a horny
smile on his face. "Wow, it seems you don't mind at all. Well, please go
ahead. I am really looking forward to it. I didn't pay much attention the
last time, but this time, I won't miss anything."
Mo Yanyu was completely shocked by Shi Yan's response. After she
figured out his words of teasing, she couldn't control her torrent of rage
any more. "Wouldn't miss anything, my ass!"
Cursing, Mo Yanyu crossed her arms, hands surrounded by shiny green
light. She suddenly spread her arms, shooting a green beam as sharp as
lightening towards Shi Yan.
"Verdant Crescent Slash! [1]"
Within seconds, with a green light flashed by, all the things between the
two were cut into pieces. With unstoppable force, the green lightning
struck right at Shi Yan's chest.
"Boom!"
Shi Yan was lifted off the ground, and then tossed back down. His
skeleton-like body couldn't balance himself, and fell hard into a thicket.
His chest was badly lacerated to the point bones were visible. Such
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searing pain like that, he felt like almost dying.
After the "Verdant Crescent Slash", the path between the two people
was clear, everything in between had been burned to dust.
Mo Yanyu made her move towards Shi Yan, with her face cold as frost.
Shi Yan finally came back to his senses. The intense pain in his chest
made him realize that the girl in front of him wasn't easy to deal with.
In the world where he came from, even if he did the same thing, the
worst scenario that could ever have happened was a girl calling him
"Asshole!" or filing a lawsuit against him, but nothing like this.
He was still new to this place, not quite used to the cruel way of life
here.
Especially in the Dark Forest, because this forest was not subject to any
country's jurisdiction, a also due to the great variety of demon beasts as
well as precious and exotic herbs that had been hiding here, warriors
took the forest as their training grounds, while mercenaries and
merchants saw this place as a natural treasure trove.
There were no limits, no rules in this forest. Due to the demon beasts
and precious herbs here, robbery and murder were never strangers to
this place. Betrayal and rebellion were also old friends with this forest.
What an insane place!
The law of the jungle ruled the dark forest. The strong devour the weak.
This was exactly why he got hit so hard. He let his guard down, never
expecting a girl like her would attempt to kill him just for such a trivial
reason.
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Shi Yan's mind was suddenly crystal clear.
The weak remaining profound energy inside of him gradually gathered
around his wounds in the chest, and began to heal him. With profound
energy moving around, the searing pain dimmed down.
Footsteps on the wet ground indicated Mo Yanyu was approaching. Shi
Yan jumped up nervously, calmed down his mind, and looked straight at
the girl walking slowly towards him.
"You intended to kill me?"
"Still breathing?" Mo Yanyu slightly frowned, and stopped about 25
meters in front of Shi Yan. She took a curious but careful glance at him,
and said
"There is profound energy inside of him. A novice warrior. It seems I
should have hit him harder..."
Shi Yan got serious this time, with no more teasing or joking. He focused
his attention on the girl because he knew that she'd strike again soon.
He could feel his more energy concentrated than ever. This was a matter
of life and death. He couldn't afford any mistake. Shi Yan quickly
adjusted himself, and returned to the coolheaded state he always
remained in during his extreme sports.
At the moment, he couldn't feel any pain in the chest, nothing but the
weak profound energy flowing through his body, rushing through his
veins, faster and faster. The next moment, a wild surge of energy
erupted from the deepest corner of his body. The feeling was mindblowing.
He felt like his brain had exploded. After that, the whole world
suddenly became silent.
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"Badump! Badump!"
Shi Yan could hear his own heartbeat so loud and so clearly. With racing
heartbeats, the cells throughout his whole body were activated. Every
inch of his body became so sensitive of everything taking place around
that he could even feel the slightest tremor on his skin when a little
breeze brushed against his body.
The strangest energy started to spread from every pore of his body,
pouring into his veins and bones, like electricity speeding throughout his
entire vascular system.
After an acute pain in Shi Yan's eyes, the world presenting in front of
him became so colorful and vivid. He was able to see the tiniest details
on every leaf. He looked up to the woman who was the combination of
extreme beauty and cruelty, feeling her profound energy flowing
underneath her skin in a beautiful rhythm in the veins.
The forest was still the same. But in his eyes, it was like a completely
new world out there.
Before Shi Yan could enjoy this wonderful feeling some more, he
suddenly sensed that the profound energy inside the woman's body was
flowing at double the rate as it was before.
Shi Yan could even feel his nerves trembling.
Subconsciously, he stepped his left foot on the ground with all the force
he had. With a strong pwer rushing out of his foot, Shi Yan quickly
moved away from where he was.
Another green blaze in the shape of a dagger almost left a mark on him.
The green lightning cut everything at his side with a horrifying force.
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This time the attack was much more precise and stronger than the strike
before.
Shi Yan couldn't help sweating, maybe due to nervousness, maybe due
to excitement.
This was the first time that Shi Yan had experienced the type of fight
that could kill within seconds. How cool was that! This was truly a fight
of life and death. He enjoyed this more than any kind of extreme sports.
In the old world where he came from, there were all kinds of extreme
sports available. However, the law, moral codes and rational thinking
were like a huge cage, keeping him prisoner. He couldn't do things
without boundaries, couldn't indulge himself in his passions, couldn't
touch the wires of law and moral codes.
But here, in this world where only the powerful ruled, nothing was
prohibited. Nothing was impossible!
Shi Yan suddenly felt excitement growing inside of him. He felt this
might be the right place for him. This might just be his paradise!
...
"Um..." Mo Yanyu couldn't hide her surprise. She didn't expect Shi Yan
to evade this attack. She was so sure that he would be torn into pieces
in this strike, and didn't prepare for Plan B.
Hearing her voice, Shi Yan who was still enjoying the survival just now
had to come back to his senses.
Without hesitation, Shi Yan jumped up like an agile monkey. He grabbed
a vine on a tree and swung himself forward. He then grabbed another
vine at the speed of a lightning, flew forward, and reached for the next
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vine. In a series of smooth movements, he managed to approach Mo
Yanyu within seconds. (PR:*insert this shout here:
https://goo.gl/1CLCCc*)
When he was bouldering, the vines on the mountain were indeed a
handy tool. For an extreme sports enthusiast like Shi Yan, swinging with
the support of vines was like natural instinct.
Like a wild monkey, Shi Yan was agile in moving through all the vines
and trees. He didn't follow a specific moving pattern, but managed to
approach Mo Yanyu.
Mo Yanyu had scorn on her face, and shot more and more green light
daggers into the sky, destroying every vine in the direction of Shi Yan.
However, every time Shi Yan was able to escape her attack by a hair's
breadth and grasped quickly onto another vine.
The truth was, Shi Yan could already sense the movement of energy in
Mo Yanyu's body. He could see everything crystal clear now. When he
saw a surge of profound energy underneath her skin, he would quickly
move in another direction in advance.
During his movements, Shi Yan started to feel that the blood in the pool
had changed him somehow. He was not that strong before, but now, not
only did the high-intense movements hadn't tear him apart, they also
made him even more sensitive and agile than ever before. His senses
became sharper. His body became more flexible and stronger.
"Shwish!"
With a loud noise, a sharp green lightning flew towards him, tearing
apart dozens of vines behind him. Apparently, Mo Yanyu almost
exhausted her profound energy after such strong attack.
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*This is my chance!*
Shi Yan suddenly jumped down from the trees, taking Mo Yanyu in his
arms like a greedy eagle. Before she could gather enough profound
energy and strike back, Shi Yan was already jumping onto her.
"Boom!" Mo Yanyu fell on the ground, with Shi Yan on top of her, tightly
bringing her body under his control.
Face to face, Shi Yan could feel her soft body more closely. Her plump
breasts felt so delicious and fragrant, he squeezed the buns up close
next to his burning chest.
Shi Yan felt a pleasure that was beyond any words, secretly appreciating
the woman's body. What a piece of art! Unlike the ordinary women from
his old world, who looked sexy and plump on the outside, but actually
were nothing without bras.
"Let go of me!" Mo Yanyu expressed her disgust but didn't really
struggle. She cursed: "Fucking let go of me! If you ever want to see the
sunlight again! "
"Bitch!" Shi Yan sneered, "You almost killed me. Why would I let you go
so easily?"
Mo Yanyu suddenly became nervous. Before she could do anything, she
felt the kiss of this bad-ass on her beautiful and sacred face. At the same
time, the bastards' hands didn't rest either. Shi Yan was touching her
ass, and began to rub it in an insatiable way.
Mo Yanyu flew into a rage, the Martial Spirit inside of her exploded with
terrifying power.
Shi Yan who was still enjoying this wonderful feast suddenly felt a
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horrible electric current flowing through her. He was instantly
electrocuted. As if he had been struck by a taser, Shi Yan couldn't feel
his own body any more. Nor could he gather any energy inside his body.
Mo Yanyu pushed Shi Yan away, her eyes looking cruel with an icy glint.
She glanced at Shi Yan who was lying on the ground for a while, and
cursed again:
"I won't let you bastard die easy!"
Mo Yanyu picked Shi Yan up like picking a feather, passing through the
forest towards the crowds with a cold face.
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Chapter 4
Guinea Pig
Tall trees formed a huge umbrella above a small river, beside which was
a dragon drinking water, carrying several bags.
Ten strong, tall warriors were dining and having dirty talks near the
dragon. Behind the dragon, a group of malnourished men were
crouching and having a coarse meal. They were all wearing chains, their
eyes dim.
In a sedan on the dragon, a poker-faced thin old man was sitting
motionlessly. He was wearing a black robe embroidered with five white
cauldrons on the chest. He kept staring at the warriors and chained
men. Every warrior was frightened and turned silent once the old man
looked upon him viciously.
"Are you done? Then move your ass and walk!" Mo Yanyu showed up
from the bush with a rigid face, lifting Shi Yan up in her hand.
Those warriors wrapped their unfinished meal and were embarrassed:
"Yeah done. We are done."
Mo Yanyu went up to the old man and showed a smile unwillingly:
"Master Karu, have you finished your meal?"
The old man nodded coldly and murmured: "Miss Mo, it would still take 3
months to go to The Merchant Union. But we have only 16 medicine
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slaves left here. I'm afraid we wouldn't make it..."
"Do not worry, Master. We will catch more medicine slaves for you." Mo
Yanyu threw Shi Yan onto the ground and laughed: "Look, a new slave!"
"Hmm." Karu nodded as he examined Shi Yan with his evil eyes. "Too
skinny! He wouldn't even survive a week!" He frowned.
"Yes I know. But, he has Profound Qi in him..."Mo Yanyu explained.
"He is a warrior?" Apparently Karu was interested, his eyes lit.
"Definitely!" Mo Yanyu confirmed.
"That would be good." Karu smirked. He continued to fix his eyes on Shi
Yan. After quite a while, he nodded slowly: "Very good. Miss Mo, feed
him. I want him to be strong first. A severely injured warrior cannot bear
what I am going to do. It would be a total waste if he died through the
course of my medicine when he is still too weak."
"Do not worry, Master." Mo Yanyu wore her rigid face and scolded:
"Johnson! What are you doing there! Shackle this man as soon as
possible!"
"Yes, ma'am!" This bald fat man appeared to be 6.6 feet tall. He took
out a new set of shackles from the bags on the dragon and swiftly
shackled Shi Yan's hands and feet brutally.
This giant wore a heavy armor. His robust muscles looked extremely
energetic. That heavy dark armor on him seemed as light like a feather
and didn't affect him whatsoever while he was moving.
"Johnson, take care of him! And always keep an eye on him!" Mo Yanyu
glanced Shi Yan with hatred, and rushed to the head of their caravan,
not bothering to waste one more second on him.
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"I can handle it, Miss! I'm the best at it!" The bald man chuckled
cunningly and reassured her punching his chest.
Shi Yan observed silently despite hurting all over his body.
He knew it be useless to say anything at the moment. In this dog-eatdog
world, morals was the last thing one should believe in. He would
only be a skeleton and receive no pity if he didn't adapt to this world
soon.
As the Profound Qi flowed slowly within him for a while, Shi Yuan felt less
pain. However, the newly added shackles were like a mountain on his
exposed feeble body, making every step much harder.
"Bang!"
Shi Yan suddenly got lashed by a whip, which was so fast and powerful
that his back was cracked open and ached badly. He turned around to
see the big man Johnson smirking with a whip in his hand.
"Damn medicine slave! Move faster! Or do you want one more lash,
huh?" He laughed with an evil smirk on his face.
Shi Yan gazed at him for seconds and didn't reply. He staggered towards
the medicine slave in front of him, before Johnson could lift his whip
again. Every step consumed a lot of energy.
After Shi Yan moved forward, Johnson's smirk disappeared and was
replaced by a weird expression..
Along the way, many stumbled slaves had been " taken care of" by big
Johnson, who is famed for his brutality. Two slaves were even beaten to
death by him before Karu could test his medicine on them. All medicine
slaves looked at him either with fear or deep hatred.
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But this man didn't show a slightest fear or hatred. There was only
incredible silence, cold and solemn.
This man seemed not to realize his status as a prisoner. Maybe he
hadn't seen the situation clearly.
The solemn eyes gave Johnson an illusion that he was prey.Which made
him uncomfortable. But since Shi Yan had obediently marching, Johnson
couldn't find a reason to make a fuss. He swore to himself that he would
force Shi Yan to be frightened of him.
Big Johnson enjoyed others' frightened eyes so much. He sensed an
interesting pleasure of being others' life controller.
In the following days, Shi Yan kept mute and obedient. He obeyed every
order that was given by Johnson without any resistance. No change of
temper. No interest in anything. Shi Yan was different from the other
medicine slaves.
Even Johnson, who was always waiting for a chance to give him a lesson,
couldn't find any excuse to trick him. Shi Yan was unbelievably
cooperative. Johnson was confused.
Shi Yan only talked when he asked for food, which was under Master
Karu's permission.
In no time, those warriors found that Shi Yan had a big appetite that he
enjoyed the inferior food so much. He ate what seven medicine slave ate
as a first meal. And day by day, he ate more and more.
The warriors couldn't believe their eyes. How could that weak skinny
body contain so much food! At the beginning they worried that he
couldn't digest it but it soon turned out to be unnecessary.
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It was clear that Shi Yan had not only digested the inferior food, but also
grown much stronger with them.
The changes in Shi Yan's body pleased Master Karu a lot. This cunning
old man allowed Shi Yan to eat as much as he wanted.
As Shi Yan grew stronger day by day, Johnson got worried gradually.
Every time he saw into Shi Yan's solemn eyes, Johnson got the
premonition that Shi Yan would be a calamity in the future. But still, he
couldn't go against Karu's order and had to supply Shi Yan with enough
food.
Nevertheless, Johnson knew who Master Karu was and what Master Karu
would do. Thus he was relieved and hoped Karu would take action soon.
After eating a serving for 12 , Shi Yan put down his hand, licked the last
grain of rice of the corner of his mouth, and closed his eyes, neglecting
the dumbstruck medicine slaves beside him.
That huge amount of food was soon digested in his body, which was like
a bottomless pit. And it was also like an accurate machine which
transformed the food into nutrition ,supplying his blood, bones, tendons,
muscles, his inner organs, and strengthened his weak body secretly.
The injury on his chest recovered long ago. It took only one and half day
and didn't leave a scar. He was a different man, he thought to himself.
Only Shi Yan knew precisely what had happened to his own body in such
short time. He could sense the transformations in himself every second!
When the nutrition from the food strengthened his body, the weak
Profound Qi inside him had also risen by a level during its circulation day
and night.
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Shi Yan could feel a great strength now and the heavy shackles didn't
weigh him down anymore!
As he concentrated, he could tell the Qi was flowing from his Dantian，up
to the Governor Vessel and down the Reception Vessel, and then
balanced the water and fire in the heart and kidney. After it finish a
Small Circulation, his Profound Qi grew stronger.
With a little knowledge of Qigong, Shi Yan knew the difference between
Small Circle and Big Circulation. Small Circulation only included the
Governor and the Reception Vessels, while Big Circulation contained
twelve Channels and other six vessels.
Since there were only two vessels --the Governor and the Reception
Vessels-- open among his twelve Channels and eight vessels, he could
merely do a Small Circulation. From the other Shi Yan's memory, he got
that only warriors of Elementary level could open all the channels and
vessels to conduct the Big Circulation.
Shi Yan carried on, for he believed as long as the Profound Qi residing in
him was strong enough, he could open his Channels and Vessels sooner
or later!
"One more death! Two slaves have died of the medicine tests in just 6
days!"
"I saw that! That guy had already grown weak before he died. Terrible!
Hideous!"
"It's better to commit suicide than die that way! We will die that way
too! No hope in sight!"
"No suicide, no! Our family wouldn't get one blue crystal coin if we
committed suicide! Alas! Endure it...We will be free if we survive half a
year, and get some money. We must take it until we meet our wives and
kids!"
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Hearing this, all the medicine slaves went silent. They decided not to
commit suicide and made up their mind to carry on.
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Chapter 5
Martial Spirit and the power of lightning
Shi Yan opened his eyes, staring at those Medicine Slaves at a distance.
Those slaves mostly came from poor families. In order to survive, they
had no choice but to sign the contract with Mo Yanyu, and sold
themselves as slaves. If they were lucky enough to survive the first 6
months, not only could they regain freedom, but also get paid 200
Purple Crystal Coins[1]. If they were not that lucky and died from
Medicine Trials, their family would receive this amount of money.
In the Grace Mainland, one Black Crystal Coin was equal to 100 Purple
Crystal Coins, which equaled 10 thousand Blue Crystal Coins. The annual
income of an average citizen was merely 5-6 Purple Crystal Coins. 200
Purple Crystal Coins were almost the savings for 40 years of work in
another job.
On the contracting day, their family would receive 50 Purple Crystal
Coins on the spot, and the rest would be paid within the next 6 months.
If an unfortunate thing happened, their family would be compensated
anyway. It might take some people's entire life to make these 200
Purple Crystal Coins. But for them, all it takes is 6 months of painful
suffering. It was all worth it. At least that was what they thought.
However, when they signed the contract, it had never occurred to them
that the Medicine Trials would be so cruel and tormenting. Every few
days, some of them would drop dead in the most horrible way. This
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made them so terrified that they began to make their own secret plans.
But a contract was a contract. Once they signed their name on it, there
was no way out. This meant, for the next 6 months, the Mo Family[2]
owned their lives. Any attempt to disobey the contract, or escape from
the Mo's, would be sentenced with the death penalty.
There is no such thing as a free lunch. It was already too late for them to
realize the danger of these Medicine Trials. They had no choice but to
accept all the pain as well as their miserable fate.
Shi Yan knew that none of those slaves would make it. Sooner or later,
they were going to die. Maybe tomorrow, or maybe later. He knew he
was too powerless to change all this. Therefore, he avoided contact with
these slaves, and thus avoiding any hurtful feelings inside him when
those slaves died.
Shi Yan frowned as he took a quick glimpse at Master Karu sitting in the
high Ground Dragon Sedan, trying his best not to be discovered.
There were 5 White Medicine bottles embroidered on Master Karu's
chest, which meant that he was a Category-Mortality Level-5 alchemist.
In the Grace Mainland, an alchemist was even more distinguished and
rare than a Warrior.
Every alchemist has to be a Warrior himself. The Medicine that they
refined could help enhance the Warrior's capability. The Special Pills
refined by a small number of extraordinary alchemists could even
enhance a Warrior's "Martial Spirit".
Different compared to the 10 levels among Warriors, the ranking of
alchemists were based on their expertise in the field of Medicine. There
were 5 categories of alchemists in the Grace Mainland: Mortality,
Mystery, Soul, Royalty, and Divinity[3]. Under each category, there were
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7 sub-ranks.
Every alchemist would carry a special token corresponding to his
ranking. Alchemists of the Mortality Category would be embroidered
with White Medicine Bottles on their chests. Mystery Category - Red
Flames; Soul Category - Medical Herbs; Royalty Category - Wonder Pills;
and Divinity Category - Medical cauldron. There were 5 White Medicine
Bottles on Master Karu's chest. So it was clear that he had the expertise
of a Category-Mortality Level-5 alchemist.
Since the medicine provided by alchemists could enhance the Profound
Qi inside Warriors, this small group of people held a prestigious status
among all Warriors. Due to the few numbers of alchemists, every gang
here were desperate to hire a good alchemist, which made the
alchemists even more special and exceptional.
As a Category-Mortality Level-5 alchemist, Master Karu was invited by
Mo Yanyu from the Medicine Valley of God-blessed Empire. Like the
Shi's, the Mo's were also one of the 5 distinguished families of the
Merchant Union. The Mo's were famous for their own Martial Spirits,
which was called the Lightning Power. A lot of people from the Mo's
Family were naturally born with the "Lightening Power", which would
improve with the growth of their own skills.
While Mo Yanyu, she was the youngest generation of warriors born with
this "Lightning Power" from the Mo's Family.
The Mo's were working in the Medicine business within the Merchant
Union. They never stopped searching and looking for great alchemists
for their own use, no matter where these alchemists were. However,
most alchemists had quirky personalities with weird demands. Above all,
they were the most haughty people on Earth with very high opinions of
themselves. Therefore, very few of them would like to accept the
influence of powerful families like the Mo's, and thus the Mo's had tasted
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more failure than success in recruiting these alchemists.
Although Master Karu was merely a Category-Mortality Level-5
alchemist, the Mo's had exhausted every means to convince him.
Nobody knew what Mo Yanyu had offered this time in order to persuade
Master Karu to leave the Medicine Valley and come to work for the Mo's.
However, Master Karu was not the type of people who was fond of the
orthodox. He was more interested in crooked ways of applying this
skillset to make poisons. However, the production of the finest poisons
required huge amount of Medicine Trials, and the subject must be
nothing but human, living and breathing. This was why these Medicine
Slaves existed.
"Let's move!" With Mo Yanyu's order from the distance, the resting
warriors all stood up and got ready for the march ahead. The Medicine
Slaves resting on the road side also quickly got up, for fear of the
punishments they would face if they didn't manage to keep up.
Shi Yan stood up, still and silent. He took a sniff at the woman with the
appearance of an Angel but the heart of a scorpion. He had no choice
but to follow the group before him with obedience.
In the Merchant Union, the relationship between the Mo's and the Shi's
was not that smooth. The fifth uncle of Mo Yanyu was killed by Shi Yang
3 years ago due to some dispute over mining rights at a mountain. After
that, the Mo's started a relentless vendetta on the Shi's, causing dozens
of the Shi's members to die from this. With this kind of hatred, rooted
between these 2 families, there were endless conflicts and fights going
on, whether noticed or not.
Shi Yan understood that death would be his definite fate if his true
identity was ever discovered.
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But thank God! The original body that he was resting in really kept a low
profile. He was not endowed with a "Martial Spirit", didn't take much
interest in the martial fights, and barely showed up in any martial
activities organized by the Merchant Union. Therefore, there was no way
that Mo Yanyu could ever recognize him. Otherwise, Shi Yan wouldn't
have been this lucky.
As the night fell, the moon was like a silver plate floating in the dark sky,
with the company of several sparkling stars around.
The Mo's troop was camping and resting by the river. The Ground
Dragon was resting quietly with only the sound of its heavy breathing
permeating the air. The Mo-warriors were engorging themselves in dried
meat, laughing aloud in a perverted way, exchanging gossip about some
notorious whores at the Merchant Union's brothel.
When Mo Yanyu was not looking, a few audacious warriors would gaze
on her sexy body in secret, lusting for her body. They knew that for
people of their level, Mo Yanyu was way out of their league. All they
could every do was fantasize.
Shi Yan sat down in silence. When he was ready to circulate the
Profound Qi inside his body, he noticed Mo Yanyu and Master Karu
coming towards him from the front of the troops.
"Shit!" Shi Yan felt that something bad was going to happen. His face
suddenly looked like hell.
"The Gut Cutting Medicine is way too strong for normal people. It has
already killed 6 slaves within the past 2 days. I guess only Warriors could
sustain its influence. That boy looks better than before, with much of his
Profound Qi recovered. He could be our new lab rat. " Master Karu said
with a viperous smile on his face and a bowl of some black sticky liquid
in his left hand.
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"Well, Master, please. Help yourself. He is all yours. Don't show any
mercy. I want him to die as miserably as possible." Mo Yanyu also
laughed.
"Haha, no problem. Miss Mo, your wish is my command. I promise you
that there is no way he could die easy. As you have seen in previous
trials of the Gut Cutting Medicine, all the slaves died with their flesh and
skin decaying of their bones, inch by inch, bit by bit. This boy looks
tough. The stronger the subject is, the longer and more painful this
decaying process would be. Just wait for the grand show and Enjoy!"
Master Karu burst into a wild laughter, as if Shi Yan were not standing
right in front of him.
"That is perfect!" Mo Yanyu smiled with consent. Her eyes were
obviously shining with excitement, hating Shi Yan to the guts.
It was only a matter of time when the two of them finally arrived at Shi
Yan. Master Karu didn't even bother to do the explanation. He handed
that bowl of black sticky liquid right to Shi Yan, and ordered with a cold
voice, "You, finish this!"
While Mo Yanyu took out her left hand, generating a snake of electric
power circling around her fingers - skin like porcelain, electric sparks like
lightning. That was the perfect combination of the "Lightning Power" and
"Profound Qi". The energy band was like a catalyst in the air with sounds
of little explosions all around.
"Woo-hoo!" Johnson sneered from behind, "Boy! If you ever dare to
resist, you know what's gonna happen to you, right?"
Master Karu couldn't contain his excitement. He clapped his hands, and
shouted, "Hey boy, the Gut Cutting Medicine is lots of fun. You are going
to decay from the inside, little by little..."
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For the whole time, Mo Yanyu was staring at Shi Yan with a cold face.
She assumed that he would say no. Her plan was, as soon as Shi Yan
showed any disobedience, she would kick his ass with the electric sparks
around her fingers, showing him who was the boss here.
For days, every time she looked back on the humiliation she got from
this man, she couldn't help with her rage inside. Even her fiancée
wouldn't dare to do that to her. Who the hell was this guy? How dare
he?! She would never forgive this guy.
"Sure. I will do it." Shi Yan said dismissively. He took over the bowl of
nasty medicine and drank up with no hesitation.
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Chapter 6
Immortal Martial Spirit
As the gut cutting medicine went all the way into his stomach, Shi Yan
could feel a dull pain spreading inside. Then his gut and stomach was
being corroded little by little as if he drank sulphuric acid, and the
soreness inside his body gradually grew stronger.
"The gut cutting poison is potent. It doesn't show its effect at once, but
gives out its power gradually. A normal person will be corroded by it in
two days, at most three days. And he will die with a decayed body."
Karu narrowed his eyes and added, "No hurry, let's wait for a day and
see."
"Good. We will check on him at this time, tomorrow night." Mo Yanyu
nodded. She glanced at Shi Yan with satisfaction, and left with Karu
happily.
"Hehe. Fellow, your good days come to an end!" Johnson laughed loudly,
showing his teeth. He suddenly felt quite relaxed when he thought that
Shi Yan would die decaying in no time, and a heavy burden dropped
from his heart.
Shi Yan lowered his head with icy eyes.
The gut cutting medicine began to take effect in his stomach and gut,
which Shi Yan could sense clearly. It felt like tens of millions of ants were
nibbling at his stomach and gut in order to compete for territory.
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The Profound Qi in the lower part of his belly flew fast into the gut and
stomach. It was like a gentle stream quietly washing away the drug
under Shi Yan's control. Wherever the Profound Qi went, it made the
drug milder, thus Shi Yan became a little relieved.
As the wet mild wind waved softly, Shi Yan took a greedy deep breath.
He sat down where he was standing, not paying attention to Johnson
beside him, and concentrated his mind to guide the Profound Qi to fight
against the drug.
The Profound Qi, which had been growing much stronger recently,
became Shi Yan's life-saver. It kept moving in his stomach and guts.
Every time it made a circle, the efficacy of the drug was softened a little,
and his body was not corroded any faster.
At that moment, Shi Yan realized what benefits The Profound Qi could
bring, and was determined to train hard to be a top warrior with the
Profound Qi.
Mere Profound Qi could bring such great benefits, then how much more
powerful would the god-blessed "Martial Spirit" be, Shi Yan wondered. If
I could possess " Martial Spirit", I could definitely be much stronger and
would bear less pain.
For a moment, Shi Yan regretted that the owner of his body didn't inherit
the "Martial Spirit of Petrification" from Shi Family, or he could have
plucked up his courage and fought against Mo Yanyu. And maybe he
could have won against Mo's "Lightning Power" with "Petrification" and
escape without being made a guinea pig.
Time passed by and soon it was late at night, the moonlight bathing the
land in its silver light. The warriors turned quiet since it was a
exhausting day of marching. They found a comfortable place and sat
down respectively, then started to train their Profound Qi in order to
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break through the limits of their body, entering higher levels and gaining
stronger power.
The medicine slaves looked up at the dark sky one by one. In the silent
night, they tended to get homesick and scared. They would be filled by
hopelessness and coldness whenever they thought that they could be a
dead body the next day after the medicine trial.
Under the pale moonlight, Shi Yan sat cross-legged on the ground, a
dignified expression climbing onto his serene face.
After 5 hours of circulation, the Profound Qi had prevented the gut
cutting medicine from rapidly diffusing. Nonetheless, unknowingly, he
found the Profound Qi had been consumed by one third, and still
continuously being depleted.
But the gut cutting poison didn't seem to fade, on the contrary, it was
still quite potent.
The gut cutting medicine was waiting for the Profound Qi to run up and it
could fight back.
Shi Yan suddenly felt a severe coldness all over his body.
Once the Profound Qi was dried up, he would have nothing to live on.
Then, like most commoners, his body would starting decaying from
inside out, and he couldn't do anything about it!
He could definitely do nothing!
But in his situation, he couldn't focus more Profound Qi by training. Once
he took away the Profound Qi in his stomach and gut, the gut cutting
medicine would gain strength and made him die faster.
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Thus he could do nothing but wait for it to happen, even if it meant
death.
Two more hours passed by.
The effecacy of gut cutting drug didn't get weaker, but increased
continuously. And the Profound Qi was depleted faster and faster which
he could tell clearly!
He felt that he was getting closer to deaths door...
Once the Profound Qi ran out, his insides would corrode, but he wouldn't
die that soon. The corrosion would spread everywhere, and in at most 5
or 6 days, he would die decayed, just like every other medicine slave.
Shi Yan looked rigid, and with icy eyes, he stared at Mo Yanyu who was
sitting on an old tree far away .
Under the bright moonlight, Mo sat upright on an thick tree with a
serene face. Her skin was like frost, while her long hair swaying with the
wind. A spirit in the dark night! She didn't notice Shi Yan's cunning eyes
as she was training whole-hearted and nourishing the vessel which
contained Lightning Power with Profound Qi.
Karu was at the end of the troops. He stood against another ancient tree
and was carefully reading a book about poison in his right hand, left
hand in the cuff.
Now and then, Karu looked at the direction of Shi Yan, with a slippery
smirk on the corner of his mouth.
I can't let it go like this, Shi Yan thought with knitted brows. He operated
the Profound Qi and at the same time pondered on the ways to solve it.
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If it went like this, the Profound Qi would dry out before dawn, and he
would die without any doubt! He couldn't change anything even if he ran
away, for the drug was in his body. The only solution, Karu!
Karu invented the gut cutting medicine, thus he must have the cure for
it. He could change his destiny of a decaying death only by getting that
cure from Karu. Yet, Karu was not only an alchemist, but also a warrior
of the Nascent realm. It was suicide if he tried to grab the cure from him.
Shi Yan observed for a while. He found that though Karu was reading, he
was also looking in this direction now and then. Apparently, Karu was
not without any precaution. He might even have figured out what Shi
Yan would do and was waiting for him to take action.
Several ideas flashed his mind. Shi Yan knew that there was almost no
possibility that he could succeed. Yet he had to turn to Karu and take
action soon. Because there would become impossible to survive if the
Profound Qi ran out.
Shi Yan adjusted his breath secretly and despite the poison in the
stomach, he drew the Profound Qi back and prepared to have a battle.
As expected, the gut cutting drug became stronger and diffused faster
after the Profound Qi was drawn back. He was attacked by a wave of
agony in his body.
Just as Shi Yan was about to attack, the corroded part of his gut had a
sudden change!
The cells there came back to life shortly, whose weak power twined the
corroded part as an invisible hand which was sewing his gut and
stomach. And the parts began to combine...
Shi Yan was stunned.
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Though fully prepared, he didn't rush out irrationally. He calmed down
quickly and concentrated to observe the inner changes of his body.
The cells were full of life, while the rotten flesh twitched slightly and
combined gradually. Just after half an hour, the rotten parts recovered
and the pain disappeared.
A current flashed through Shi's body and he was ecstatic in his heart.
But his face still looked calm as a lake, as if he was deep asleep.
Every ability that could operate without Profound Qi must be a special
Martial Spirit!
The description of "Martial spirit" dawned Shi Yan at that time.
Pondering on it for a while, Shi Yan was assured that it's just the special
"Martial Spirit" that brought the changes to his body.
Self-recovery of the body is a special ability, which seemed to not have
been discovered by people!
Again, the gut cutting poison took effect again. Without Profound Qi ,as
his defence, Shi Yan's insides started to rot again.
But magically, it changed again! With cells full of life, the rotten part got
recovered in a short period of time!
The efficacy of the drug broke out continuously, and corroded his insides
many times. But every time, the Martial Spirit of self-recovery worked
and cured it soon before next round of corrosion.
The Martial Spirit increased as the level of the warrior increased, and
sometimes it might have special changes. The higher the level of a
warrior, the stronger the abilities the Martial Spirit showed.
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Another definition of a Martial Spirit occurred in his mind. Shi Yan was
overjoyed. According to the ability of the self-recovery martial spirit, his
body increases in self-recovery as his level increased. Maybe when he
reaches the Sky and Spirit realm , he could even cure broken limbs with
the self-recovery Martial Spirit.
If he could do that, then maybe he could recover from a stab to the
heart and survive?
If that happened, once he reached the True God realm, maybe he would
be immortal?
A lot of ideas crossed his minds. After careful thinking, Shi Yan named
this Martial Spirit
"Immortal Martial Spirit".
After perceiving it for a while and was assured that the Immortal Martial
Spirit could block the gut cutting poison, Shi Yan set his mind at ease
and paused the plan of getting the cure from Karu. He sat where he was
and began to recover the Profound Qi regardless of the battle in his gut
and stomach.
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Chapter 7
The Second Sky
The next morning, before the sun rose, with layers of fog around, the
troops had already got ready for the path ahead.
Shi Yan was mingling among the Medicine Slaves, still with a chilled face
and nothing seemed strange with him. As usual, he marched in silence
with the troop. Johnson was more than surprised to see Shi Yan so calm
and peaceful. He was wondering when Shi Yan's gonna go belly up like
the other trial slaves before him.
In the past few days, every single one of those Medicine Slaves who took
the Gut Cutting poison would wake up with the palest face and weakest
body the next morning, with no exception. For the weak ones, they could
barely walk. Even for the strong ones, you could clearly see the kind of
pain and terror on their faces.
However, Shi Yan was still walking. His face looked healthy with rosy
colors on his cheeks. He didn't look hurt at all, which made Johnson very
confused and curious.
Johnson stared at Shi Yan for a while. After he made sure that Shi Yan
was indeed healthy, Johnson came to the front of the marching troops
with a frown. He reported Shi Yan's strange status to Mo Yan Yu and
Master Karu.
"Don't panic." Master Karu was very confident of his medicine, "That boy
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is a Warrior. He is pretty tough, not that easy to break down. Just wait till
the Profound Qi inside his is depleted. He would be no different from
those slaves. I know my Gut Cutting poison very well."
"OK. You go back there and keep an eye on him." Mo Yan Yu said with
no expression on her face.
Since the two of them were so calm about this news, Johnson had no
choice but to obey. He didn't insist any more. He went back to the back
of the troop and continued to monitor every movement of Shi Yan
closely as he was told.
"Master Karu, how long would it take for that bastard to start suffering?"
After Johnson left, Mo Yan Yu started to look worried. The result she was
expecting for is Shi Yan dying from hellish pain now. The more suffering
Shi Yan felt, the more pleasure she would be able to enjoy.
"Don't worry. It is about time."
After the day, the moon replaced the sun and rose to the sky.
After the troop had settled, Master Karu and Mo Yan Yu walked to Shi
Yan together. They saw Shi Yan sitting on the ground, stuffing himself
with some scraps of food.
"Master Karu, that guy doesn't look quite..." Mo Yan Yu said in
hesitation. The way Shi Yan was engorging himself in his food was not
that decent, but he did not look to be in pain at all.
Master Karu was apparently offended, "What? You are questioning my
skills as a alchemist?"
"No, no." Mo Yan Yu said, "The power of the Gut Cutting poison has
already been proven on other Medicine Slaves. I was just wondering why
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this guy could survive. Did you forget any ingredients in his dose?"
"Miss Mo, although I am not a top alchemist, I couldn't have made such
a ridiculous mistake." Master Karu was apparently offended. He said, "If
you don't believe in my ability, OK, I can leave right now."
"Master, please don't. That's not what I meant. I was just wondering why
the Medicine did not work on him. I didn't mean anything else." Mo Yan
Yu looked panic.
"Hum!" Master Karu didn't even bother to reply. He rose up from the
ground, and flew right towards Shi Yan as fast as lightning.
Shi Yan kept his head down and pretended that he wasn't paying
attention. But deep down he was pretty much surprised at the speed
Mater Karu was moving. He felt lucky that he didn't fight against Master
Karu yesterday. Otherwise, he would have definitely suffered.
Apart from being an alchemist, Master Karu was also a Warrior of the
Nascent realm. However, Shi Yan was just a Warrior of the Elementary
realm, who only made it to the Second Sky and could barely operate the
Profound Qi inside his body. There was a huge difference between the
two of them and there was no chance Shi Yan could survive his fight
with Master Karu. If he ever fought back, he would be asking for death.
"fwoosh!"
With a strange sound in the sky, it didn't take seconds before Master
Karu arrived in front of Shi Yan.
Shi Yan put down the food in his hands, and looked up at Master Karu.
Master Karu had a skinny face as cold as stone. He suddenly grabbed
Shi Yan's left arm with a speed like lightning, put his fingers on Shi Yan's
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skin and quickly inserted his electric-type Profound Qi into Shi Yan's
vines. His Profound Qi flowed into Shi Yan's body, circled around his
entire system, and got back to Master Karu's fingers.
The Profound Qi of Master Karu was so strong that Shi Yan felt a little
overwhelmed with just the circulation of his Profound Qi, with all the
veins aching and burning.
"Um..." Master Karu frowned with doubt. He said in a low voice, "It
cannot be. The Gut Cutting poison is apparently still inside his body.
Why is there still Profound Qi remaining in his body? His gut is not
corroded either. He is just a low-level Warrior. He cannot have such fine
Profound Qi. He couldn't still remain breathing right now."
Shi Yan just let him grab his arm and didn't fight back.
"Master Karu, how does he look?" Mo Yan Yu also arrived.
"Just wait for one more day." Master Karu said with a cold face. He
couldn't figure out what was going on either because he had never
thought about the Martial Spirit. For an ordinary Warrior like him, there's
no way he could possess a Martial Spirit. Moreover, Master Karu had
never heard of any Martial Spirit that could heal one's body.
Although Mo Yan Yu also had a million questions, she had no choice but
to nod with agreement. She didn't say anything, but stared at Shi Yan
for a while with a strange look. Shi Yan guessed that she was planning
something awful for him again.
The next night, Master Karu and Mo Yan Yu came over to check Shi Yan's
body again. They found that Shi Yan was still fine, no decay, everything
was healthy . Master Karu looked more embarrassed than yesterday and
told Mo Yan Yu to wait for one more day.
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The next night, when the two of them checked again, still nothing.
On the fourth night, Master Karu came again. This time, he had two
bowls of Gut Cutting poison in his hands. When he arrived, he ordered
Johnson to bring another Medicine Slave called Kuro together with Shi
Yan. He commanded the two of them to finish the two bowls of Gut
Cutting poison that he just made.
Again, Shi Yan drank it with obedience.
"I made these two bowls of Gut Cutting poison with the same
ingredients." Master Karu added after the two of them had finished their
bowl of Gut Cutting Medicine.
Mo Yan Yu said with agreement, "If that Kuro's body started to corrode,
it means there's something wrong with this guy's body. I understand you
now."
"Yes exactly," Master Karu nodded, "Just come over again tomorrow
night at the same time, and then we will see."
At night, Shi Yan sat on the ground, slowly operating the Profound Qi
inside his body with a heavy look on his face.
The Profound Qi was slowing stretching in his body. It became longer
and longer and gradually expand to his entire vein. With his thoughts,
the Profound Qi gradually became extremely flexible, flowing from one
vein to another. As long as he was giving the command in his mind, the
Profound Qi would move all around his veins, just like a snake.
Gradually, the Profound Qi moved to the index finger of his right hand
through the veins in his arm. Shi Yan concentrated and moved the
Profound Qi back into his veins in the arm. But suddenly the Profound Qi
speed up and rushed towards his right index finger with an unstoppable
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force, faster and faster.
"Shoo!"
There was a strange sound on the tip of his right index finger. With an
intense pain, the Profound Qi forced itself into his index finger. Shi Yan's
left index finger couldn't help trembling just like the tail of a rattlesnake.
The Profound Qi was now concentrated in his index finger, expanding
and pushing around, but couldn't break the skin on the outside. No
matter how hard he tried, he couldn't manage to make the Profound Qi
to break up the skin and leave his body.
"Whoo!" Shi Yan breathed heavily, and gathered his Profound Qi back to
his abdomen, looking pretty disappointed. "I failed again..." He said in a
very low voice to himself.
There were three stages in the Elementary realm[1]. If you could
cultivate the Profound Qi, you would reach the first sky. If you were able
to operate your Profound Qi skillfully and make it circulate your body
with your mind power, you would have achieved the second sky. If you
managed to make your Profound Qi break out of the boundary your skin
and into the air, that was the third sky.
Now, Shi Yan was already able to operate his Profound Qi skillfully all
over his body as he wished, so he had reached the Second Sky. In past
few days, he had been collecting and concentrating more and more
Profound Qi and practiced to make it break out of his fingers, hoping to
reach the Third Sky. He had tried many times. However, every time he
failed to break up the boundary of his skin.
"It seems that the training of a Warrior cannot be achieved overnight.
My Profound Qi is still not strong enough. Maybe I should try again later
after I collect and refine more Profound Qi." After another failure, Shi
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Yan couldn't help but sigh. Maybe it's due to his dangerous situation, he
seemed a little hasty.
He knew that by this time tomorrow, his body would still be the same,
not affected by the Gut Cutting poison. However, that slave called Kuro
wouldn't be this lucky. His gut would have already been decayed
together with his other organs.
As soon as Mater Karu saw this, he would instantly figure out that
there's nothing wrong with his poison, but the problem was lying inside
Shi Yan's body. He would know that Shi Yan's body was different from
the others, and this is exactly where the trouble would begin. There
wouldn't be easy life for him from then on. Probably Mo Yan Yu would
just kill him in case he created some new problems in the future.
Probably he wouldn't even wait until tomorrow morning. If Kuro started
to show symptoms tomorrow morning, Shi Yan's secret would have been
discovered instantly. By that time, all the Warriors would have been up
and would all be paying attention to him. He would have no escape.
Looking at the night sky full of bright stars, Shi Yan's face got more and
more serious and determined. He knew that if he ever wanted to
survive, he must escape tonight!
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Chapter 8
The Jade Blade Spider
The moon was like a silver plate hanging on the night sky.
The warriors were all training quietly. Mo Yanyu hid herself inside the
foliage of a huge ancient tree, breathing long. Karu stood against
another tree, reading a volume of poison encyclopedia joyfully. Medicine
slaves were lying disorderly on the wet ground behind the Ground
dragon.
Shi Yan woke up from training, and then observed and calculated his
surroundings quietly.
Mo Yanyu was at the head of the troops while Karu at the rear. They two
seemed not care about Shi Yan, but according to their position,
apparently they were both on guard of Shi Yan who was in the center of
the troops.
Johnson seemed to know that Shi Yan would make his move tonight, so
he didn't train but focused on Shi Yan who was ten metres away in front
of him. Once Shi Yan made a move, he would notice it and stop Shi Yan.
*Too bad.* Shi Yan thought to himself. He waited for them to let their
guard down.
As time passed, the bright moon disappeared. Dawn was about to come,
but Shi Yan hadn't gotten a chance to escape yet, so he was a little
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anxious. After a moment's of hesitation, he decided not to wait and was
about to take action.
""Kaka!Kakaka!"
At that moment, a strange sound came from afar. Something was
heading towards this direction slowly.
As the Profound Qi flew forth and back in his arms, Shi Yan's eyes
suddenly showed some light with excitement.
"All on alert!" Mo Yanyu shouted, when she lifted herself up on the
ancient tree. Staying in a high position, she looked to the distance for a
while, then screamed: "A Jade Blade Spider!"
All the warriors woke up from their training process.
The warriors were all wearing a rigid face. Before Mo Yanyu uttered
anything, they took out the weapons beside them and crowded around
the ground dragon in a circle, 5 or 6 metres away from each other.
Karu packed the book away, frowning, he walked up to the dragon, and
ordered in a low voice: "Keep an eye on the medicine bottles on the
dragon!"
"Yes Master!" The warriors responded in unison.
The medicine slaves woke up one by one as well. Hearing the Jade Blade
Spider was nearing, they were all frightened and ran to the ground
dragon on their own initiative. Apparently they all knew how cruel the
Jade Blade Spider was.
"*jingle!"
A bunch of keys flew out from Mo Yanyu's hand to land under Johnson's
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foot. "Johnson, open the shackles on them! Or they will be killed by the
Spider! Hurry up!" Mo Yanyu urged.
Johnson picked the keys up and looked up at Mo, then pointed to Shi
Yan: "Including him?"
"Yeah. I don't want him to die easily." Mo showed no patience on her
face.
"Kid, be well-behaved. I will keep an eye on you!" Johnson snorted. He
released the shackles on Shi Yan first, then walked to the rest slaves and
freed them one after another.
*Thank God!*
As the shackles were released, Shi Yan felt extremely relaxed and
smirked in his mind.
The Shi Family was an aristocratic family with a Martial spirit. Though
the owner of this body wasn't a warrior, he loved adventures and
searching for historic remains so much. He was also familiar with all
sorts of demon beasts. So when Mo Yanyu mentioned the Jade Blade
Spider, Shi Yan was extremely happy that his chance of escape was
coming!
The Jade Blade Spider was a level 2 demon beast, whose eight legs were
as sharp as knives. They lived in groups and liked to wander at night.
They appeared in a group of 5 or 6 every time. The spiders were cruel
and loved eating humans. Once they came across humans in the Dark
Forest, they would never spare them.
Demon beasts were always much larger in size than humans. With thick
and coarse skin, they move faster than humans. Commoners would
either die or be injured whenever they met one. Only skilled warriors
could escape. Though The Jade Blade Spiders were mere level 2 demon
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beasts, they made their appearance in groups of 5 or 6, and normal
warriors couldn't move faster than them, thus it was hard to compete
with them.
To met the Jade Blade Spiders in the Dark Forest was a bad situation for
anyone, for there was nothing valuable on its body. And they were
aggressive as they moved as agile as the wind. They would start
attacking anytime they saw a human, and would never leave without
getting anything -- including injuries .
Shi Yan approached the Ground Dragon quietly, stood by those panicing
medicine slaves and started to observe what was happening, not in a
hurry to revolt.
"Shit! Eight of them!"
Mo Yanyu cried on the tree, frowning with a rigid face. "It will be a nasty
fight. Get ready! Remember, not to pursue and attack! The spiders will
have the advantage if we retreat into the thickets! Do not fight in the
there!"
"Kakaka! Kaka!"
The sound of a knife cutting the earth approached. Soon, they saw two
jade Blade Spider who were 10 metres long and 1.5 metres tall. The
whole body of a Spider was snow white and as large as a bus, whose
eight legs were like daggers, bright and sharp.
The Spiders paddled their daggerlike legs and advanced in an extremely
nimble and fast way. They arrived here in an instant. Those legs
reflected icy light when moving and easily scared everyone. It was not
hard to imagine what tragedy would happen once one was being cut by
the legs.
Seeing the Spiders show up one by one, the warriors were all silent. Mo
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Yanyu had jumped down from the tree minutes ago. She was standing in
the front of the troops, getting ready by inter winding her fingers with
radiant lightning. While Karu sat relaxed in the dragon sedan with
indifferent eyes, not showing any indication of fear.
Soon all the 8 spiders showed up. They were not stupid at all, as they
separated and surrounded the Ground Dragon, and then shooting forth
like a eight cars..
With a harsh whistling sound, the eight spiders started the battle at the
same time. White leg raised up into the vast sky, they flew forward at
the same time, towards the warriors who were around the Ground
Dragon.
At that moment, the air was filled with silver and white knives. The
warriors reacted quickly. They thrust their weapons, while shunning the
spiders' attack, towards the beasts' waist and eyes.
Everything descended into chaos.
The Jade Blade Spiders surrounded the Dragon. White legs crashed
down. Warriors dodged to the left and the right, and kept thrusting their
weapons. Mo Yanyu's Martial Spirit broke out, too. Her hands were
twined by lightning and kept radiating Verdant crescent slashes, which
fell upon the spiders and left them trembling.
"Shooo!"
One of the warriors sustained a cut on his torso by a spider leg before he
could react. His organs spilled out of him along with his desperate cry.
Then he fell heavily onto the ground.
The medicine slaves were so frightened that they couldn't help
themselves to hide beneath the Ground Dragon. Some slaves lost their
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mind. They ran in between the spider legs in order to escape, but were
nailed to the ground heavily by their legs and died instantly.
Shi Yan contained himself, eyes filled with a strange light. He almost
didn't move behind the warriors, the shackles ringing with clear sounds.
"Crack!"
The warrior in front of Shi Yan, who was of second sky of the Elementary
Realm, bumped into another warrior while moving. Before he could
elude, one spider leg cut through his neck and his head was sent flying.
Shi Yan was showered with his blood.
Shi Yan's eyes were blurred by the blood. Suddenly a desire of slaughter
broke out in his body. The cyclones in his seven hundred and twenty
meridians swirled madly while a potent strength welled out of the
meridians.
The headless body of the warrior was spurting out blood ,y.. An air
current ,which could only be sensed by Shi Yan ,was filled with despair,
anger and regret, and seeped into every pore on Shi Yan. It flowed along
his veins until it reached all of the seven hundred and twenty meridians.
In a trance, Shi Yan felt as if he was back at the blood pool again, where
he had absorbed all that blood into his meridians as well. The blood had
changed his meridians, produced Cyclones, and enlarged its capacity,
which accelerated the speed to absorb blood.
At this time, wisps of air current, combined with the despair and hatred
of the dead warrior, went into his body through the same way, from the
veins to the meridians, in a very rapid speed. The cyclones in his
meridians spun hard as if digesting the air currents. Too nefarious!
In ten or so seconds, the air current stopped entering his body. The dead
body of the warrior had dried up, as if the blood and Profound Qi were all
sucked out of it. Like a dry mummy!
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The desire to slaughter emerged in Shi Yan's heart. When the seven
hundred and twenty meridians spun in his body, the power of despair,
fear, cruelty multiplied as well, which urged Shi Yan to begin a
massacre.
"shwish!"
A spider leg flew towards Shi Yan's head. Surprised, Shi Yan controlled
his urge to kill and moved behind another warrior to escape that strike.
"Chee!"
That warrior was blocked by the spider, when he thrust his weapon into
the spider's eye with all of hist strength. The blind spider went insane
and brandished its leg into the warrior's waist. The warrior was cut into
two pieces from the waist and died soon.
After moving near that warrior, when Shi Yan was just about to find a
safe zone, things changed again!
The absorbing power of his meridians erupted again! The air current of
rage and regret from the two pieces of body insanely rushed into his
vein and meridians.
In a instance, that warrior became mummified too.
Shi Yan was dumbstruck with amazement.
Without a second thought, he assumed that there was another Martial
Spirit hidden in his body. This Martial Spirit was based on his meridians,
which was able to absorb a dead body's power. Shi Yan was frightened
by this evil Martial Spirit.
Just then!
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A Jade Blade Spider let out a strange whistle, and the remaining six
spiders flew back into the thick forest quickly.
Apparently they had noticed that it would be hard to fight with this
troop. After two of them died, they finally withdrew.
Shi Yan's face turned cold. He stopped thinking about that weird Martial
Spirit at once and then moved all the Profound Qi into his feet. He
dashed out with those Jade Blade Spiders as fast as a whirlwind.
He could only run away among the spiders.
Suddenly a warm stream welled out of the meridians into the Profound
Qi inside Shi Yan. His thin Qi was twice strong as before!
Shi Yan thus gained more confidence and went into a state of ecstasy.
He looked back to Mo Yanyu afar ,running along with the spiders. He
said coldly: " Mo Yanyu, wait and see, i will fuck you one day!"
"Catch him!" Mo's slim body trembled, her eyes on fire, as she chased
all the way after Shi Yan.
Karu was even faster!
This vicious alchemist kept quiet on the ground dragon as if waiting for
something. When Shi Yan ran away with the spiders, Karu jumped up
from the dragon and flew high after Shi Yan instantly as an eagle.
"Kid, I've waited for so long." Karu smirked in an evil voice when he was
still up in the sky.
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Chapter 9
The Escape
As soon as Master Karu touched the ground, he accelerated like a flash
of lightning, right towards Shi Yan, with a terrifying speed. The power
and strength of the Profound Qi of a Nascent-realm Warrior was far
beyond that of an ordinary Elementary-realm Warrior.
Mo Yanyu also chased after him, leaving her own troops behind, with a
killing intent in her beautiful eyes. She swore to catch Shi Yan and kill
him right when she got her hands on him.
Shi Yan's face turned serious. He concentrated all the Profound Qi inside
his body into the veins in his legs. Every time he took a step on the hard
ground, his skinny body would fly forward for 7-8 meters. Soon he was
closing in to the giant Jade Blade Spiders.
"Ka! Ka! Ka!"
The Jade Blade Spiders were moving in the wetland with all their 8 legs
plugged into the mud. Soon they disappeared into the thicket.
Shi Yan also followed them into the thick bushes ,which were as tall as
5-6 meters. His face was getting more and more nervous. He already
forgot how terrifying the Jade Blade Spiders were and kept staring at one
of the spiders at front.
Once they got into the bushes, the Jade Blade Spiders suddenly slowed
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down. The two Jade Blade Spiders suddenly turned around, with a
strange light in their eyes. They seemed to be annoyed by being chased
all the way into the bushes.
The Jade Blade Spiders didn't know Shi Yan's intention. Being chased by
the three humans, they probably thought that the three of them wanted
to fight. One of the Jade Blade Spiders screamed with a strangely sharp
sound. Suddenly, the other four Jade Blade Spiders all turned around and
looked straight at Shi Yan.
Shi Yan still remained calm. He didn't slow down at all, but streaked
towards those Jade Blade Spiders with a much higher speed.
Shi Yan was more concentrated than ever. His mind became as clear as
a mirror. Suddenly, he had entered that marvelous stage again.
Everything around him became so clear to him. He could even hear the
low-frequency communication among those Jade Blade Spiders, as well
as the fast movements of Master Karu behind him. He couldn't miss
anything.
"Whoo!"
With Shi Yan's fast movements, the air around him was split into half
and he soon generated a strong wind around him. He could hear the
sound of air flow louder and louder next to his ears.
Just as Shi Yan was almost running into those Jade Blade Spiders, he
suddenly changed directions in the air and flew past one of the Jade
Blade Spiders just by a millimeter. It was so close that he almost got
nicked by the spider's blade-like legs. Shi Yan soon passed over those
flock of Jade Blade Spiders and continued running forward with no
hesitation.
Those Jade Blade Spiders were seriously provoked and irritated.
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The six Jade Blade Spiders felt like they were fooled by this man in front
of them. They had never felt so humiliated. With a sharp scream, the six
spiders altogether started racing towards Shi Yan.
Master Karu and Mo Yan Yu ran into the bushes one after another, but
they had lost track of Shi Yan and only saw the 6 raging Jade Blade
Spiders.
Master Karu suddenly stopped chasing, and said with a freezing light in
his eyes, "That boy must have hidden somewhere in these bushes."
"Maybe he has run through the flock of Jade Blade Spiders and is ahead
of the spiders right now?" Mo Yanyu asked with a frown and some
uncertainty in her voice.
Master Karu sniffed, "Even if he is bold enough, he couldn't have
survived the Jade Blade Spiders. The eight spider legs are like meat
grinders. This place is the proprietary land of the Jade Blade Spiders. If
he did become the target of those spiders, he would have already been
dead with no doubt."
"Yeah, that makes sense." Mo Yanyu agreed with Master Karu. The two
of them then split up in the bushes and started to search for traces of
Shi Yan separately.
On the other side, Shi Yan was looking for his way out of the bushes in
this dark forest like crazy. He was running as fast as he could, but so
were those 6 Jade Blade Spiders behind him. Soon those spiders were
closing in on him.
In this part of the dark forest, there were no tall trees, nothing but low
bushes which seemed to be continuing forever. Shi Yan couldn't see the
end of these bushes. The bushes were not that strong, and were easily
destroyed simply by the scratch of the spider's legs.
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Therefore, Shi Yan couldn't find a tree to hide or rest. All he could do
was to keep running like hell. He really hoped he could get rid of those
Jade Blade Spiders behind him.
Luckily for him, there was a magical energy spilling out from his
Meridans which flowed into his veins and mixed with his Profound Qi. His
Profound Qi was therefore much stronger and more concentrated than
ever. Otherwise, he couldn't possible kept it up for so long, and probably
already got slaughtered by those fearsome Jade Blade Spiders and their
sharp legs.
With the strong movements of Profound Qi inside the veins in his legs,
Shi Yan felt like his legs were full of power. Every time he stepped hard
on the ground, he would fly up as light as a feather and flew several
meters forward. Shi Yan couldn't help admiring the amazing power of
the Profound Qi, and was more and more determined to become a great
Warrior.
Shi Yan couldn't remember how long he had been running for his life,
but now he was really exhausted. After such long time of running, he
could feel the power of the Profound Qi inside his legs declining sharply,
and he was not running as fast as before.
As he slowed down, those Jade Blade Spiders didn't. These demon
beasts had one of the strongest physiques. They didn't need the support
of any extra energy to rampage all over the place.
*Damn! Those eight legged bastards are really a pain in the ass in the
dark forest. *
The Jade Blade Spiders were drawing closer to Shi Yan and were almost
upon him.
Shi Yan's heart was beating like a jungle drum, and his back was
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sweating like a waterfall. According to this situation, he knew that
sooner or later he would be captured by those Jade Blade Spiders. By
that time, he would have already run out of his Profound Qi and had no
way to defend himself against those giant Jade Blade Spiders.
Water! Suddenly Shi Yan could feel the moist vapor coming from his left
side with his sharpened senses. Shi Yan took a deep breath and smiled
with joy. He suddenly changed directions and rushed towards his left.
There is water here!
Shi Yan concentrated his senses and listened closely to his surroundings.
Not surprisingly, only a few minutes after he turned his direction, Shi Yan
could hear the most wonderful sound of water flowing in the distance.
Only a few minutes later, a new landscape spread in front of Shi Yan's
eyes. There was a big waterfall at front, with the water curtain
disappearing into the deep pool like shooting stars in the galaxy. Some
of the falling water sprayed at the giant rocks on the shore, with water
drops spilling and jumping all over the place like pearls, and dense vapor
rising above the pool like a net.
"Splash!"
Shi Yan quickly jumped into the freezing pool like a swift arrow. He felt
so relieved instantly, and thought that he could finally ditch those Jade
Blade Spiders.
"Splash! Splash! Splash!"
However, the six giant spiders also followed him into the deep pool, one
by one. They were floating above the water like boats. With their eight
giant legs moving around in the water, they swam quickly towards Shi
Yan.
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"Damn it!" There was no time for Shi Yan to take a break and he was
absolutely desperate. Seeing those Jade Blade Spiders approaching, he
had no choice but to dive into the water and swim towards the bottom of
the pool.
Shi Yan kept holding his breath and diving deeper and deeper in the
pool. He only dared to look up when he was already 7-8 meters under
the surface.
From beneath, he could clearly see the sharp legs of those six Jade
Blade Spiders. The spiders were stabbing their legs which were as sharp
as knives into the water and chopping around.
The Jade Blade Spiders were not afraid of the water and they had no
difficulty floating above the surface. But it seemed they didn't want to
dive into the water. The six beasts were just blindly stabbing and
chopping their legs into the surface, but just the surface only.
Seeing this, Shi Yan was quite relieved. He held his breath and waited
patiently in the water.
Holding his breath was one of Shi Yan's strengths. He had participated in
a lot of extreme sports programs like this before and therefore had rich
experience in this. With one breath, he could have survived under water
for more than 10 minutes.
The Jade Blade Spiders didn't stay long on the water. After chopping
their legs for a while with no trace of Shi Yan, the six giant beasts soon
left the pool one after another.
Only after that could Shi Yan float to the surface. When he saw the six
Jade Blade Spiders still by the shore, he instantly stopped floating up
and started observing those demon beasts very carefully in secret.
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The six demon beasts soon left.
Only then did Shi Yan rise to the surface. He took a deep breath of the
damp air around, and dive back to the bottom of the pool. After
exhausting his breath, he would rise again to the shore near one of the
giant rocks on the corner of the pool. And after that, he would repeat
this process over and over again, breathing, diving and rising, breathing,
diving and rising.
He was a little worried that those Jade Blade Spiders would come back,
and more worried that Master Karu and Mo Yan Yu would find him
following the trace of those giant beasts. Therefore, he was extra
cautious, not willing to come out of the water so soon.
At the bottom of the pool.
Shi Yan was still holding his breath, and doing his own meditation. He
started to think about the strange energy he had gotten from his
Meridans. He remembered that when the two Warriors died, he
happened to be around, and it seemed that he had stolen all their
Profound Qi through his Meridans. Anyway, he definitely had gotten
something valuable from those two Warriors.
When he was running from those Jade Blade Spiders, he could strongly
feel a strange energy spilling over from his Meridans. This energy was so
pure and when it mixed with his Profound Qi inside his body, the energy
instantly made his Profound Qi reproduce much faster and almost
doubled in minutes.But Shi Yan couldn't figure out why.
Could it be that his Meridans had absorbed the energy from those two
Warriors, refined this energy into a much purer and concentrated force,
and empowered Shi Yan's own body?
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Chapter 10
Drag Her Down
At the bottom of the pool.
Shi Yan had gradually recovered his Profound Qi that had been
exhausted when he was running from those Jade Blade Spiders. He had
been secretly watching the surroundings of the pool very carefully. He
wasn't sure as to whether the giant spiders would come back or whether
Mo Yanyu and Master Karu would come here. Just to be safe, he decided
to stay in the pool for a little longer, and would only leave when he made
sure that he was no longer in danger.
With the Profound Qi flowing around his body, Shi Yan felt that this short
period of resting had already recovered the majority of his Profound Qi.
His senses had become sharper, and could even hear the wind blowing,
grass and trees on the ground despite the fact that he was still diving
under the surface.
Not before long, he saw a beautiful figure showing up on the shore. She
was standing by a giant rock on the shore, probing her surroundings
with a cold glint in her eyes.
Shi Yan suddenly got nervous and secretly dove 3 meters deeper
towards the bottom. He would only swim around in secret when he had
made sure that Mo Yanyu on the shore couldn't see him.
Shi Yan was moving very slowly, afraid to make any ripple on the
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surface of the pool. He was very concentrated, swimming like a fish at
the bottom of the pool. He even swam to different parts of the pool, just
to make sure there's no danger on different parts of the shore.
After making sure that Mo Yanyu was the only person on the shore, he
secretly swam closer to the rock by which she was standing. He stayed
there for a minute, looking up at the vague figure of that beautiful
woman from the water. Shi Yan hesitated for a while, but still kept
moving up in the water, very slowly.
"Fucking bastard! Don't let me catch you, otherwise I will make you
suffer so much pain that you would beg for death!" Mo Yanyu was
cursing on the shore. Her face looked twisted with anger.
"Clatter!"
Suddenly something rose up from the water underneath her feet. Mo
Yanyu was apparently shocked. Before she could make any reaction, one
of her beautiful legs was grabbed by something. She instantly felt
shocked by a strong wave of energy. Her body suddenly weakened and
fell into the pool.
"Boom!"
She felt her soft abdomen seriously punched by something with a sharp
pain spreading to her whole body. Mo Yanyu started to sink with a higher
speed. She could barely breathe and had already swallowed a lot of
water from the pool, which almost choked her tears out.
When she finally came to her senses, Mo Yanyu found herself grabbed
by someone and dragged to the bottom of the pool in a brutal manner.
In the water, when she could finally take a closer look, she instantly
realized that she had fallen into Shi Yan's trap due to negligence.
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"Oh crap!"
Mo Yanyu was shocked by the fact. She knew that she was not good at
swimming so she wouldn't want to fight with Shi Yan here. She was
patting the water with both hands, trying hard to float up to the surface
first, and then plan her next step.
"Huh, want to run? Try me!"
Shi Yan couldn't help but snort. As soon as Mo Yanyu was dragged into
the pool, he could tell that she was not good with the water. At that
moment, Shi Yan realized that this was his best shot to revenge for
himself and humiliate Mo Yanyu. How could he let go such a great
opportunity?
With one hand firmly grabbing Mo Yanyu's beautiful leg, Shi Yan kept
dragging her down with all his force. His other hand kept pounding hard
on her abdomen in a strong fist, determined to make her swallow some
more water.
"Boom!"
With another fist on Mo Yanyu's abdomen, Shi Yan felt her skin which
was so soft before suddenly became as solid as a stone steele. After this
hit, she was not frustrated at all, but still working very hard to reach the
surface of the pool.
But on the other side, after the hit, Shi Yan felt an intense pain on his
fist.
She is using her Profound Qi for self-defense!
Shi Yan instantly realized that Mo Yanyu had started her own defense.
Seeing her patting on the water with both hands and getting closer and
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closer to the surface, Shi Yan suddenly came up with a thousand ideas.
Only within 3 seconds, Shi Yan had come up with a new plan.
Mo Yanyu was still trying her best to reach the surface of the pool.
Noticing that Shi Yan had stopped punching her in the abdomen, she got
a little too proud of herself, assuming that Shi Yan had exhausted his
means.
However, not long before she could keep that smile on her face, Mo
Yanyu suddenly turned very pale with panic and a terrible look on her
face.
With one hand still grabbing her leg like a clamp, Shi Yan started to
shamelessly harassing her ass and the part between her thighs. This is
the most precious and sensitive part of her body, not allowing any man
to touch or violate it. But now this man in front of her was insatiably
groping her thighs as if she were his bitch. Mo Yanyu felt so ashamed
she almost couldn't breathe.
Just when she was about to burst into rage and fight with Shi Yan, Mo
Yanyu found that the silk pants she had been wearing had been stripped
down by Shi Yan. He had even torn down her little panty and left her
entire lower body exposed in front of Shi Yan's eyes.
She had never shown any man this secret part of her body. However,
this man had successfully humiliated her in such an outrageous way. Mo
Yanyu's mind suddenly went blank.
Suddenly she could feel a big finger forcing its way into her body and it
felt like being struck by a bolt of lightning. With a thread of electricity
flowing through her body, she instantly went numb in her lower body.
There was a warm wave of energy making its way out of her body.
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Shi Yan also felt pretty shocked, but it didn't feel as good as he thought.
He was actually hit by the lightning that came out of Mo Yanyu's body. It
seemed that her body would defend herself by discharging a jolt of
electricity shock when violated. This lightning had struck him pretty
hard, and he suddenly couldn't feel his hands. All of a sudden, Shi Yan
had lost his power.
At the moment, Mo Yanyu suddenly felt herself much lighter in the
water. She realized that Shi Yan had released her. She suddenly
regained her senses. Keeping patting the water with all her might, Mo
Yanyu finally rose up to the surface of the pool, filled with grief and
indignation.
On the other hand, Shi Yan was still floating in the water, feasting his
eyes on the million-buck view on top of his head. He could clearly see
the two sexy legs of Mo Yanyu moving around on the pool surface, her
ass which had such a nice curve, as well as the delicious parts between
her thighs which was apparently his favorite.
However, he was affected pretty heavily and couldn't feel any power
right now. He couldn't do anything but let Mo Yanyu keep swimming
towards a big rock on the shore of the pool.
Not before long, Mo Yanyu had arrived at the rock. She grabbed the rock
with one hand, and screamed with a raging fire burning in her vicious
eyes, "You fucking animal! Come out!"
Having lost her pants, Mo Yanyu couldn't get out of the pool and still
needed to hide her lower body parts in the water. She couldn't do
anything but scream like hell. Her hatred was burning and lightning was
dancing around her fingers. She would pay any prize to burn Shi Yan into
a crisp.
After slowly operating his Profound Qi inside his body for a while, Shi Yan
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felt his discomfort had been mostly alleviated and recovered his
strength. Still hiding in the water, Shi Yan stared at Mo Yanyu by the big
rock on the shore for a while with a greedy look. He couldn't help licking
his lips and fantasizing about the woman's body. Although she had the
heart as dark as a scorpion, she had the most attractive look to any
man, one in a million. He couldn't enjoy enough of her.
Now that Mo Yanyu had already set up her defense, Shi Yan knew that it
was impossible for him to drag her down into the water again. This
woman had achieved the Nascent realm of Warriors, and possessed the
scary "Lightning Power" in her Martial Spirit. If she was already on alert,
there's no way that he could strike and goal again.
If Mo Yanyu kept screaming and shouting here like this, it wouldn't be
long before Master Karu and other warriors from the Mo's Family found
the two of them. If he didn't get away now, he probably wouldn't get
another chance later.
Having thought about this, Shi Yan didn't hesitate at all. He quickly
swam from one side of the pool to the other, the side away from Mo
Yanyu, and got up onto the shore.
He kept his little brother pretty aroused, teasing Mo Yanyu across the
pool with a proud smile on his face and a big bulge in his pants, "Back
then, just what the heck was that stuff coming out of your pussy? It was
pretty warm and sweet. You must have enjoyed me back there."
With her lower body still naked in the water, Mo Yanyu didn't dare to
come onto the shore. Hearing him saying this, Mo Yanyu's body was like
being hit by a lightning bolt. She screamed like crazy, "I'm gonna kill
you! You bastard! I am so killing you! I swear! I must cut you into
pieces!"
Shi Yan replied with a snort on his face, "Bitch! I've already tasted your
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pussy. How are you gonna get married? Kill me? Huh! Next time, you
wouldn't be this lucky with only my finger inside of your body!"
After saying that, he shook his little brother in an exaggerated manner
in front of Mo Yanyu's eyes, put on a teasing smile and left before she
could burst out with rage. Shi Yan soon disappeared inside the bushes.
Mo Yanyu got so angry that she could hardly breathe. She fired waves of
lightning towards Shi Yan, but these lightning could barely cross the
pool, degrading into little electric sparks and disappearing after a few
hundred meters, to say nothing of hurting Shi Yan a bit.
Gasping heavily, Mo Yanyu could feel her hatred burning in her eyes
endlessly. As much as she would like to strike back, however, because
her lower body was still naked in the water, she wouldn't dare to make a
move. After a while,after she had made sure that Shi Yan wouldn't come
back, she swam to the middle of the pool to retrieve her pants which
were floating on top of the surface.
"Miss Mo, I remember you were chasing somebody. How come you jump
into the pool to take a nice bath?"
Mo Yanyu heard the creepy voice of Master Karu from her back just
when she finished dressing up on the shore. Pretty startled all of a
sudden, she quickly turned around, only seeing Master Karu staring at
her with two horny eyes. Master Karu was like a starving wolf, staring
right at her wet body, which looked so delicious with a beautiful curve.
Mo Yanyu was offended but couldn't mention it to Master Karu. She held
back her raging anger and replied mercilessly, "I was dragged down into
the water by that mother-fucking asshole!"
"Oh!" Master Karu nodded. His greedy eyes still didn't stop roaming
around Mo Yanyu's sexy body. He said with a horny smile on his face,
"Miss Mo, you ... didn't let him do things to you, did you?"
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"Hell no!" Mo Yanyu denied with a cold face, "It's just I'm not good with
the water, so he took the chance to get away."
"Which direction?" Master Karu said with a weird frown, "That guy had
the most strange body structure. Even my Gut Cutting Poison could not
break him. He was indeed a good trial subject. I wouldn't let someone
like him escape."
"Then let's not waste any time!" Mo Yanyu was already furious. She
didn't want to waste too much time with Master Karu and started
chasing Shi Yan right away in the direction he disappeared.
Once she turned around, once again, Master Karu started staring at her
sexy curve on the back with his creepily cold eyes like a snakes.
After staring at her wet plump ass for a while, and after the beautiful
body of Mo Yanyu disappeared into the bushes, Master Karu laughed
with a horny smile and followed her up with the speed of a lightning.
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Chapter 11
Strike Back
A crowd of people had started to gather in the dark forest, which was
dense with all kinds of trees and plants. Warriors from the Mo Family had
separated into groups and were searching for Shi Yan in their designated
areas. They all had a sad look on their face.
Mo Yan Yu's face was as cold as ever. She gave her order in a sharp
voice, "Go search for that bastard! Now! Once you have found any trace
of him, set off the blue smoke bomb! Don't fight with him individually!"
"It has been 3 days, and we still cannot find that guy. But he would
always leave us some clues. Was he that poor in covering his tracks, or
has he been intentionally playing with us?" Master Karu said with a
crappy face, apparently irritated with Shi Yan's tricks.
For the past few days, the whole crowd had been looking for Shi Yan in
the dark forest. They could occasionally see the footprints Shi Yan left
behind, and the tree branches that he broke on his way. He must have
been around this area for these days, but no matter how hard they tried
during each search attempt, they couldn't find anything, not even the
smallest clue of Shi Yan.
"Search in a bigger area!" Mo Yan Yu was pissed off, and shouted her
new order, "Start from here and search separately! Do your best! Once
you see him, release the blue smoke bomb! I will be there in an instant!"
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The warriors of the Mo Family all compiled in obedience.
"Is it ok that we left the Ground Dragon's alone?" Master Karu frowned,
and said worriedly, "All my medicine bottles are with the Dragon. If that
boy goes over there to mess with my medicine bottles, he would cause
me more trouble than I could handle."
"Master Karu, don't you worry. The Ground Dragon is being guarded by
Johnson and 7 other warriors. Johnson has already reached the Third Sky
for an Elementary-level Warrior. That asshole is no match for him." Mo
Yan Yu said with a proud face.
Master Karu nodded with consent.
The Warrior team of the Mo Family had moved farther and farther away,
and the members had become more and more distanced from each
other. With one hand on the blue smoke bomb, the warriors were not
that stressed. As soon as they saw any trace of Shi Yan, all they had to
do was to set off the blue smoke. Simple enough!
One of the warriors was walking in the tree shades, cursing Shi Yan at
the same time with a pissed face. He looked up at the tree branches on
top of his head, and then checked the bushes around his ankles.
They had been searching this area for the past three days, only for a
junior warrior, who had barely reached the Elementary level of a
Warrior! There was no trace of him at all,;they didn't even believe that
he was still around. They all thought that Shi Yan had already left this
area. Therefore, all the warriors were not that happy when they were
ordered to search this area, all complaining in secret and thinking that
they were merely wasting their time. There was no point for them to do
this!
The warrior arrived under one of the aged trees, shaded by all the thick
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branches and leaves. This time, when he looked up, all he could feel was
a chill, cold and evil, pouring down onto him all over. All of a sudden, Shi
Yan jumped down from the tree like a fierce wolf, crushing the warrior's
face with his knee.
"Boom!"
With a strong hit, the warrior's face was instantly covered in fresh blood.
He fell on the ground, with his eyes filled with blood and tears. For a
moment, he couldn't see anything.
All he could do was stab his dagger all over the place, shouting in great
panic, "Here! He's over here!"
Before he could release the blue smoke bomb in his left hand, a great
pain spread from his left wrist. He couldn't stand this pain and let the
blue smoke bomb robbed away from him just like that.
"Boom boom boom!"
Shi Yan put on the cruelest face he had ever made, and even before he
could realize, his eyes had already turned dark red . There was a
murderous look in his eyes. He moved swiftly around the warrior, hiding
away from his random stabbings and continued stepping on his face,
showing no mercy.
With his Profound Qi blowing wild through both of his legs, Shi Yan's
every hit was as powerful as an iron hammer. Under such strong attacks,
it only took five strikes for that warrior to stop breathing.
Seeing this, Shi Yan stepped towards that dead warrior, grabbed the
dagger from his lifeless hand and stabbed straight into the warrior's
neck with a precise and cruel cut. Shi Yan's face remained calm and cold
all this time.
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All of a sudden, a strong wave of invisible energy spilled out of the
warrior's body, mixed with strings of emotions such as distress, anger,
and panic, all pouring out at once. The energy was quickly absorbed by
Shi Yan and flowed into his Meridans. Within only a few seconds, the
warrior had lost all his Profound Qi and turned into a mummified body.
Shi Yan approached the dead body again. He searched through his
pockets with a frown, and only found a packet of food and a few dozens
of Purple Crystal Coins. Shi Yan took away his possessions and quickly
left the scene. He didn't want to stop at one place for long, making his
way swiftly through the dark forest, as agile as a fox and soon
disappearing into the trees.
This was the first time that he had ever taken a man's life. However, he
was not at all nervous or panicky. He had remained calm and coolheaded
the whole time. When he was stepping hard onto the warrior's
face, he felt nothing but overwhelming thrill, a great satisfaction that he
couldn't even describe with words. He was free. He felt like he was a
warrior by nature, and that he was born to kill in fights.
The killing had brought him an euphoria, an enjoyment, and the most
wonderful moment that he had never experienced before. All the
unpleasant feelings that had been haunting him for days were instantly
cast away the moment he cut that warrior's neck.
Deep down, Shi Yan knew that this wasn't right, and that there must be
something wrong with his body. No normal person would be this calm
and steady when killing his first victim, not like him. Normal people
wouldn't feel this kind of thrill or bliss either. However, he was like an
obsessed drug addict into murder and killing.
As the Profound Qi from that warrior's body rushed into Shi Yan's
Meridans, there was again a strong urge of murder flaming up inside his
body. Not before long, a strange energy poured into his Profound Qi,
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making his Profound Qi even stronger and more concentrated than ever.
This felt so good!
For five days in a row, Shi Yan was like a ghost in the dark forest. He was
everywhere, always killing, and always precise and accurate. The
murders all happened in sneak attacks before those poor warriors had
chance to release their blue smoke bombs in hand.
Within just days, another three warriors became Shi Yan's victims. Every
time when their bodies were discovered, they had already become
mummified, with all their blood and Profound Qi sucked away and
nothing left.
Mo Yan Yu became more and more agitated. She searched and searched
around the dark forest with Master Karu, desperate to dig Shi Yan out.
Both of them had started to smell a crisis which was on its way.
For the first victim, his face was terribly destroyed, with a cruel hit on his
head, and there were still some traces of struggle.
For the second and third victims, they were both secretly attacked from
behind, with several brutal stabs in their hearts and abdomen, with
some traces of a brief fight still being there.
However, for the last warrior, he was killed right away with a clear cut on
the throat, and there were no traces of fight at all.
Judging from the four dead warriors, Shi Yan was becoming more and
more skilled at killing. This dark forest had become his perfect arena for
showing off his talent of murder. He skillfully used the landscape to
cover his own tracks. Like an experienced hunter, he was hiding secretly
in the dark forest, watching and waiting for his next prey.
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The death of those four warriors had made the other warriors all very
nervous. Mo Yan Yu and Master Karu were also starting to take this
seriously. Per their new order, now the warriors were not allowed to act
individually. They were only allowed to move in groups of two. In this
way, if one of them was attacked, the other one could come right over
for help, in order to avoid such tragedy that had happened before.
In the dark forest, shadowed with all kinds of trees, on the top of an
aged tree, wrapped and covered by layers of leaves, Shi Yan sat crosslegged
in silence, looking at those little human figures at the distance
through the leaves.
"Huh, not as stupid as before..." Shi Yan sniffed from the inside. He
knew it wouldn't be that easy for him to strike and kill now.
Shi Yan didn't rush into attacks. He watched those warriors for a while,
and noticed that after the death of the previous four warriors, the Mo's
warriors had then started to act in groups of two, hence they couldn't
cover a search area as large as before. Right now, they were not coming
in his direction, but moving towards the opposite side of Shi Yan's
location.
After making sure that the warriors were not coming his way, at least
not in a short period of time, Shi Yan closed his eyes quietly, and started
to circulate the Profound Qi inside his body. The Profound Qi of those
killed by Shi Yan over the past few days had all been absorbed by Shi
Yan's Meridans shortly after they died and before it could turn into dust,
purifying his Meridans, strengthening his Profound Qi in a powerful way.
Shi Yan started to circualate the Profound Qi inside his body faster and
faster with his mind power. He could clearly feel that his Profound Qi was
much stronger than before, rushing through his Meridans like an intense
lightening all over his body, from his abdomen and all the way to his
right arm. Shi Yan held his breath, cleared his mind, and concentrated all
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his attention in pouring the Profound Qi into his right arm. Now! He
released this burning energy all at once!
The Profound Qi inside his arm was flowing rapidly towards his right
index finger like wild horses out of their reins.
"Shoot!"
Some light smoke in silver color suddenly shot out of his right index
finger, making a strange soundin the air. The light smoke didn't gather
in the air and only lasted for a few minutes before it faded away.
Shi Yan opened his eyes, with bright stars shining in his black eyes and a
surprised smile on his face.
He had successfully managed to push his Profound Qi outside of his
body!
This marked him reaching the Third Sky of the Elementary-level
Warriors. After his rigorous practice over the past few days, he had
finally made it to a new level with the help of that strange power inside
his Meridans.
Although the Profound Qi spilled over from his body was still not in a
concentrated shape, and couldn't make itself into a sharp beam, but
from now on, he would be able to infuse his Profound Qi into all kinds of
killing weapons, and could directly rupture the enemy's organs with his
Profound Qi shot; which meant that he had already reached a milestone
in his control and operation of the Profound Qi.
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Chapter 12
Mysterious Martial Skill in the Blood Vein Ring
After Shi Yan withdrew the Profound Qi that had flown out of his body, he
set his eyes upon the crimson ring on his left hand's ring finger. This
mysterious ring, which he had named 'Blood Vein Ring', came from the
blood pool, and had some connection with the pool...
As he was thinking, he recalled the time when he wore the ring for the
first time. Back then, the Profound Qi in his body was very weak, but the
moment he wore the ring, the Profound Qi rushed toward the ring in a
wild manner. But since it was too weak then, the Qi couldn't flow into
the ring across his skin.
Now that he had already reached the Third Sky, meaning his Profound Qi
had been strengthened and refined to the point that it could move out of
his body...
What would happen if the Profound Qi went into the ring?
Shi Yan was curious and guessed that there was a secret inside this
ancient ring. Maybe after studying this ring, he could find out the reason
why his meridians had changed.
Through the leaves, Shi Yan observed for a while. Those warriors from
Mo Family were moving away from him, and would not came back in a
short time.
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Shi Yan decided to give it a shot!
At first, the Profound Qi was flowing slowly in his dantian, then it
suddenly accelerated and rushed into his left arm. The Qi moving
rapidly, he felt a numb pain in the veins of his left arm. The Qi, with a
crushing force, rushed all the way into the ring finger on his left hand,
and lashed against the skin under the ring.
Like smoke, the Profound Qi leaked out from between the ring and the
skin, making the sound of steam coming out of a kettle, and the pure
energy dived right inside the ring in an instant.
The Blood Vein Ring let out a crimson light, as if a protective layer of the
ring was ruptured. At this point, a strange energy jumped out of the
Blood Vein Ring and flew back into Shi Yan's arm. It went straight up to
his neck, and finally arrived in his mind.
Martial Skill--- Rampage!
The energy, coming out of the Blood Vein Ring, was a series of memory
fragments. This 'Rampage' was a strange martial skill. The training
procedure became deeply engraved in his mind.
Martial skill taught warriors how to operate Profound Qi, and contained
the skill of attacking by Profound Qi. Just as the ranking for Alchemists, it
was divided into five grades----Mortal, Profound, Spirit, Sacred and God.
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But there were some differences between the ranking of Martial Skills
and that of Alchemists. Every grade of Alchemists consisted of 7 sublevels,
while martial skills contained no sub-levels.
High grade martial skills brought the best out of Profound Qi inside
Warriors and enabled a warrior with enormous ability to attack. The
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higher the martial skill, the better it tapped the Profound Qi. If a warrior
was to train high grade martial skill, he had to reach a high level first.
The higher the martial skill, the stricter the condition it required.
Generally speaking, warriors of Elementary and Nascent level were
suitable for training Mortal, Human and Disaster for Profound, Earth and
Nirvana for Spirit, Sky and Spirit for Sacred, and True God and King God
for God.
It was a waste of time if a warrior of lower grade tried to train with high
grade martial skills.
If one's grade was too low and Profound Qi was not intensive enough,
one would not succeed in training a high grade martial skills. Even if he
barely succeeded, he could not use the power of high grade martial skill
proficiently, for his grade and power were not enough. It was best for a
warrior to train with the martial skill accordant to his warrior grade.
For example, even if a warrior of Nascent possessed martial skill of God,
it was a total waste. Because he could never be able to train it with his
low warrior grade.
And of course, if a warrior of high grade trained with low level martial
skill, he couldn't put his power to good use either.
If a warrior of True God got only low grade martial skills of Mortal and
Profound, his ability would be restricted. For, his martial skills were too
low for his warrior grade; he could only use 70%-80% of his ability.
On the Grace mainland, Martial skills were more treasured than pills
from alchemists; they were the most valuable treasure on this mainland.
Generally speaking, martial skills were controlled by those honorable
families and all sorts of forces. It was one of the attractions for warriors,
and as such they went to those honorable families.
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The higher the grade, the more valuable the martial skill. Warriors of
high grade would be restricted a lot if they didn't possess high-grade
martial skill. They would suffer from this disadvantage, sometimes even
be killed in battles.
Thus, in order to acquire a suitable high grade martial skill, those highleveled
warriors would sacrifice anything.
Sitting straight in the foliage, Shi Yan sorted out the memory of
Rampage in his mind little by little. After he put those memory
fragments in order, he found that the martial skill of Rampage consisted
of three levels as well. What got imprinted in his mind now was only the
first level of the training process. He had no idea which grade of martial
skill Rampage belonged to, or whether Rampage suited himself or not.
This martial skill leaked out from the Blood Vein Ring and rushed into his
mind in a straight yet quite weird way. To train with this martial skill one
needed to counter- flow the Profound Qi, which was of quite the opposite
way to general martial skills. Shi Yan hesitated. Could he train this
incomplete martial skill whose inside story was still not known.
As one of the 5 biggest families in the Merchant Union, Shi Family had its
own martial skills, the highest of which reached the Spirit grade. It was
regarded as a family heirloom by the Master of Shi Family---- Shi Jian.
This old man was the only person who had reached the level to train
with it.
Nonetheless, apart from this Martial Skill of grade Spirit, Shi Family also
possessed Mortal and Profound martial skills.
Shi Yan had decided to, before he found this, return to Shi Family and
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train with their Mortal and Profound martial skills with his new identity.
But now, the Blood Vein Ring had produced this mysterious and
unknown martial skill; he was totally confused. Whether to train with it
or not?
With a rigid face, Shi Yan tried to refine the Profound Qi and pushed it
into the Blood Vein Ring but to find the Profound Qi blocked before a
protective screen in the Ring. No matter how hard he tried, the Profound
Qi couldn't break the screen. He came up with a vague idea that there
was something behind that protective screen. But he would never know
until it was broken.
Behind that protective screen, there might be more information about
the Rampage, and most likely, it was about the process of another two
levels of training. Sadly, the Profound Qi would not break that screen
until it was strong enough.
Helplessly, Shi yan withdrew the Profound Qi from the ring. He arranged
the incomplete memory fragments of martial skills again, but got more
hesitant.
To train with it or not?
Being wrapped in foliage, and the eyes shining, Shi Yan's facial
expressions kept on changing. After a long long time, he decided to give
it a shot first, to see what would happen to his body if he trained in the
first level of Rampage.
The Profound Qi flew toward the Meridian Jugu slowly. After it arrived
there, according to the spinning process of first level of rampage, Shi
Yan injected the Profound Qi into Meridan Jugu slowly. Jugu, at once,
started to spin greatly. Negative moods buried in that meridian, such as
hatred, despair, insanity, were all triggered as a burst, which turned into
a certain force and began to change the veins, bones, blood and flesh
around Jugu.
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All of a sudden, he felt severe pain.
The blood and flesh around the Jugu area suddenly contracted and the
muscles went tight instantly .
After a quick thought, Shi Yan began to counter-flow the Profound Qi in
no time. An unbearable pain suddenly raced his whole body such that
his veins were very near to be torn apart. After it flew several inches, Shi
Yan made up his mind and forced The Profound Qi up. The Profound Qi
thus jumped across the Meridian Jugu and rushed to the Meridian
Jianzhen, like a cranky beast.
After it accumulated in Jianzhen, the Profound Qi span just like before,
which again brought out those negative moods of hatred, despair and
anger hidden in Jianzhen, all at once. The blood and flesh in that area
began to contract again. To Shi Yan's surprise, there was even a vague
grey fog rising up from each pore on his shoulder, and which was mixed
with despair and hatred. Haunting!
The Profound Qi counter-flew again; Shi Yan felt a splitting pain in his
right arm. His forehead and back were both soaked in sweat.
Severe pain!
Biting his teeth, the insanity inside Shi Yan broke out abruptly. Despite
the pain in his arm, Shi Yan continued to urge the profound Qi in the
direction of Meridian Wuli...
Not knowing the passage of time, Shi Yan moved the Profound Qi all the
way from Jugu to Yangchi near his wrist, suppressing the desire of
hauling. All sorts of negative power inside the meridians of his the right
arm seemed to be brought out at once!
Examining carefully, Shi Yan found the muscles on his right arm
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contracted, so much that they were much thinner than before. The dim
grey fog curled up the arm ceaselessly, conveying those negative
moods.
Merely by looking at it, one would be easily affected by its power, feeling
extremely terrified.
The Profound Qi was moving back and forth in his arm. A strong power
which could burst a dyke was surging in his arm, combined with all sorts
of negative moods. Shi Yan felt an enormous power in his right arm, as if
it would burst in a minute.
In the bottom of his heart, a series of whims of killing and cruelty
showed up.
Breathing heavily, Shi Yan's eyes showed a murderous look. Among the
trees, he started searching for targets, viciously as a wolf. How he
wished he could ground every person he saw into powder, with his right
arm. It wouldn't be a pleasure until he smashed those people into mud.
...
In a while, two shadows, along with loud curses, were moving toward
this direction slowly. They were both warriors of the Mo Family. After
searching other places, but finding no trace of Shi Yan, they were sent
by Mo Yanyu to search this area.
"Where is that bastard! I'm gonna cut off his head at sight of him! Crap!
My mistress is still waiting for me in The Merchant Union. I have wasted
too much of my time here because of that bastard! Damn!", a stout
warrior cursed with dirty words, whose face was buried in heavy
moustache.
"Zhen Tie, Be careful! That bastard killed four of us! Must be a tough
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one to deal with. He ate as twice as what we eat for one meal, so
strange! Don't undervalue him!" The other warrior looked cautious, and
he kept looking here and there, being more careful apparently.
"Don't worry. We are both at second sky of Nascent. And we are two
persons. It's asking for death if that bastard try to attack us. Hum! Let us
kill him soon so that we can leave! I have enough with this crazy place. I
want woman! Woman!" The warrior named Zhen Tie seemed too eager
for a woman that he began to haul in the woods.
"Yaw Weeeee. Miss Mo is a woman too..."That cautious warrior mocked
in a low voice.
"Well, Miss Mo is a woman. But, she is out of our league. I found that
Master Karu went to Miss Mo quite a lot these days. Maybe he had a
good choice. Look at Miss Mo, that face, that ass, hmm, let's see which
lucky bastard could get her. Our level is too low. There is not even a
slightest hope in this life!"
Zhe Tie lowered his voice, wearing sinister smile on his face. He seemed
to be in some fantasy. When it came to some joyful part, he
straightened his body and laughed loudly.
"Daydream! Miss Mo is already engaged. That Ling Shaofeng is a very
tough guy. If he knew you are fantasizing about her, you would be a
dead body!"
On hearing Ling Shaofeng, Zhen Tie looked panic. He whispered: " That
kid is too strange! I have heard that he has almost reached the Human
Grade. I have seen him kill! He is unimaginably cruel! Even Karu would
not escape if he annoyed Ling. Seriously, we have to be careful. If he
heard what we said..."
Zhen Tie shivered. Apparently he was too scared of Mo Yanyu's fiance.
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With rigid faces, the two discussed Ling Shaofeng as they walked toward
where Shi Yan was, not knowing that in the thick leaves above them,
there was a bloody beast.
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Chapter 13
Surprise Kill
Shi Yan couldn't control his bloodlust any more. He panted, suddenly
jumping up from the thickets. His Profound Qi was blowing in his right
arm like waves, a fierce and violent energy of killing which was about to
explode from the inside.
"Crap!"
The warrior who had been on alert suddenly paled, and screamed loudly
for help. Landing on top of his head, Shi Yan started his strike like a
sharp sword with his Profound Qi formed into a thick smog around his
arm. Ahead of him, Shi Yan cast his Profound Qi out like a net of smog,
which tightly wrapped up that warrior's head in an instant.
In that moment, an intense wave of negative feelings, blended with
endless resentment and desperation, suddenly rushed into his nose and
mouth. Shi Yan felt like he was standing in the middle of a bloody ocean,
with thousands of evil spirits flying towards him, grabbing him in full
force, and tearing him apart. He couldn't move even if he tried to.
"Thump!"
Shi Yan hit his iron-like fist onto that warrior's skull with a mighty force.
With a clear sound, the warrior's skull exploded; he didn't even get to
scream before he lost his last breath. All his Profound Qi rushed out and
was directly absorbed into Shi Yan's Meridans .
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The other Warrior named Zheng Tie looked absolutely horrified and
instantly set off his blue smoke bomb into the sky. The blue smoke bomb
flew up into the sky, and suddenly exploded with a shining blue light
even brighter than the sun.
"Look! Over there!"
Seeing that blue light, Mo Yanyu suddenly got excited. She turned
around, and quickly flew towards that direction with no hesitation.
Master Karu didn't move at first. He sneered for a moment, and then
followed Mo Yanyu on her way.
"You bastard! Let's see how you get away this time?" After releasing the
blue smoke bomb, Zheng Tie was not as panicky as before. He stared at
Shi Yan with burning eyes and sneered, "We have been looking for you
all this time. Finally, you came out. This time, where can you run to?"
Shi Yan was breathing heavily. With the bloodlust becoming more and
more concentrated in his eyes, Shi Yan could feel an endless urge for
bloodbath within his chest. That warrior's Profound Qi which flew into Shi
Yan's body after he died had further fueled this killing impulse within his
body, as if there was a voice whispering into his ears, continuously
encouraging him to let go of his desire for blood.
Seeing that Shi Yan was just panting instead of making any move
towards him, Zheng Tie felt a bit relieved. He kept a distance away from
Shi Yan and sneered, "Hey you, Miss Mo and Master Karu will be here in
a moment. You are gonna die for sure!"
"Wwwrrraaa!"
With a roar rising out of his throat, Shi Yan suddenly flew towards Zheng
Tie, like a caged beast running wild. There was a beam of white smoke
surrounding his right arm which looked just like a giant snake. The snake
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suddenly jumped out and came right towards Zheng Tie's neck.
Zheng Tie was already prepared. He didn't counter directly with Shi Yan.
Instead, he moved away from Shi Yan by couple of meters.
However, that snake of white smoke was not that easy to get rid of. It
kept chasing Zheng Tie as if it was alive. Even though Zheng Tie stepped
back, it didn't give up and still followed him, intending to wrap around
Zheng Tie like a cocoon.
Zheng Tie was a little surprised. He sniffed a little and started to cut the
smoke snake with the sharp blade in his hands.
The white smoke snake was cut into half instantly. However, it didn't
stop. The two parts of snake rose up and started to wrap around both of
his arms. At that moment, two waves of evil spirits rushed into Zheng
Tie's head. Zheng Tie's body froze, both eyes filled with bloody scenes
and creepy skeletons. He felt like he was suddenly deprived of all his
power.
"Boom!"
Shi Yan arrived right in front of Zheng Tie and hit Zheng Tie's face with
all the force in his right fist. In just one hit, an ocean of bloody and
turbulent Profound Qi exploded out of Shi Yan's fist and drilled straight
into Zheng Tie's head.
With blood all over his face, as well as a terrified and unbelievable look
in his eyes, Zheng Tie felt a chill running down his body and collapsed
face down right onto the ground. His Profound Qi flew out just like those
dead warriors before him.
The bodies of the two warriors gradually turned into mummies, with no
blood to be seen on their faces, and all their Profound Qi dried out.
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Despite all the fierce bloodlust roaring in his mind, Shi Yan retain his
rationale and carefully checked the belongings on those two dead
warriors. He collected all the valuable food and crustal coins on them
and climbed onto the ancient tree like an agile monkey. He hid himself
among those thick leaves and branches, and told himself to calm down,
over and over again.
However, the crazy desire for blood was still there in his mind. Shi Yan
sat there and started to operate his Profound Qi. The Profound Qi that
had been blowing within his right arm a moment ago was gradually
maneuvered into his abdomen and his right arm had returned to normal
now.
Shi Yan tried his best to control his breath and withdrew his flying evil
spirits back into his body. The killing light gradually disappeared from his
eyes. Through the thick leaves, Shi Yan looked at the movements on the
ground in full concentration.
Not before long, a crowd started to gather under the tree. The first two
were also warriors from the Mo's Family. Same as Zheng Tie, they were
also Elementary Warriors that had reached the Second Sky, and couldn't
push their Profound Qi out of their body yet. They looked alert after they
arrived, and they kept looking around for traces of Shi Yan, afraid that
he might strike again.
After a while, Mo Yanyu and Master Karu arrived one after another. Mo
Yan Yu arrived first. She took a quick look at the two dried bodies lying
on the ground, and said in a firm voice, "Yes! It was him!" A cold killing
light started to spread within her eyes. She moved around, trying to find
some traces of him. She started to study the leaves and branches
around, and tried to figure out whether he had left or not.
Before, if Shi Yan tried to escape, he would have broken some branches
of the tree, or left behind some heavy and messy footprints. In that short
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time, there was no way for him to cover his tracks.
Mo Yanyu was right about that.
But what a shame! Shi Yan hadn't left at all. He had been hiding in that
ancient tree all along. Mo Yan Yu searched everywhere, but couldn't find
a thing. Her beautiful face turned less attractive with a frown, "Damn it!
Fucking hell! He left no trace of himself at all!"
After Master Karu arrived, he looked around with his shrewd eyes and
suddenly looked up and shouted, "You little shit! Come out of the tree
now! You think you can get away with this again?"
Shi Yan was surprised by Master Karu's reaction. He couldn't help but
lose his control. A freezing light flew out of his dark eyes, the killing
desire that he had been controlling inside of his body was unleashed.
"There you are!" Master Karu sneered and instantly summoned a creepy
grey bomb within his hands. The bomb was suddenly thrown towards Shi
Yan's hiding place in a flash.
"You fucking asshole! Where can you hide this time?" Mo Yan Yu put on
a scary face and also struck the place where Shi Yan was hiding with her
powerful "Green Lightning Kill", mixed with beams of electricity waves.
"Whoo!"
Shi Yan jumped out of the leaves. He didn't lay eyes on Mo Yan Yu or
Master Karu at all. Once he was out, he instantly ran for the next tree
with the thickest leaves.
However, both Mo Yan Yu and Master Karu were warriors of the Nascent
Level, which was way superior to Shi Yan's Elementary Level. Unless Shi
Yan attacked them by surprise, in these circumstances, there was no
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way that Shi Yan could confront them face to face, to say nothing of one
versus the two of them.
"Don't loose him!" With a loud shout , Mo Yan Yu flew after Shi Yan,
while the two warriors of the Mo's Family followed behind.
Master Karu didn't go to chase Shi Yan instantly. He watched the grey
bomb completely destroy the tree branches where Shi Yan had been
hiding, waved his hand, and summoned that creepy grey bomb back into
his palm. He sneered again and then followed Mo Yan Yu at the speed of
light.
The two warriors of the Mo's Family were soon left behind. Mo Yan Yu
and Master Karu were chasing Shi Yan one after another. They were
soon closing in.
"Boom!"
A bright blue light ball suddenly exploded right in front of Mo Yan Yu and
Master Karu, with the shining blue light almost blinding the two of them.
Mo Yan Yu and Master Karu were too busy following Shi Yan to pay
attention to their surroundings, and were instantly surprised and blinded
by the shining flash of the blue light. They collided into two giant trees.
Before they could regain their eyesight, Shi Yan was already miles away.
"The blue smoke bomb! Damn it!" Mo Yan Yu shouted and continued to
chase Shi Yan with an angry face.
Master Karu was apparently irritated too. He swore something and
suddenly flew ahead of Mo Yan Yu. This time, he was not holding back
his real power. "Fucking asshole! This time, I'm gonna make you beg for
mercy!"
"Boom!"
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Another blue smoke bomb exploded in front of him. But this time, Master
Karu was prepared. He closed his eyes just in time and continued to
chase Shi Yan, after the bright flash of that blue smoke bomb faded
away.
As a warrior of the Nascent Level, Master Karu's power was way above
that of Shi Yan's. He flew just like a wind, as fast as lightning. After the
second blue smoke bomb, he soon closed the gap between him and Shi
Yan.
The grey bomb! Master Karu summoned another grey bomb inside his
palm. He put on an evil face and lifted his hands when he was about 20
meters away from Shi Yan. Boom! That grey bomb was cast out just like
a cannonball, heading straight at the back of Shi Yan, with a loud bang.
"Boom!"
Shi Yan released another blue smoke bomb. The blue smoke bomb and
that grey bomb bumped into each other and exploded, releasing bright
green light, covering the whole sky. The green light fell onto the forest
and started a wildfire.
Thanks to that blue smoke bomb, Shi Yan had won some time to escape.
He kept running like hell. Once he sensed that Master Karu was closing
in on him, he would release a blue smoke bomb that he had taken from
the warriors before, and buy himself some time to run away.
But finally, Shi Yan had run out of all the blue smoke bombs in his hands.
At that moment, he suddenly felt a strange warm stream of energy
flowing throughout his body from his meridans. The Profound Qi he had
extracted from those two dead warriors had been purified by his body,
and become part of his own Profound Qi within his abdomen, enhancing
his power to the next level.
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Instantly, Shi Yan turned around, and started running towards Master
Karu as if he was crazy!
Master Karu puts on a creepy sneer on his face again. He was not
panicked at all. He slowly operated his Profound Qi inside his body,
preparing the whole plan. Within seconds, his whole body was covered
with a layer of dark light, which was half a meter in length.
He was using the Profound Qi to protect his body!
Shi Yan was a little shocked, but he didn't slow down because of this.
Even with his Profound Qi concentrated within his left hand, Shi Yan
didn't release it up front. He held his iron-like fist like a sharp knife, and
stuck it right at Master Karu's stomach.
With the look of contempt in his eyes, Master Karu didn't move at all, as
if he was waiting for Shi Yan's strike.
"Boom!"
With one hit on the layer of dark light covering Master Karu's body, Shi
Yan felt like he was hitting on a layer of cotton. That layer of dark light
was merely touched; he could not hurt Master Karu's body at all.
"Hmph! You low-grade Elementary-level Warrior! Wanna break my dark
light shield? Not that easy!" Master Karu sneered, and with a wave, a
grey bomb sped out of his palms, right at Shi Yan's chest.
Shi Yan was struck instantly. With an intense wave of power storming
into his chest, Shi Yan flew backwards, his mouth filled with blood. He
could even hear the sound of his bones crushing inside his chest.
Falling on the ground, Shi Yan felt like his whole body had shattered,
with an unbearable pain all over. His mouth was filled with blood.
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"You have no idea who you are dealing with," Master Karu shook his
head, and slowly walked towards Shi Yan with a dark face, "You boy,
come back to be my Medicine Slave. Don't ever attempt to run away
again. You should know that I didn't strike you with my full power.
Otherwise, you would have been dead already."
"Again!"
Shi Yan stood up. He swiped clean the blood on his lips, and rushed
towards Master Karu again with a terrifying firm look in his eyes.
"Hum! You wanna die? Sure!" Master Karu laughed like crazy. This time,
he didn't hide either, and put on his dark light shield again. His entire
body was instantly covered by a shining dark light.
Shi Yan held up his right fist and rushed towards Master Karu, as if he
wanted to try the same attack as last time. Master Karu sneered, "Come
on boy, you are certainly looking for death this way!"
As Shi Yan was rushing forward, something strange suddenly happened
to his right hand. Before he hit Master Karu's dark light shield, there
appeared a layer of white light around his right fist. A strong wave of
negative energy, combined with desperation, fear and lust for killing
rushed out altogether instantly.
Master Karu became anxious. However, it was already too late for him to
make any contingency plan.
The next moment, a terrifying storm of negative horror, with craziness
and desperation, struck Master Karu's dark light shield. The dark light
shield, that was more than capable of defending a full strength strike
from an Elementary-Level Warrior, shattered into pieces within a few
seconds. The evil spirits entangled around Shi Yan's right fist hit right
through Master Karu's body, storming through the body like a wild wave.
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Under the influence of that overwhelming power of killing, Master Karu's
mind, as well as his body, was completely frozen. He had absolutely no
time to react or prepare self-defense.
Shi Yan took out the dagger that he had been hiding in his left sleeve,
and swiped right across Master Karu's neck, with a hot wave of blood
streaming out of Karu's blood vessel, and splashing all over Shi Yan's
body.
A huge head flew high up into the sky and heavily fell onto the ground
about 3 meters away.
The Profound Qi inside Master Karu's body was now running wild. Mixed
with all the terrifying thoughts and hatred inside Master Karu's mind
right before his last breath, his Profound Qi was now flowing into Shi
Yan's meridans in an unstoppable momentum.
Shi Yan could clearly feel the strong energy within this unique wave of
Profound Qi. His whole body slightly trembled with excitement.
Different from previous warriors like Zheng Tie, Master Karu was a
Nascent-Level Warrior. The Profound Qi inside his body was much
thicker, and more concentrated. The Profound Qi that Shi Yan got from
him after his death was way more powerful than that he got from the
previous warriors like Zheng Tie. Shi Yan was standing still. He couldn't
move at all. It took him almost one minute to absorb all the Profound Qi
inside Master Karu's body.
After taking off the only bag that Master Karu had on himself, Shi Yan
felt like his whole body was aching, as if he had lost all the power in his
arms and legs, especially his right arm, which he was using for previous
attacks. He couldn't use any strength in his right arm, as if this was the
consequence he had to face after an attack that intense which had
caused some inadaptation in his body.
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"Don't let him get away!"
Not far behind, he could hear the shouting and screaming of Mo Yan Yu.
Although the several blue smoke bombs Shi Yan had set off had
successfully slowed her down, but she had managed to catch up after a
couple of minutes.
It seemed that she wasn't alone.Chasing along with her, were a few
warriors from the Mo's Family.
At the moment, Shi Yan could feel that some energy within his body was
caged for the moment, so he didn't want to fight against Mo Yan Yu or
those warriors directly. Shi Yan took over Master Karu's only backpack,
jumped into the thick bushes, and started running like hell once again.
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Chapter 14
Music from the Heaven
Mo Yan Yu suddenly stopped.
The four warriors from the Mo's Family, who followed her out of the thick
forest , were filled with a heavy look on their face.
On the ground, lies Master Karu's corpse which was still warm. However,
the corpse had already been deprived of all Profound Qi, as dry as a
mummy.
Looking at the scene, all four warriors stood by Mo Yan Yu's side with
terror in their eyes. One of them came up to Mo Yan Yu with some
hesitation, and said "Miss Mo..."
Mo Yan Yu was apparently trembling. After a while, she replied with a
frown, "Stop the chasing."
"But Miss..." The warrior wanted to add something.
"Master Karu had already achieved the Second Sky stage for a NascentLevel
Warrior, the same level as me. Moreover, he had far more fighting
experience than me." Mo Yan Yu shook her head with a hopeless look, "I
don't know how he killed Master Karu. But, this means that he is capable
of killing any of us right now. If we keep chasing him, we probably won't
even be able to make it back to the Merchandise Union."
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"So we just let him go like this? Miss Mo, we have spent a lot of money
in order to get Master Karu to work for us!" That warrior said in a low
voice.
"So Li Tian, if we don't give up, can you come up with a better idea?"
That warrior suddenly went silent.
Mo Yan Yu kneeled down beside the cold corpse of Master Karu. She
searched through his body and cursed in a low voice, "Shit! That bastard
has taken everything from Master Karu, all the medicine and medical
books. This time we are literally here for nothing."
All the other four warriors went silent together; they didn't dare to say
anything.
"Go back to Johnson! From now on, we must act in groups. No individual
movement is allowed!" Mo Yan Yu took a deep breath. Then, she stood
up and turned back to the way they came. At the moment, she was
hating Shi Yan to his guts.
...
On the other side, Shi Yan was still running for his life in the dark forest.
The bloodthirst was still running wildly inside his body. It's devouring his
consciousness bit by bit . The negative energy of madness, brutality and
bloodthirst was invading his mind uncontrollably. Gradually, his sight
blacked out and his body felt to be on the verge of breakdown from the
wild energy.
At that moment, he was extremely weak and tired. He couldn't gather
any strength in his arms or legs. He must avoid any fight with anyone.
Otherwise, he would be dead for sure.
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Shi Yan wasn't sure how long he could hold on. He never expected his
body to react in such a strange way, so he had made no contingency
plan.
"Boom!"
The wild bloodthirst inside his mind finally exploded. Shi Yan was
panting heavily as he totally lost his sight . There was only one voice in
his head, whispering, repeating the same word, "Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Shi Yan knew that before long, he would have lost all his sanity, and
become a mindless bloodthirsty beast. He would only know nothing but
to kill.
...
A beautiful music suddenly flew into Shi Yan's ears from the distance.
The music was like water drops falling on a jade plate, like the wind
shuttling through the silk curtain. It was as soft as a bird flapping its
wings, as light as the gentle streams flowing through the quiet forest.
The music was so beautiful, so peaceful, as if it flew down right from the
Heaven.
The beautiful music was like a soft hand soothing his heart. It had taken
away all his bloody and crazy desire. Slowly, it also helped Shi Yan to
regain his sanity, which was on the brink of breakdown.
Thanks to that soft and soothing music, Shi Yan gradually regained his
sanity right before he lost his mind . He slowly walked towards the
direction of that music with an intoxicated look on his face. He felt like
his whole body was soaking in that beautiful music, and all his bloodlust
inside his body had totally disappeared.
In a small valley full of unique flowers and special plants, Shi Yan saw a
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beautiful figure playing the zither. She was just sitting cross-legged right
in the middle of the flowers. She slightly lowered her head and was
completely putting herself into the music, without even aware of Shi
Yan's presence.
Shi Yan moved closer and closer, and stopped around 100 meters away
from her back. He stood there and flabbergasted with the beautiful
figure in front of him. Then, he stood there, with closed eyes, trying to
immerse himself in that beautiful sound of zither.
After a while, that sound of zither gradually slowed down, and finally
stopped.
Shi Yan felt awakened from a nice dream. He found that all anger and
bloodlust were completely gone, as if they had never existed !
However, his body still felt heavy. The intense pain in his chest was
especially killing him. It seemed that he was still suffering from that fatal
blow from Master Karu. Shi Yan concentrated his attention and could feel
the flowing Profound Qi within his Meridans. He could sense that his
body was still processing the Profound Qi that he had absorbed from
Master Karu.
That beautiful figure at distance slowly turned around with an ancient
zither in her hands. She slightly frowned and looked straight at Shi Yan.
Shi Yan couldn't help but tremble. His eyes were staring at the beautiful
girl in front of him unceasingly. "So beautiful!", He unconsciously blurted
out.
That girl was around 18 or 19 years old, dressed in a white overskirt. Her
eyes were sparkling, her teeth was gleaming, her skin was soft and
smooth, and her figure was delicate and slim. She could be described as
a beautiful goddess from the Heaven, but at the same time, also as the
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cute girl that lived next door. She was so perfect. Shi Yan couldn't tell
who was more beautiful, Mo Yan Yu or the girl in front of him.
That lovely girl just gave a single glance at Shi Yan. She then turned
around in silence and walked slowly towards the little creek hundreds of
meters away with the zither in her hands.
Shi Yan couldn't help admiring the beautiful women in this world.
Overall, he had only met two women in this world, but they were both so
breathtaking, like one in a million.
"Miss! Thanks a lot for your beautiful music. Can I ..." Seeing the girl was
walking away from him, Shi Yan couldn't help but shouted.
"Hey , stop it! Enough is enough."
Suddenly, a strong figure jumped from the giant ancient tree in front of
Shi Yan. This was a middle-aged man with a hairy yellow face . He was
wearing a taupe warrior's outfit. He looked very tall and strong with a
huge sword on his shoulder. But he didn't look very serious, just
standing in front of Shi Yan, looking at him with a weird smile on his
face.
No doubt, Shi Yan was caught out of surprise. He instantly put on some
alert. Just by looking at him, he could clearly sense a terrifying energy
from this yellow-faced man in front of him.
It didn't take him long to understand that this yellow-faced man was
definitely a warrior way above his level. The yellow-faced man was just
looking at him, not intentionally releasing any energy to pressure him at
all, but Shi Yan already felt like he was as untouchable as a steady
mountain.
Shi Yan took a step back, showing that he didn't come with any evil
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thoughts. Then he faked a smile and said, "The music that beautiful miss
played was so enchanting. I just can't get enough . I stayed just to listen
to more of her music, nothing else. Don't worry."
To Shi Yan, this girl had the most magical music skills. Her beautiful
music could apparently help him control the bloody desire within his
mind. Shi Yan was not sure when this craving for blood inside of him
would come back again. Therefore, he was desperate to find something
to help him control this ugly desire inside him body.
"I can tell that you are just a lustful guy, nothing else. Otherwise, I
wouldn't have let you live until now." The yellow-faced man laughed,
and said in a relaxed mood, "But here is not the place for you to get
lustful. I suggest you'd better get the hell away from us. Otherwise you
would be in a lot of trouble."
"OK, as you wish." Shi Yan lifted both hands to show cooperation. He
didn't stay any longer. However, he took a glance at that beautiful figure
in distance before turning around and left.
...
"Uncle Luo, I sensed a strong evil spirit on that man. Back then his whole
body was filled with killing desire and almost went berserk.
However,after his bloodlust faded away, he dared to take such a ...
lustful look on me. I guess he shouldn't belong to the Dark World." Mu
Yu Die said with a mild discomfort when she recalled Shi Yan's lustful
look on her.
That man... it seemed that he could never hide his desire from within.
Although there were other men who also wanted her, they would at least
do it in secret or cover up their desires when they laid eyes on her. They
wouldn't expose their dirty thoughts inside their mind out to the world.
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However, that guy... he didn't even try to cover up his lust for her in his
eyes . What she saw in his eyes was a simple and straight-forward
desire.
"He can't be from the Dark World. The assassins sent by the Dark World
were all Warriors of the Nascent Level, but that guy was still an
Elementary-Level Warrior." Luo Hao laughed and said, "But interesting
though, that guy was not even a Nascent-Level Warrior, but dare to
dream out our beautiful princess who has already achieved the Third
Sky. This guy has some balls. Haha!"
"Ah, I am still not sure when I could recover. Currently, I am powerless."
Mu Yu Die slightly sighed with her heart filled with sorrow, "Uncle Luo, if
the assassins did come and you couldn't defeat them, please just leave
me behind. I...can rely on my own."
"What is that nonsense?!" Hearing this, Luo Hao was apparently not very
happy. He said with a firm voice, "We are not far away from the
Merchandise Union right now. If we can survive the next few weeks and
one month at most, we could definitely get out of this Dark Forest. Once
we reached the Merchandise Union, the Dark World couldn't do anything
to hurt us."
"Gu! Gu!"
With some strange whistle from the distance, not before long, two man
and one woman who dressed like Mercenaries came out of the forest
with a heavy look. The leader came up to Luo Hao and said, "Sorry,
Uncle Luo, we couldn't keep up with the trackers from the Dark World."
Luo Hao nodded, and said with a frown, "We must set out right now, and
choose a new location for rest. Otherwise, the assassins from the Dark
World will soon find and surround us."
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The five of them did not stay for long. They quickly packed their stuff
and left in a hurry.
...
Right after Shi Yan left that girl, the craving for blood slowly rose up in
his mind again.
This unstoppable desire for blood may have something to do with the
Profound Qi that Shi Yan got from Master Karu. Because Master Karu had
the power of a Nascent-Level Warrior, his Profound Qi was mixed with
too much negative energy. Therefore, it would take Shi Yan much more
time and efforts to purify his Profound Qi. While his Meridans were
processing Master Karu's Profound Qi, these annoying negative energy
would spill over from time to time and ignite his crazy desire for blood
from inside of his body.
But that girl's music could help him control those wild desires, so that he
didn't lose his sanity and fell into the abyss of craziness and chaos back
then. However, his Meridans were still working on purifying Master
Karu's Profound Qi. Until this process was completed, there was a pretty
good chance that Shi Yan would fall into that bloody craziness again.
Before his body finished the purification of Master Karu's Profound Qi,
that beautiful girl could definitely be his cure to stay sane.
Knowing that another wave of bloody urge was slowly creeping up on
him, Shi Yan was overwhelmed by a bad feeling. After some hesitation,
he still started walking towards that girl's direction.
Only the beautiful music of that girl could help him to calm down. And
only by following her steps, could Shi Yan get the chance to hear that
Heaven-like sound again.
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Chapter 15
Promoting to Nascent-Level Warrior
"Uncle Luo, there's someone following us!" One among the group of
mercenaries said to their leader with a low voice, "It must be that scout
sent by the Dark World. "
That mercenary had a young handsome face. He looked like 25 - 26
years old, and was already 1.85 meters tall, with a strong and slim
figure. He was a Nascent-Level Warrior who had already reached the
Third Sky. His eyes were shining with energy, and always on alert. Just
from a simple glance, Shi Yan knew that he was an excellent warrior.
"No, he is not from the Dark World. He is just a horny little stalker; so
shameless. No need to pay attention to him." Luo Hao shook his head,
and said with a frown, "Let's hurry. Just leave him alone."
Zhao Xin didn't look happy about this, and said with a cold voice, "Is he
after Miss Mu? How dare he?! Shall I wait here to teach him a lesson?"
While he was talking, he gave a caring look at the delicate girl named
Mu Yu Die, who was leaning on Luo Hao.
"No, don't make any trouble if not necessary." Luo Hao shook his head
again, and asked the girl in a soft voice, "Die, are you ok with this? Shall
we speed up a little bit?"
Mu YU Die was looking very pale, and perspiring heavily. She smiled
politely, "Yes, I can hold on. We could go faster. Maybe it would be
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better if we leave that man behind. Otherwise, he would also be killed by
those assassins sent by the Dark World."
Luo Hao couldn't help but sigh, feeling pity for this kind-hearted girl. He
nodded to her and said, "Die, don't use any more of your Profound Qi. I
am here for you to lean on."
After saying that, Luo Hao held the shoulders of Mu Yu Die as if she were
a delicate flower, and ran between the trees in the forest at ease. When
about to land on the ground, he would control his mighty body to just
slightly touch the ground before jumping up again. There were no
footprints left behind him. Obviously, he was a first-class master in
maneuvering his Profound Qi.
...
On the other side, Shi Yan was struggling very hard with such a march. It
was becoming more and more difficult for him to breathe.
The desire for blood had been killing him all the way. His body was also
aching from the intense hit by Master Karu. Due to the intense fight he
just had, Shi Yan suffered a severe loss of Profound Qi, which couldn't be
restored within a short period of time.
Under this circumstance, if he ever encountered Mo Yan Yu again,
there's no doubt that he would be dead. Therefore, he had no choice but
to recover as soon as possible and control his own body which had gone
wild.
The beautiful music of that girl was indeed his only hope.
He didn't care whether that girl liked him or not. Shi Yan felt like he
didn't have a choice. Even if she thought that he was a shameless
bastard, let it be! He would always follow her steps, as long as she would
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play that enchanting music again.
Shi Yan had to control his growing urge for murder with a bad look on his
face, Shi Yan moved most of his Profound Qi which was not much left to
his legs, and tried his best to keep up with the five people ahead of him.
Shi Yan completely cleared his mind and became more focused than
ever. The only goal that he had inhis mind was to keep up with those
people. Once he cleared his thoughts, he felt this march not as hard as
before.
...
"Uncle Luo, I cannot believe that guy was just an Elementary-Level
Warrior!" In midst of their rapid movement, Zhao Xin suddenly said with
surprise.
Luo Hao was also wondering. According to his knowledge, a warrior of
the Elementary-level shouldn't be able to keep up with their speed.
Although they had successfully distanced themselves from the man
behind, they never managed to ditch him. That man must have some
endurance to keep him chasing all the way. This made Luo Hao a little
curious, making him wonder whether he had underestimated this warrior
the previous time they met.
"Uncle Luo, I can keep up. You could speed up a little." Mu Yu Die said
with pain and a layer of sweat on her face.
"No, if we go any faster, you would get hurt." Luo Hao stubbornly
refused He said in a low voice with a frown, "Don't pay too much
attention to the man behind. He is looking for death. If he dies, it is not
our fault."
"Oww!"
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As they spoke, a loud roaring as horrifying as that of a wild beast came
from behind, which was apparently from Shi Yan. However, that roaring
didn't sound like human at all, which was filled with craziness and evil
craving for blood and killing, making anybody who had heard it tremble
from inside.
"Is this guy human or not?!" The hot female mercenary named Di Ya Lan
couldn't help but tremble, and said with scare in her eyes, "How could
any human make such a terrifying sound? This is even more terrifying
than the roaring of a demon beast that had gone crazy."
"The crazy craving inside his body is eating him up again." Luo Hao
started to look nervous, and said quickly, "Stay away from him!
Otherwise, he might attack us. He has already gone crazy. It's not very
difficult to kill him, but it might waste our precious time to escape. The
unnecessary fight will certainly draw the attention of those Dark World's
assassins, and we would be in a lot of trouble.."
"Just let me help him. Otherwise he would become a crazy monster that
only knows to kill, and would start a bloody war in this dark forest." Mu
Yu Die said after a little hesitation, and unwrapped the zither that she
had been carrying. Despite the dissuasion of Luo Hao and the other
warriors, she sat down with her legs crossed and started to play a song.
Luo Hao stepped hard on the ground with anger, "He is such a bastard,
not at all worthy of your help!"
The mesmerising sound of the zither flowed through the dark forest, like
a gentle stream, right towards Shi Yan, as if it was specifically meant for
him.
With both of his eyes turning crimson, Shi Yan was on the brink of going
crazy, almost losing to that murderous rage. Hearing the familiar music,
he was like suddenly awakened. With a light flashing through his eyes,
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he just stood there like completely lost in that beautiful music.
A trace of negative spirits combining desperation and fear slowly
lingered out of his body and started to surround him like a light mist. It
felt like millions of tornado going on in each of his 720 Meridans and he
could feel the unique energy that he got from Master Karu being purified
and concentrated within his Meridans, over and over again.
After a while, Shi Yan's eyes gradually returned to normal, and he began
to regain the look of a sane man. At that moment, he realized that this
was all due to the generous help of that beautiful girl. She had saved
him again!
With deep gratitude in his heart, Shi Yan sat down right where he was.
He put his heart and soul into this beautiful music and started to operate
his Profound Qi inside his body with no second thoughts. Immersing in
this soothing music, he started to relax.
Right in the middle of this dark forest,filled with all kinds of unexpected
danger, Shi Yan managed to enter the world of Selfless State.
He didn't remember how long it took before he awoke. The mist
wrapping around him had already been absorbed into his own body, and
under his guidance, flew through the different Meridans inside his body.
Suddenly, thousands of warm but strange streams of energy spilled over
from the 720 Meridans of his body and started to fulfill his Profound Qi
through his veins.
Shi Yan couldn't help but tremble. He could clearly feel his Profound Qi
compressing and strengthening with an amazing speed!
Within seconds, he could feel his Profound Qi to be5 to 6 times stronger,
and more concentrated than before!
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His strengthened Profound Qi suddenly started to gather around his
abdomen, and filled his entire body with power. Realizing that he might
have finally purified all the Profound Qi that he got from Master Karu, Shi
Yan was overwhelmed with excitement.
Shi Yan slowed his breathing and concentrated all his energy in
operating all his Profound Qi towards his 12 Major Veins and 8 Special
Veins.
The Profound Qi stormed through his entire body like a raging flood.eShi
Yan was able to unblock all his congested veins, albeit suffering from
intense pain. He felt as if his shoulders were at much ease..
Now that his Profound Qi had become stronger than ever, he felt like he
had unlimited potential.
The sun had already set, and the moon was shining brightly in the starry
sky.
With the last of his veins cleared, Shi Yan was very excited. He was
trying very hard to contain his exuberance, while operating the Profound
Qi in a cycle throughout the body.
When his cycle got finally over, Shi Yan felt like waking up from a very
long dream. He looked up at all the shining stars in the sky, feeling
nothing but unparalleled happiness.
Now that he had broken through all the veins in his body, he could be
said to be promoted to a Nascent Level Warrior.
From the Profound Qi that he got from Master Karu, and through the
incidents when he almost lost his mind and went crazy for blood, he had
finally purified all the power he got from Master Karu and broke through
all his veins with the purified and concentrated Profound Qi. Now he had
finally entered into a whole new level!
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After purification of all the energy he got from Master Karu, the bloodlust
that had once tangled his mind had suddenly vanished.
Now that he thought about it, Shi Yan realized that every time after
absorbing the Profound Qi from the dead, and until the Profound Qi was
completely purified by his Meridans, there would always be some
negative energy spilled over from his Meridans, which would trigger the
darkest side of himself and drive him into a state of insanity.
Because the first few victims of him were just Elementary-Level Warriors
with moderate energy, he could still control the negative desires.
But Master Karu was a Nascent-Level Warrior, with the power far beyond
Shi Yan's league. There was too much negative energy within Master
Karu's Profound Qi. Therefore, that time Shi Yan couldn't control it
anymore, and almost lost his sanity.
Right now since he had fully purified the Profound Qi that he got from
Master Karu, and entered a completely new level, Shi Yan didn't worry
about the eruptionof the evil power anymore.
"Kaka!"
Shi Yan stretched his body a little and stood up slowly. He was feeling
completely refreshed. The broken bones in his chest also seemed to
have recovered.
Shi Yan checked his body for wounds, but found them all healed. This
made him extremely happy.
He knew that his speedy recovery was not only due to his promotion, but
also had something to do with the "Immortal Martial Spirit".
Right before losing himself to the music, he had felt the cells near his
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chest wounds regrowing, beginning to heal. the
Looking around, Shi Yan realized that the location he was in was
completely exposed, with no cover of trees or any shades. Realizing that
just before he had been operating his Profound Qi here, forgetting
everything around him, Shi Yan felt lucky that nothing unexpected had
happened to him.
By practicing his Profound Qi in such an exposed location, and had Mo
Yan Yu still be looking for him, he would have definitely been captured
by her.
At present, that mesmerising music was long gone. He remembered the
sky to be still bright when under the effects of music, however, now it
was already midnight. He must have been practicing for a long time
without realising.He felt immense gratitude towards that beautiful girl.
She had saved him more than once. The first time she might have saved
him unintentionally, but the second time, she did the same specifically
for him
Based on the discussion he overheard from the five people, Shi Yan
realized that they were being chased by someone. However, he didn't
think too much and decided to continue following them in the same old
way.
He didn't like owing favors, and so he decided to pay back the girl's
kindness in his own way.
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Chapter 16
Treasure
Beside the small gentle stream, the ground dragon was drinking water
quietly, whose robust body was covered with scales.
Mo Yanyu was sitting upright in a sedan high on the ground dragon and
playing a blue smoke bomb in her hand, lost in thought.
Recently, she was very much haunted by Shi Yan. Once she remembers
that cold decisiveness in Shi Yan's eyes, she couldn't rest in peace. How
she wished she could catch him and ruin his veins and bones.
Given Karu's death, she had already released the medicine slaves who
were now of no use.
With her were eleven warriors from the Mo Family who were only at
Elementary Level. Their power was insufficient in helping Mo Yan Yu to
search for Shi Yan. As such, she could only wait for the relief troops from
the family.
All of a sudden, a pale blue light shot up across the sky some five miles
ahead.
"They have arrived!" Mo Yan Yu's spirit rose. She immediately threw the
blue smoke bomb up into the sky, and thus the same pale blue light was
seen above her.
The warriors around the ground dragon were in a lively outburst of
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happiness as they were getting ready for a sound fight.
In less than a quarter of an hour, three dark shadows showed up afar
and flew in their direction. The first of them had a graceful beard and
wore an indifferent smile. He approached near Mo Yan Yu and laughed
loudly: "Yu, where is Master Karu?"
"Third uncle, Master Karu is dead." Mo Yan Yu explained in a very
unwilling manner, "We met a thief mid- way. He was only ranked
Elementary, but still he was able to kill Master Karu. I just can't figure it
out."
Mo Chaoge's smile disappeared at once and his face turned pale: "Got
the thing on Karu?"
Mo Yan Yu shook her head: "It was taken by that thief."
"Stupid!"
Mo Chaoge cursed in a low voice. With a cold face, he observed: "We
received information that Karu had stolen an incomplete picture of "Gate
of Heaven" from his teacher. His teacher Mu Xun is looking for him
everywhere for that incomplete picture. It is said, in the "God Area",
where the Gate of Heaven leads to, were martial skills of Spirit and even
Sacred level! I came here in a hurry with two escorts just for that
incomplete picture! But you let him die! How stupid!"
"What!" Mo Yan Yu was shocked, "How could that be!"
"Why would Karu leave the Medicine Valley with you if he hadn't stolen
that valuable picture from his teacher? You think he was attracted by
the wealth of Mo Family? Humph. He was attempting to get a shelter in
the Merchant Union, so that his teacher Mu Xun couldn't kill him. "
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Mo Chaoge thought for a second seriously and reproached, " Tell me the
details. That man must be still in the dark forest. We have to find him!
The picture matters a lot. We, the Mo Family, have to get it! "
Mo Yan Yu started to realize how bad the situation was. She thus told
him all the details, except that she was soiled by Shi Yan twice.
"Dumbass!" Mo Chaoge scolded again. He flew into a rage.: "You didn't
keep tracking him? That bastard is only ranked Elementary! No matter
how he killed Karu, he must have paid a lot. He might have been hurt
too. Chase him and you could have killed him easily! Too dumb!"
"I was afraid that we would lose more, so..."Mo Yan Yu lowered her head
in shame.
"An Elementary guy, and you are afraid of him?"Mo Chaoge got
annoyed, "You wasted so much resources of our Mo Family! What are
you doing now? Show me the way! You! You! You! Bring the ground
dragon back to the Merchant Union through the secure route. Others!
Follow me and search!"
......
They looked for Shi Yan for two days but still got nothing.
Under the moonlight, Shi Yan was leaning against an ancient tree and in
deep thought. He had decided to stop the chasing for the time being.
He took off Karu's bag from his back and opened it to look into the
contents.
Inside the bag were a volume of poison book, several bottles of poison
refined by Karu, and two books about two martial skills of grade Mortal --
-- "Dark Light Shield" and "Black Formula".
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Apart from those things, there was one dark yellow incomplete picture,
on which were painted two hills. Shi Yan studied it for two days but
found out nothing. So he didn't take it seriously.
Of the two martial skills, to train "Black Formula" required a collection of
"Black Qi" first. Thinking hard for two days, Shi Yan didn't come up with
any idea of where he could find the "Black Qi", and so he soon forgot
about it.
Fortunately, to train in the other martial skill "Dark Light Shield" didn't
require anything special. One simply needed to operate his Profound Qi
according to the meridian map.
Thus Shi Yan took out the book of "Dark Light Shield" from the bag and
started to train in it. He was determined to train in that skill and thus
made every effort in remembering the mnemonics of the skill.
"Dark Light Shield" was a defensive martial skill. It used Profound Qi to
form a layer of dark light around one's body, in order to defend enemy's
assault. It was just a Mortal martial skill and needed no requirements but
one--- flow of profound Qi.
Shi Yan packed the bag and observed the surroundings for a while.
Assured that it was safe, he quietly climbed up a tree behind him, hid
himself in the thickets, and started to train in "Dark Light Shield".
After reaching level Nascent, his veins were as smooth as silk. Once he
thought of moving his Profound Qi, it would immediately flow into the
veins.
Sitting in meditation, Shi Yan operated his Profound Qi quietly and
trained according to the meridian's map for "Dark Light Shield".
The Profound Qi flew in his body like a gentle stream, and in a controlled
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manner. At once, Shi Yan speeded up circulating the Profound Qi.
"Pump!"
Suddenly a hazy black light started emitting from Shi Yan; it gradually
started forming a layer on his whole body. T
Shi Yan was quite sure that he was training in the correct way, so he
once again accelerated the Profound Qi.
The black light emitting his body began to grow in intensity. At first it
was only half a metre, then it formed a one metre layer, exactly the
same as Karu's.
A long time passed. Shi Yan exhaled a mixed breath and opened his
eyes leisurely. The profound Qi in him had already finished six big
circulations.
Succeeded!
Shi Yan smiled. He found that it was very easy to train in the black light
shield.
In merely one night, he had grasped the essential part of this martial
skill. With his Profound Qi growing, he only needed to accelerate its
circulation and its power of defence would increase greatly.
Up in the sky. The moon had disappeared. Dawn was coming near.
Shi Yan was not in a hurry to leave. He calmed his mind and tried to
operate the Profound Qi for a second time. The Profound Qi flew toward
the left arm; once it arrived at the first meridan, Shi Yan came up with
another thought; the Profound Qi promptly started rotating in that
meridan.
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After three breaths, Shi Yan changed his idea again. Immediately, the
Profound Qi flew backward, for which he got a splitting pain in that vein!
It's an exclusive phenomenon while training Rampage.
Enduring the pain in his arm, Shi Yan continued to circulate the Profound
Qi. He tried again as he did to his right arm.
The muscles on the left arm began to contract, and slowly, it became
dry and thin. Thin air was coming out of his left arm......
In the white fog were mixed negative moods such as fear, cruelty and
despair, which had the weird power of befogging people's minds. The
negative moods sourced from the meridians in the left arm and were
temporarily bounded in the fog. Once he fought with others, they would
leak out of the arm directly.
The sun was hanging high in the sky.
Shi Yan was sweating all over while fully concentrating on his left arm.
His left arm was covered with heavy fog which was sending out a putrid
smell. Shi Yan was then filled with a desire of murder.
"Hooo, hooo..."
Shi Yan was trying very hard to control his desire. He withdrew the
Profound Qi in the arm little by little, into his abdomen. Therefore that
arm gradually went back to normal, and the white fog around it began to
drift back into his meridans through veins, till none of it left around the
arm.
Shi Yan leaned against the tree trunk with a deadly pale face.
Exhausted, he was drowned in mixed feelings.
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This martial skill Rampage was able to induce all the negative power in
his meridans, though the negative power would also disturb his mind.
That martial skill was a double-edged sword, which would, in a battle,
make him lose his mind. It did bring a warrior enormous power, but it
was at the same time very dangerous.
Nevertheless, Shi Yan remembered the when Rampage broke Karu's
black light shield, and the odd state of Karu when his brain was intruded
by negative power. Shi Yan thus made up his mind to train this vicious
martial skill with his whole body. He wanted to know what would happen
to his body when all the negative power within his all meridans was
induced.
He had this vague thought that as long as he finished training the first
sky of Rampage, his body would have a major shift,and that his ability
would surge by two times.
"Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!" There came a sound of someone approaching from
afar.
Shi Yan frowned, and slowed his breathing. He then started observing
his surroundings.
Not before long, seven shadows, each of whom wearing a grey gown and
a pale mask, stopped under that ancient tree, seeming to be waiting for
something.
On the shoulders of six of those seven men, were signs of silver stars,
while on the last one's shoulder, was a sign of silver crescent.
"Wooon! Woon!", a weird sound wave came from the grove ahead,
sounding like a communication signal.
Under the ancient tree, that thin tall man with the crescent on his
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shoulder had a cold look in his eyes. He listened to the surrounding for
five seconds and remarked: "According to the secret message, they
have been spotted in a valley twenty miles away. Now chase them after
me!"
The troop of seven people passed rapidly.
Ten seconds after they left, Shi Yan stuck his head out of the leaves.
After thinking for a while, he jumped down the tree and followed after
them secretly.
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Chapter 17
Ten Times of Gravity
The serene valley was now filled with broken weapons. Luo Hao, Zhao
Xin and other men were encircling Mu Yu Die, and defending against the
fierce attacks of those from The Dark World.
The thin tall man in grey gown, on whose shoulder was embroidered a
silver crescent, was directing his eight subordinates to encircle the four
of them. The eyes under that pale mask were cold and ghastly.
"Miss Mu, you'd better go back with us to the Lord of the Dark World, or
we don't know how to reply him." The thin-tall man in grey gown,
seemingly the leader, remarked coldly as he was still directing his
people.
Disgusted, Mu Yu Die shook her head and said firmly: " I would rather
die than go back with you guys!"
"So you have decided not to cooperate, Miss Mo. Then I'm very sorry if
my people catch you." Pausing for a second, that man grinned: "Luo
Hao! You should know much more of our Dark World! If you go against
us, you are bringing about your own destruction!"
"Haha!" Luo Hao burst into laughter. His voice was resonant: " I'm
always alone. To kill me, you Dark World would have to pay a lot. You
are a dark moon emissary of the Dark World, with the ability of the
second sky of Disaster. It's enough for me to bring you with me to
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death!"
"Do you think you even deserve that type of death?! " That emissary
shook his head, and vanished in thin air.
The next moment, he was standing three metres in front of Luo Hao. He
stretched out his left hand;. the five fingers looked like a cleek, and
between them glowed a ghost-like green light, which suddenly flew
toward Luo Hao, and started to twine him like a ribbon.
"The Green Claw!" Luo Hao's facial expression changed a bit. He uttered
calmly: "Zhao Xin, you three! Protect Die!"
"Boom boom boom!"
Luo Hao's heart was beating several times as fast as before! And around
him, the power of gravity surged ten times!
All of a sudden, the eight men surrounding Luo Hao's group felt an
immense pressure, as if being pressed down by a huge mountain. The
pressure almost made them kneel on the ground. Even that crescent
emissary was affected a bit. But he grunted and said: "Luo Hao, what a
surprise! Your Art of Gravity is truly at advanced level!! Ten times of
gravity! No wonder you are so arrogant."
"Hahaha, if I can't even do that, how would I proclaim you to be buried
with me?" Luo Hao replied calmly , with an indifferent smile on his
face.Meanwhile, the broad sword on his shoulder gave out a dazzling
blue light, increasing that monstrous pressure.
Luo Hao laughed loudly as he wielded the sword in his hand, and walked
right in front of Mu Yu Die, obstructed that crescent emissary at once.
After the crescent emissary displayed the green claw, gloomy green
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light pervaded in the air. But it seemed to be influenced by the
increased gravity, for the crescent emissary had difficulty controlling it.
He curved his fingers and pushed forward, as he encircled Luo Hao with
other three Dark Star Emissaries.
"Zhao Xin, take Miss Mu away!", Luo Hao shouted. The broad sword in
his hand gave out a bright blue light, and looked like shooting stars
when slashed. It was able to obstruct the enemy in their way..
Shi Yan was hiding behind an ancient tree, some fifty metres away from
the fight. He gazed at the front with a rigid face, with his eyes shining in
the dark.
All the star people from the Dark World were Nascent. And that crescent
emissary had already reached The Second Sky of Disaster. It's too much
for him. If he hastily took action, he would be easily killed by them
before he could move near Mu Yu Die.
Shi Yan was envisioning various scenarios for the best possible
approach.
Few seconds later, his eyes radiated. He took out his bag cautiously, put
the "Bone Cutting Powder", which was wrapped in a soft cloth, in his
hand, lowered his body, and then quitely climbed onto the tree.
Through the long branches of the tree, Shi Yan was moving cautiously
toward the battling crowd.
"Bone Cutting Powder" was a drug invented by Karu, the alchemist who
was unmindful of his work. It made one's veins and bones numb and
tingling, and decreased one's power. It's effect could last for 3 hours---
enough time to change the result of a battle.
"Zhao Xin! Leave!" Luo Hao roared, as his sword radiated with blue light.
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He, by himself, was fighting against the Dark World's assassins.
"Miss Mu!" Zhao Xin was anxious; he stamped on the ground and said,
"Hurry please!"
Mu Yu Die looked tranquil, but her eyes showed persistence. She spoke
softly, "I won't leave. If you three stay, we might win. But once we leave,
uncle Luo shall absolutely die. Without uncle Luo, we couldn't win the
Dark World either; we would still be caught."
"Good! Let's fight till death!" Zhao Xin was a smart person. On hearing
Die' words, he made up his mind and shouted, "Di Yalan! Hulong! Fight!"
They encircled Mu Yu Die, took out their sharp weapons, and threw the
weapons with all their strength toward those Dark World emissaries.
"Four of you, go and take care of those three kids." The crescent
emissary frowned and ordered coldly, "Don't hurt Miss Mu. The Lord has
given the order, Miss Mu should be taken back alive and unhurt."
"Yes Sir!", four star emissaries replied, and in no time rushed toward
those three.
Just then!
Abruptly, a slight sound came from above. The crescent emissary
aroused vigilance. As soon as he looked up, he shouted: "Damn! Run!"
It was too late!
Grey dust fell from the sky like drizzle, and spread over this area. All
people, those from The Dark World, and Luo Hao, Zhao Xin, were
covered by the dust; no one was spared.
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The crescent emissary quickly realized the situation as he held his
breath.. Though he drew back, there was still much dust on his gown.
But the dust had strong penetration power as it penetrated into his body
through the skin. As his hands and feet got sour and numb, he had a
quick thought, and operated his Profound Qi to defend.
But those star emissaries were not as cautious as him. Many of them
inhaled the bone cutting powder, which went into their hearts and lungs,
and affected their bodies soon. Just in a few seconds, they were numb all
over, their bones softened and strength weakened.
Luo Hao's face turned dark all of a sudden. He was a victim
too.Exhausted from the fight, he circulated his meagre Profound Qi
thorough out his body in order to counter the poison.. He looked up into
the sky with cold eyes.
A thin figure showed up from the branches above them. With an
indifferent face, that person flew down from the tree lightly and stood by
Mu Yu Die calmly, with the latter shocked. He took out a medicine bag
and said lightly: "Smell the fragrance, you will be detoxified."
"It's you?!" Astonishment took over Mu Yu Die's moon-like face. She
couldn't believe it's Shi Yan who flew down from the above.
Gazing at Shi Yan carefully, Mu Yu Die was more surprised. Shi Yan had
already reached Nascent within so few days. How on earth?!
"Miss, you have saved me twice. Once unintentionally, and another
intentionally. I will remember that forever." Shi Yan smiled. Seeing Mu
Yu Die get that medicine bag, he added, "The effect of Bone
CuttingPowder shall last forthree hours, which is not too long, but not
too short either. You should know how to deal with it, Miss." His dark
eyes suddenly went cold..
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"Got it." Mu Yu Die got what Shi Yan said. She took a deep breath of the
fragrance, and then passed the bag to Zhao Xin near her, "Quick!"
The crescent emissary was still operating his Profound Qi to defend the
poison of Bone Cutting Powder. Seeing that situation, he shouted with a
rigid face, "Move! Grab that medicine bag! If they were cured by that
powder, none of you will survive!"
After saying that, he forced his Profound Qi and dashed toward Luo Hao.
As soon as those star emissaries comprehended the situation, they
began to besiege Zhao Xin again, despite the poison in their body.
Before Zhao Xin could get the medicine bag from Mu Yu Die, he was
surrounded by numerous attacks.
His face turned pale, and he had to give up that medicine bag. Instead,
he concentrated and began to confront those emissaries' attacks.
So were Hu Long and Di Yanlan. Under the fierce attacks of those star
emissaries, they couldn't even breathe from the medicine bag for once.
Mu Yu Die held onto that medicine bag, but couldn't get a chance to
pass it to others;, so she got very anxious.
Helplessly, Mu Yu Die turned to Shi Yan. Her beautiful eyes were asking
for his help.
Since everybody else was poisoned by Bone Cutting Powder, and she
couldn't operate her profound Qi blindly, and though Shi Yan was ranked
low, he was quite important now.
Seeing Mu Yu Die's pleading eyes, Shi Yan smiled and asked naturally,
"Miss, may I know your name?"
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"Mu Yu Die."
"A nice name."
Shi Yan nodded, and imprinted that name in his mind. Under Mu Yu Die's
gaze, he darted out instantly!
With a dagger in his hand, Shi Yan broke into those emissaries and
waved that dagger with a serious face. The dagger made cold streaks in
the air.
In no time, the star emissary who got most affected by the bone cutting
powder had a deep wound in his neck and fell to the ground on his back.
Shi Yan made swift moves among those emissaries and left scars on
them, his body flashing like a sharp weapon.
"Uh..." Mu Yu Die combed her short hair on her ear side with her hand.
Astonishment flashed through her eyes, and there was a weird look on
her face: "I just...I just wanted him to pass on the bag..."
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Chapter 18
Being pursued
One star emissary fell on the ground, and his Profound Qi was dispersed
off.
Shi Yan circled thrice around him, and his meridans were charged with
foreign Profound Qi.
Waving the dagger, Shi Yan was covered in dark light. He moved among
those star emissaries swiftly, shunning their attacks, and leaving wounds
on their bodies.
Three star emissaries were totally poisoned by Bone Cutting Powder.
Their hands and feet were losing strength slowly, and thus their
movements were very tardy.
Assaulted by Shi Yan, the three stood in a triangle, and supported
themselves arduously.
Shi Yan looked indifferent as he moved like a ghost. Between the waves
of that dagger, icy light exploded.
"Ahhhh!"
One star emissary was hit in the back, so he couldn't help but haul "Kill
this bastard first!
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The other two star emissaries nodded in hatred. Letting go of Zhao Xin,
Di Yalan and Hu Long, the three emissaries spared no effort to operate
their Profound Qi. Three streaks of rainbow light sprang from their
hands.
The rainbow light flew toward Shi Yan like a sentient arrow, reflecting
the thoughts of its masters..
"Be careful! That is the Dark King Spear from the Dark World!" Mu Yu
Die cried, "Don't keep the image of that in your mind, or it will chase you
forever!"
Shi Yan decisively moved out of the entanglement, dropping any idea to
fight against the enemy, thus clearing his mind.
In an instant, the three Dark King Spears lost their directions and shot
toward the grass afar. Bits of grass bursted in the explosion.
"Darn it!" One star emissary cursed, and prepared to use some other
tricks.
Just then, Zhao Xin smelled that medicine bag and gradually recovered
from the Bone Cutting Powder. Realizing that, the star emissary who was
ready for trouble, dashed toward him.
Zhao Xin swung his arms; arms started to stretch out and draw back like
a snake. Like a snake, Zhao Xin clasped the emissary, winding him at all
angles.
"Hu Long!" Mu Yu Die shouted, and threw the bag;, Hu Long smelt the
bag greedily and dashed out.
As Zhao Xin and Hu Long were both in the fight now, Shi Yan felt less
stressed. After sniffing the bag, the two got their energy back. But those
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three Dark Star Emissaries got weaker and weaker after they poisoned
by the Bone Rotting Powder. Soon they would be killed by Zhao Xin and
Hu Long.
"Di Yalan, out of the battle! Give this medicine bag to Uncle Luo." Mu Yu
Die called to Di Yalan as she saw her ready to join the fight.
Di Yalan understood what Mu meant and rapidly ran to Luo Hao.
Shi Yan stopped and walked to Mu Yu Die. Standing by her, he looked
indifferent, but his eyes kept wandering toDi Yalan.
Bordeaux long hair, bronze skin- Di Yalan was wearing a crimson
armour, which only covered her big breasts, the triangle area, and cute
hip. Her flat belly and shiny long legs were all uncovered.
Though Di Yalan's face was not that pretty, her figure was really hot.
And her dress was wild enough to arouse men.
Even when standing beside Mu Yu Die, Shi Yan didn't look at her at all.
On the contrary, he couldn't move his goo-goo eyes away from Di Yalan,
and didn't even bother to hide his male instinct.
"Is she pretty?" Mu Yu Die frowned and sniffed. Apparently she was a
little unhappy.
Shi Yan came to his senses and smiled to her, "Every man will be
attracted by this hot girl."
Mu Yu Die had a gleam in her eyes as she gazed at him for a while, and
then she giggled: "You are really funny! How old are you? Are you a
mature man?"
Shi Yan was surprised. She reminded him that his body was only
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seventeen years old. And since he was getting skinnier these days, he
looked like a fourteen some boy now.
Being in such an immature body and calling himself a man, talking about
such erotic thing. All he did was really weird.
Shaking his head, Shi Yan didn't explain. He pretended to walk away
from Mu Yu Die naturally and approached Zhao Xin and Hu Long.
With a shrill cry, one star emissary spurted blood out of his mouth. His
heart was ruptured by Zhao Xin's Sky Snake. He shook for a moment
and thus died.
Shi Yan came forward. The Profound Qi from the dead body slowly went
into Shi Yan's body in a way only Shi Yan knew. At the same time, Shi
Yan's eyes began to show a fierce mood, and the desire of killing took
over his mind.
He knew that before the Profound Qi was purified, that desire would not
disappear easily.
Having seen what happened with Karu, Shi Yan had some experience
now.
After sensing it carefully for a while, he found that since he had reached
Nascent level, he could suppress the crazy desire in his mind and kept
rational after he absorbed the Profound Qi from the two persons who
were of the same level.
Shi Yan guessed it was because his level was upgraded. He was merely
Elementary level before, while Karu was of Nascent level, he crossed one
level to purify Karu's Profound Qi, thus he went that crazy.
"Go after them!"
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While Shi Yan was pondering, Zhao Xin yelled, and ran with Hu Long in
the direction of those escaping Emissaries.
"Stop chasing! Let's leave right now!" Seeing that the leader---The
Crescent Emissary---was running away too, Luo Hao shouted at Zhao Xin
and Hu Long.
"Why, Uncle Luo?!" Zhao Xin couldn't understand.
Luo Hao breathed the fragrance from that medicine bag deeply, and
urged, "Someone's coming! Must be another troop sent out from The
Dark World. It will be too late for us to leave if the two troops meet.
Remember! What is important is not killing those emissaries, But to
protect Die!"
Hearing that another troop was coming, Zhao Xin was astonished, and
thus nodded in agreement..
Luo Hao said no more. Though he hadnot entirely recovered, he came
holding Mu Yu die's arm and said to Shi Yan: "Boy, thank you very much.
However, it's none of your business, so don't get involved and suffer.
Goodbye."
"I own Miss Mu a life."
Shi Yan seemed not to know how ferocious The Dark World was. He
looked nonchalant and said, "One needs to return in form of a lake for
the favor of one drop. And Miss Mu did save my life. I discriminate
between love and hate. If someone treats me badly, I would pay him
back ten times of hatred; and if someone does me a favor, I would also
return ten times of goodness. I would go with you for a while. Hope I can
help."
"You sure are a man!" Hu Long praised.
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Di Yalan showed radiance in her eyes, and giggled, "Kid, you are not
only horny, but also righteous and bold! You peeped me for quite a long
time; I was going to teach you a lesson. Now you are forgiven!"
"You..." Mu Yu Die was stunned. She didn't expect Shi Yan to beso fairminded.
She was a little bit moved.
"Well, if you insist, I would not stop you." Luo Hao replied and nodded.
He held Mu Yu Die and began to run.
The other three followed them rapidly. Shi Yan inhaled, and followed
instantly.
...
With a troop of warriors from Mo Family, Mo Chaoge was moving fast in
the woods. Suddenly he stopped halfway, rigidly staring at some
emissaries from The Dark World who had showed up unexpectedly.
The Crescent Emissary was astounded too. He observed Mo Chaoge and
his warriors with questioning eyes. Not knowing where they came from,
the emissary was a little worried. Maybe they came to aid Luo Hao."
"Second Uncle..." Mo Yanyu murmured. She had the intuition that those
people were not with good intention. So she wanted to remind Mo
Chaoge.
Mo Chaoge stared into the Crescent Emissary's eyes for a while, and
remarked, "Our target is a skinny boy around fifteen years of age, who
was last seen carrying a bag. We have no intention of offending you."
The Crescent Emissary was secretly relieved secretly. The Bone Cutting
Powder was taking effect in his body now, so he had only 30% of his
ability. If he were to fight against Mo Chaoge, the outcome won't be
good.
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Hearing what Mo Chaoge said, he had an idea. He said cunningly, "Oh,
we have seen that boy. He was with our target."
"May I know where that boy is now?" Mo Chaoge asked politely.
He didn't notice that Crescent Emissary was poisoned by Bone Cutting
Powder. But according to the gloomy air of that person, he guessed that
the Emissary was a tricky one, so he held his arrogance.
"There", the Crescent Emissary directed and answered coldly,"You'd
better be careful. That bastard was at low level, but he is accompanied
by a warrior at the First Sky of Disaster Level, who had the Martial art of
Ten Times of Gravity. Too tough."
"The First Sky of Disaster Level!" Hearing that, Mo Chaoge frowned
slightly, and then nodded,"Thanks for the information!"
"Let's go!" Mo Chaoge waved his hand and left hurriedly with the
warriors of the Mo Family.
"This guy was at Disaster Level as well." After they left, The Crescent
Emissary's eyes turned dim. He smirked, "Little bastard, you ruined my
plan. I will kill you when I recover."
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Chapter 19
The Martial Spirit of Petrifaction
A huge ancient tree appeared in front of Luo Hao. Dozens metres high, it
was so thick that ten people could circle it hand in hand. The leaves
almost covered the sky.
Luo Hao stopped walking suddenly and released Mu Yudie, then gazed at
the ancient tree. He looked dignified and seemed to be making a crucial
decision.
As Zhao Xin, Di Yalan, and Hu Long came near the ancient tree, they
turned serious as well, seemingly to know something unusual about this
tree.
Shi Yan frowned, and he began to stare at this huge tree too, not saying
a word.
Luo Hao took a deep breath and turned to them, speaking in a low voice:
"To the right side of this Sky Tree, there are hardly demon beasts, so
most warriors and trade caravans choose this way when they cross the
Dark Forest. This route is quite safe. Even if we encounter some demon
beasts, they would be of low level - Level One or Level Two. And this
route is closer to the Merchant Union, taking merely ten days to get
there."
Zhao Xin and the other two nodded. Apparently they all knew it.
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After pausing for a while, Luo Hao added in a serious manner, "But to
the left of The Sky Tree, the situation is totally different! It's a longer
way to the Merchant Union, and is haunted with demon beasts, and
many audacious warriors and soldiers. Those who dare to go this way
are mostly tough guys. Being in danger all the time, they obeyed no
restrictions of any kind. If we choose this way, we need to look out for
not only the demon beasts, but also for those irrational warriors and
soldiers, especially when we have two pretty girls here among us..."
"Humph! Anyone who would want to take advantage of me, I would chop
his head off!" Di Yalan made an act of cutting in the air, with coldness in
her beautiful eyes.
"Uncle Luo, what do you think?" Zhao Xin asked.
"If we advance to the right, for at most by one day, we will be caught up
by those from the Dark World, and there will be a nasty fight." Having no
choice and depressed, Luo Hao said, "No one knows if we would be lucky
enough in the upcoming days. And if their reinforcements came, it
forboded disasters rather than blessings for us..."
"What about going to the left? " Hu Long asked.
" If we go to the left, we would come across demon beasts, and more
likely, we would be killed by those insane warriors. But it shall be the
same for those from the Dark World. They have bad reputation, and
hardly anyone would go against them in the Fire Empire. Yet in this
situation, they are the targets of the demon beasts and warriors. If they
meet high-grade demon beasts accidentally, it's possible that they all
will be killed..."
Luo Hao made his speech slowly, and after explaining them the
situation, he remarked, "To go by the right side, we won't be confronting
any demon beasts or warriors, but the Dark World will be a huge threat.
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To the left, we may be attacked by demon beasts and warriors, but the
Dark World shall be more threatened. Therefore, to go by the left, we
have more possibility to escape."
"Go from the left then!", Mu Yudie said decisively.
"Ok." Luo Hao nodded, and took a glance at Shi Yan, and said, "Hey kid,
it's still time if you want to leave. Otherwise...you will have no chance."
"I will go with you guys." Shi Yan had made up his mind. There was a
very irrational side in his personality. That's why he had drowned in
extreme sports, which were like games of death, for the past ten years.
When Luo Hao was depicting the danger of the left side, Shi Yan couldn't
help but get excited.
Luo Hao nodded and waved his arm, " Well, let's set off. From now on,
all on alert!"
...
One hour later.
Mo Chaoge and the warriors from the Mo Family also stopped at the Sky
Tree.
"Second Uncle, which way would they have chosen?" Mo Yanyu asked.
"I will chase by the right side. If I don't come back in two hours, you
guys catch up this way. For, if I don't find them in two hours, they should
have took the left way." Mo Chaoge thought for a while and ordered
them to wait at the intersection. Then he flew away to the right side.
After one and a half hours, Mo Chaoge came back with a pale face, "Not
even a slightest sign of these people. How dare they took the left way!
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Everybody watch out! Too many demon beasts and warriors on the left
side. Never be negligent! Remember, don't make a fuss with those
warriors and soldiers. These people are all lunatics. Don't provoke these
people who don't know what is death."
"Yes sir!"
"Let's go!"
...
Three saber-toothed rhinos were strolling along a brook leisurely. They
were Level-3 demon beasts. Silver glow shone on the back, their teeth
as sharp as sabers, while the fist-like brown eyes glittered with
murderous look. The three rhinos were all covered by hard mud, which
formed a natural armour, to which any normal weapon would find it hard
to cut.
The three saber-toothed rhinos were sipping water now and then, while
looking around discreetly, seemingly to be looking for game.
In the bushes not far from them, Luo Hao made a gesture to imply
everybody to be quiet.
Till the three saber-toothed rhinos walked away slowly, Luo Hao uttered
a sigh of relief. He said, "Saber-toothed rhinos are Level-3 demon
beasts, equaling Human-Level warriors. They move fast and have sharp
tusks. Low leveled warriors would either be injured or be killed once they
met saber-toothed rhinos."
Shi Yan kept wandering his eyes on those slowly disappearing rhinos,
showing much interest in having a fight with them.
"Rather than killing the demon beasts here, our goal is to protect Die.
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Everybody remember this! Don't bring up unnecessary
ramifications."Luo Hao seemed to have noticed Shi Yan's thoughts, and
thus reminded them casually.
Shi Yan grinned, and nodded to show he understood.
"Let's keep going. We need to be watchful here. To keep an eye on the
surroundings is more important than moving forward fast. Try to get
away from demon beasts and warriors. Don't get ourselves in trouble."
Luo Hao added. Then he advanced with the troop.
...
It was getting dark.
Beside a lush tree at the brook, Zhao Xin and the other two separated
and examined the surroundings with a cautious eye, in case any demon
beast showed up.
Shi Yan sat upright on the wet ground with a serious look.
Bloodlust was lingering in Shi Yan's mind like smoke. He had an urge to
release it. It was high time he purify the Profound Qi he absorbed from
the two tar emissaries; thus he was becoming a little impatient.
Luo Hao stood beside Mu Yu Die all the time. Frowning, he focused his
eyes on Shi Yan, lest this boy took any abnormal action.
Mu Yu Die looked indifferent, and she stared at Shi Yan for a while. When
she saw the aggressive look on his face, she sat down gently and
crossed her legs. Setting an ancient zither on her leg, she began to play.
Hearing the zither, the concentrating bloodthirst in Shi Yan's mind
seemed to be resolved by a certain power and gradually faded away.
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Holding his breath and focusing his mind, Shi Yan operated his Profound
Qi peacefully.
One hour later, a warm flow gushed out of his meridans all over his
body.
Shi Yan's body trembled.
Suddenly, She Yan got a severe thirst in his body. The weird power
gushing out from his meridans was absorbed by his muscles and bones
on halfway, before it could mix with the Profound Qi in his abdomen. The
warm stream went into his muscles and bones, and rooted in his blood
and flesh.
Just within several breaths, the weird warm stream from his meridans
pervaded in his blood, flesh and bones all over the body, which
astonished him a lot.
Thus, Shi Yan began to feel the warm stream flowing in his blood, flesh
and bones.
"Bang!"
There was a heavy strike in his head. And the next moment, he felt a
strange change in his body.
Turning pale with fear, he opened his eye promptly, to find his bare arms
turn into grey, bit by bit.
Petrifaction!
Shi Yan was frightened. He began to withdraw his attention from his
body, not giving a single thought to the sudden change.
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As his thought changed, his hardening body soon went back to normal.
Concentrating, Shi Yan look at others. Luo hao and Mu Yu Die were
chatting behind a tree not far from him, without noticing what he just
had experienced.
Relieved, happiness took over his face, as he enjoyed a mirthful time
secretly.
His body got hard, which meant the Martial Spirit of Petrifaction of the
Shi Family had awakened!
The Martial Spirit of Petrifaction was exclusive to the Shi Family. As
one's level increased, it became stronger and stronger, to the extent
that one won't be damaged by weapons and the impact of Profound Qi.
Before, Shi Yan had thought that the owner of his body didn't possess
this Martial Spirit. It surprised him that after he reached Nascent Level,
the skill . He went into ecstasy.
The Martial Spirit of Petrifaction was beneficial in battles. After
petrification, one's body would be as hard as rock, but was still very
agile, which would increase one's ability a lot.
Apart from Petrifaction, Shi Yan also found he possessed a Martial Spirit
of Immortal, which could achieve self-recovery. With the help of these
two Martial arts and more training, he couldn't imagine how powerful his
body would be.
"No!" Shi Yan frowned and thought, "Doesn't Martial Spirits show up not
long after one's born? But this body is already seventeen, and yet the
Martial Spirit can still activate? Too strange! Or, has it to do with the
weird energy gushing out from the meridans?"
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An idea suddenly flashed in his mind, that the activation of the two
Martial Spirits--Petrifaction and Immortal---was somehow related to the
blood pool and the changes in his meridans.
Shi Yan guessed that the wierd stream gushing out from his meridans
could stimulate Martial Spirit hidden in one's body. With this thought, he
was so excited that he wanted to sing out loud to celebrate!
The Martial Spirit was inherited. Generally, it got stronger as one's level
increased. There were hardly other ways to strengthen the Martial Spirit.
The Martial Spirit was the gift that a warrior was most proud of, and also
the vital thing to define a warrior's ability. Warriors trained arduously to
increase the Martial Spirit.
But even if one's level had upgraded, there were limitations in
increasing the level of Martial Spirit .
On the Grace Mainland, even those legendary alchemists of God-Level
could barely refine pills effective to general Martial Spirits. Those pills
were most rare and precious on the Grace Mainland, and were believed
to exist merely in legends.
Nonetheless, the effect those pills had on Martial Spirits was also quite
limited. After all, Martial Spirits were an inherited gift, which was very
hard to change.
Surprisingly, the weird warm stream gushing out from Shi Yan's
meridans seemed to go against the rules. It could virtually stimulate
Martial Spirit and increase its ability.
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Chapter 20
Steel Himself
Stars were illuminating the dark sky, surrounding the bright crescent.
The cool moonlight went through the tree leaves, and scattered around,
illuminating the quiet and dark forest.
Di Yalan and Hu Long were patrolling around, while Zhao Xin was having
a rest, leaning against the tree with stable breaths, eyes closed.
Luo Hao was standing next to one another ancient tree on alert, never
relaxing his vigilance.
Among the dense leaves of that tree, Mu Yu Die was sleeping quietly.
After a long day's journey, she was exhausted, for she couldn't operate
her Profound Qi at will.
Luo Hao looked up at Mu Yu Die, who was resting among the leaves, now
and then, showing rare tenderness in his eyes.
"Daa! Daa!"
Luo Hao's thick eyebrows frowned, as he saw Shi Yan approaching
nearby. He asked in surprise, "Still awake?"
"Yeah." Shi Yan nodded and answered in an undertone. He stood still
beside Luo Hao, and asked under his breath, "Wouldn't it be easy for
them to spot us here?"
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"Of course not." Luo Hao smiled, "There is no settled route in the forest,
and demon beasts and warriors are always showing up now and then; so
those from the Dark World will find it hard to distinguish our trace. In this
area, those demon beasts and warriors are whom we need to pay more
attention to."
"That is to say, they won't find us easily." After pondering a bit, Shi Yan
asked again, "Uncle Luo, do you need to consume too much Profound Qi
to release your gravitational field?"
"Why do you want to know this?" Luo Hao was puzzled.
"I want to steel myself with the help of your gravitational field. Under the
gravitational field, I will have to bear huge pressure, which shall
strengthen my body. I want to know my limits." Shi Yan replied
seriously. He didn't go with the conventional path. Usual training didn't
excite him, so he seeked passion desperately.
"To steel yourself by gravitational field..." Luo hao's eyes were lit, and
he nodded, "Great idea, but are you sure you want to try it? If those
emissaries found us when you were exhausted, you couldn't even fight
back."
"I don't plan to use my Profound QI." Shi Yan smiled.
"To steel merely with your body?" Luo Hao was shocked.
"Yes."
Luo Hao fell in deep thought for a long time, and said, "You have just
reached Nascent Level, so it is beneficial to train your body in a proper
way, and get used to your body. But you haven't strengthened your
body before; it is crazy that you want to train in gravitational field
without operating your Profound Qi. You sure you can endure that?"
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"I want to try." Shi Yan replied calmly.
"Good! Follow me." Luo Hao nodded, and walked away without making a
sound. Shi Yan thus followed him.
After they left in silence, Mu Yu Die, who was sleeping on the leaves,
slowly opened her eyes.
Gazing at the two people beside the river afar, Mu Yu Die was taken by
surprise and puzzlement. She murmured to herself, " Just reached
Nascent Level and he wants to steel himself under the gravitational
field. Is this guy insane?"
Mu Yu Die got more and more confused as she thought more, so much
that she couldn't fall asleep any more. Out of strong curiosity, she
slipped down the ancient tree dexterously, and sneaked toward Shi Yan
and Luo Hao, in order to see what would happen next.
...
"I will use the gravitational field of five times of normal gravity first.
Generally, a Nascent Level warrior's body can only endure this even
after undergoing specialised training. You have to do what you are
capable of. Once you feel unbearable, stop the procedure at once."
Standing still, Luo Hao added, "Since it's your first training, lap around
me first. If you can run ten laps without using your Profound Qi, your
body will strengthen. Remember, do within your limits!"
After his speech, a violent wave broke out from Luo Hao's body, all at
once.
In an instant, centring about Luo Hao, the gravity surged by five times!
The area around him seemed to have collapsed. And the air had turned
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so heavy that one could hardly breathe.
An invisible pressure suddenly surrounded him all over!
Shi Yan felt as if sand had filled all his cells, and his body was carrying
hundreds of pounds of weight. The tendons of his knees tightened, and
his heart was beating at a faster rate. Under the effect of increased
gravity, all his muscles were under tremendous pressure.
His body slowly adapted to the invisible pressure from the increased
gravity . However, he found it hard to breathe, even when merely
standing still.
Holy crap!
Shi Yan was too astonished when he felt that overwhelming pressure. He
thought to himself that, anyone who went into Luo Hao's gravitational
field would be severely influenced by it. They wouldn't' be able to use
their ability at their best.
It was only five times of gravity. What would happen if it was increased
by ten times?
Realizing the horrifying part of this Martial Spirit, Shi Yan took a deep
breath, and drove all the distracting thoughts out of his mind. He yelled,
and then began to run around Luo Hao.
His body shook as the pressure increased. His feet seemed to be filled
with metal, and were heavier than a thousand pounds. Normal running
also i became the most terrible torment.
In the gravitational field, his body couldn't move easily. He felt as if
being pressed by a giant; he could hardly breathe.
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One lap. His speed slowed down by half.
Three laps. He slowed down by half again.
Five laps. Shi Yan was not running, instead he was walking...
On the sixth lap, Shi Yan's face was as red as an apple, while the blue
veins on his arms were trembling like small snakes, about to jump out of
the skin.
On the seventh lap, Shi Yan looked like a beast, as his eyes were almost
on fire for the lack of oxygen.
On the eighth lap, Shi Yan staggered. Every step exhausted him. And
after every step, he would quiver.
At that time, Luo Hao couldn't stand it anymore. He shouted, "It is your
first gravitational field training. Don't try too hard! You have reached
your limit here! Enough! Stop! Or you will be dead tired."
Shi Yan raised his head, while his eyes looked as if they were bleeding.
He said in a grave tone, "Hehe, that was interesting, let's go on!"
Luo Hao stood aghast, and only came up with the idea that "this guy
went insane!"
In the bushes not far from them, Mu Yu Die was speechless, with her
mouth covered by her hand. She had never met someone like Shi Yan
before.
Shi Yan didn't reply Luo Hao. After another beast-like haul, he continued
to step forward.. Showing great stress on his face, he finished another
lap.
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By the last lap, his body was swaying. He had a quiver at each step, and
could fall any time, as if he would die at any moment.
With that body state, he finished another lap, step by step. After that, he
got a weird smile on his face.
Waking from astonishment, Luo Hao was relieved when he saw Shi Yan
was ok. He was about to withdraw the gravitational field before advising
Shi Yan.
Mu Yu Die pressed her mouth with her hand, and had an amazed look in
her attractive eyes. She had never thought that Shi Yan would achieved
this extreme challenge, even if he was at Nascent Level.
"Another lap." Shi Yan yelled.
"What?" Luo Hao's body shook greatly, and his eyes grew as sharp as
knives. He shouted, "Enough! Don't fool around!"
Before Luo Hao withdrew the gravitational field, Shi Yan continued to
walk unexpectedly. He was staggering, and finally dropped on the
ground..
Luo Hao was just about to shout, when he found Shi Yan was using both
his hands and feet, crawling up like a demon beast. He seemed to be
seeking for death on purpose.
After about half an hour, Shi Yan finally wriggled to the end, as slow as a
snail.
Mu Yu Die stared at him from the bushes, completely stunned.
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Chapter 21
Pervert
Shi Yan lied on the ground on his back with his limbs all spread. His face
was red, as though were bleeding, and he was panting heavily, , his
body twitching every now and then.
Looking at the sparkling stars above, Shi Yan could feel every cell of his
body trembling. As his body twitched, his muscles, veins, and bones
were all expanding and contracting regularly.
Not using his Profound Qi, he closed his eyes slowly, and began to feel
the fantastic shift in his body, the amazing quivers in the muscles and
ribs, the destruction and reconstruction of cells, and the slow increase in
strength.
As a wild fanatic for extreme sports, Shi Yan knew well that the limit this
time was merely the beginning of next adventure.
The limit of a human body could always be broken, and be surpassed
time and time again. The potential of human body was infinite.
Those extreme sports experiences had taught him that only by breaking
the limit could he obtain rapid progress.
Eyes closed, he could clearly sense the changes happening in his muscle
fibres, even without operating his Profound Qi.
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Sensing it carefully, Shi Yan soon found the Martial Spirit of Immortal in
his body beginning to work. It was repairing his body in an incredible
way, reconstructing and strengthening his torn muscles.
Rigorous training under the increased gravity enhanced one's explosive
force. Only when the muscles tore in the extreme condition could it
become bigger in size, more powerful , and more explosive after
reconstruction.
As a fanatic for extreme sports, Shi Yan was so aware of the truth, which
had been verified by his repeated practices. He knew how to strengthen
the muscles fastest.
Feeling the effect of The Martial Spirit of Immortal -- the pain in all his
muscle fibers, Shi Yan was happy after struggling to sit up, he took the
food out of his bag, and began to wolf it down.
Intensive exercise consumed too much of his energy. He had to eat
much food to recover soon and gain stronger power.
The dry meat was bitten and slipped into his guts, then it was digested
quickly and became nutrition.
In a very short time, he finished all the food which was actually for five
people.
As he felt the changes in his body, his smile got broader. After exercising
his limbs for a while, he closed his eyes and began to circulate his
Profound Qi into Circulation quietly.
As the Profound Qi moved, Shi Yan felt a slight quiver of his body.
Just as he had expected!
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The Profound Qi was flowing in his meridans virtually 30% faster than
normal speed.
His body became more sensitive after the extreme stress, and likewise,
the meridans became abnormally dynamic. His weak meridans seemed
to be absorbing the Profound Qi flowing in them, and with that energy,
the meirdans expanded and became firmer.
Shi Yan had presumed long ago that strengthening the body was as
important as training the Profound Qi; the two were complementary.
Once the body was strong enough, the Profound Qi would concentrate
faster. The stronger the body, the more beneficial it was when operating
and concentrating the Profound Qi. Somaybe, the two Martial Spirit
hidden in his body would enhance as well.
That try had successfully verified Shi Yan's guess, so he was grinning
from ear to ear.
...
In the thick grass far away.
"Die, why are you here? You should have a good rest. Get plenty of
sleep, so your Martial Spirit will recover soon." Luo Hao had noticed Mu
Yu Die when he was training Shi Yan with his gravitational field. As Shi
Yan sprawled on the ground exhausted, Luo Hao came to Mu Yu Die
secretly and complained.
"I couldn't sleep so I am just walking around. Happened to see you
training." Mu Yu Die smiled gently inno fear.
She paused, and said with a naughty smile, "Uncle Luo, wasit too much
for him? I remember that when you trained Zhao Xin, you had just
trippled the gravity . Zhao Xin was then at Second Sky of Nascent Level,
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and had the experience of body strengthening before. Why did you
quintupled the gravity for this guy?"
Wearing a bitter smile, Luo Hao shook his head and sighed, "I used the
quintuple gravity at the very beginning to stop him from wasting energy
and make him quit. Who would have known that he was insane! I was
shocked in the end too! And I tried to stop many times, though he didn't
agree!"
"You mean, you just tried to scare him in the beginning? So he won't ask
you to train himself later on?" Mu Yu Die rolled her eyes and felt quite
speechless.
"Yup." Luo Hao sighed again. "You know, to control the gravitational
field consumes a lot of Profound Qi, and during that, I can't be
distracted. I neither wanted to waste my own profound Qi, nor wanted
him to be paralyzed tomorrow, which would slow our journey. Who would
have known that he is a lunatic."
"So, Uncle Luo, how many laps did you presume that he could have
managed?"
"Four laps!"
Luo Hao lifted four fingers and said in a heavy voice, "Average warriors
who have just stepped into Nascent Level without any systematic body
training can only manage four laps in the qui
tuple gravitational field, five laps at most. That guy is so small and thin,
so I thought he would ask me to stop on the fourth lap."
"...Hmm, but he finished eleven laps." Mu Yu Die got a weird expression
on her face. She couldn't help but take a glance at Shi Yan afar, who was
sitting there as firm as a hill and training again. "God! He, he is upright
again!"
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"What? He can still move?" Luo Hao was stunned as he too glanced at
Shi Yan. He shook his head and said, "Lunatic! This guy is a lunatic! Too
reckless! I guess he couldn't even make a move tomorrow! With this
intensive training, he would find his body hurt everywhere tomorrow. I
bet we will have to adjust our plan tomorrow."
"Well, let it be. What an unruly guy!" Mu Yu Die shook her head and
smiled subtly.
...
The next morning. Before the sun rose, there was very heavy fog.
"Die, come down. Time to set off." Under the ancient tree, Luo Hao
called Mu Yu Die softly.
"I want to sleep more." Mu Yu Die murmured as if in dreams, "Why so
early today? Weren't you sure that he couldn't move today..."
"He is waiting for you." Luo hao said in a very low voice, his face still
being controlled by surprise.
Ten minutes ago, Shi Yan came to him lively for food for three persons.
Right in front of them, Shi Yan wolfed down the food for three people
and he patted his belly, and said with satisfaction: "Let's go." Luo Hao
was totally astonished; he glared at Shi Yan with frightened eyes for a
few minutes before he murmured to himself, "Pervert!"
"That guy is waiting for me too?" Mu Yu Die murmured, rubbing her eyes
unwillingly.
"Yes, he is more energetic than anyone." He smiled bitterly.
"What?" Mu Yu Die suddenly woke up, astonished. She looked for Shi
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Yan under the tree, to find him sitting straight like an arrow with bright
eyes. The same as Luo Hao, she murmured, "Pervert!"
Shi Yan scrutinized his own wearing and was sure that there was nothing
strange. He frowned: "Uncle Luo, and Miss Mu, which part of me looks
like a pervert?"
"Your whole body!" Mu Yu Die chuckled and got in a joyful mood.
Her chuckle seemed to bring the spring that the beautiful scenes in the
Dark Forest seemed dim suddenly compared to her smile.
Zhao Xin and Hu Long were fascinated with goo-goo eyes; but the soon
realised their misdemeanour and lowered their head to cover up, not
daring to look into Mu Yu Die's eyes directly.
Shi Yan narrowed his eyes and wandered his firing eyes on Mu Yu Die's
beautiful face audaciously, "Miss Mu, if I were a pervert, I would put my
hands on you first. So be careful tonight, I would be unable to control
myself. You should scream loudly then. I love women's crazy screams so
much!"
"How dare you!" Di Yalan sniffed.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot there is another pretty woman. Maybe you are angry
because I ignored you. Trust me, I will go for you too, don't be jealous
now." Shi Yan pretended that he just realized that and patted his head
to show regret, as if he had forgotten something important.
"Haha! Hahaha!" Mu Yu Die held her stomach and burst into a laugh on
the tree, that she almost fell down. She pointed at Shi Yan and giggled,
"You funny guy! Why are you so hilarious, haha..."
Di Yalan was dumbstruck, and then chuckled too, helpless about Shi
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Yan.
Zhao Xin and Hu Long were taken over by confusion too, and their facial
expression couldn't be stranger.
They just couldn't understand that even when they always acted politely
with the two girls, and didn't dare to do any offense to the girls, they two
girls scarcely smiled to them.
While Shi Yan showed not a slightest politeness to the girls with his
giddy words, but the girls smiled to him a lot. What the hell is it?
"Oh!" Luo Hao glanced at Shi Yan strangely and smiled, "Well, stop it
now, let's move."
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Chapter 22
Shi Family
The Merchant Union. Tianyun city. Shi Family. The Stone Room.
Yang Hai, who was a little stout, was sitting on a stone stool with a
serious face. Eyes narrowed, he was checking an account book, page by
page, and reporting the recent month's production status of the quarry
to the master of Shi Family---Shi Jian.
Though Shi Jian was in his seventies, he looked in good health. Being the
master of Shi Family, he was simply wearing a plain gown, which was for
martial training. Sitting on a brown stone stool, he had a calm
demeanor... He was listening to Yang Hai earnestly.
After Yang Hai illustrated the case, Shi Jian frowned and commented,
"Hai, the production in recent months has literally decreased by 20
percent. What's up?"
"It's all because of the Mo and Ling families." Yang Hai sighed, "Many
skilled pitmen were lured away by their high salary. We are now in lack
of pitmen. We were in bad situation in the secret fight with the two
families. Those pitmen feared that we would be beaten by them, plus
they were being offered higher price, so the pitmen turned to them."
"Humph!" Shi Jian sniffed. "They are doing that deliberately. Since Mo
Yanyu and Ling Shao Feng got engaged, Mo Family and Ling Family have
gotten closer and closer. Ling family has also been interfering in the
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secret fight between Shi and Mo. They must have come to an
agreement, or Mo Family couldn't compete with us."
"Master, when do we strike back?" Yang Hai asked.
"No worries. I have a plan." Shi Jian looked assured, then he paused and
frowned, "My little bastard grandson Shi Yan, still is not back home?"
"No. I was just about to mention that." Yang Hai looked disturbed, "That
stupid boy said he would go to the Dark Forest before he left. It's been
one year since he left home. I received information a couple of days ago
that Mo Chaoge and Mo Yanyu were in the Dark Forest as well. I'm afraid
he had an accident. He didn't take any capable escorts with him. His
mother Qing died early, and we have this single child; I am so worried..."
Shi Jian frowned and kept mum for a long while. Then he sighed, "This
boy was born without inheriting the Martial Spirit of Petrifaction of Shi
Family, and nor he is fascinated by Martial Art. Instead, he was crazy
about those odd things, and would always goof around. Troublesome!"
"Master, it's all because of my humble bloodline. If I had Martial Spirit,
Qing would have given birth to a kid with Martial Spirit." Yang Hai was
ashamed.
"It's all doomed." Shi Jian shook his head, "Hai, I found you by the
Endless Sea. Though you are not my own, I treat you as my own son, or,
I wouldn't have betrothed my daughter Qing to you. Yes, you don't own
Martial Spirit, nor did you train in Martial art. But you play a key role in
the development of Shi Family, and the management of our quarries. We
wouldn't have accumulated so much wealth if it hadn't been you.
Though you don't know about Martial Art, you contribute a lot to the
family."
"But nowadays, a strong warrior is much more valuable than anything."
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Yang Hai smiled and mocked himself, "If I had Martial Spirit, I would have
trained in Martial Art. And if Yan had inherited the Martial Spirit of
Petrifaction from his mother, he too would have trained in it. But the
Martial Spirit is inborn..."
Shi Jian nodded, and sighed, "Yes. It's true. A strong warrior is more
valuable than anything."
"Master, could that little boy be in danger?" Yang Hai couldn't help but
worry.
"Shouldn't be." Shi Jian thought for a while, and added, "My grandson
isn't into Martial Art, so the Mo Family have never set their eyes upon
him. Neither Mo Chaoge nor Mo Yanyu had seen him before. So it's not
possible that they would harm him."
"But I still feel something's wrong. He should have been home."
"Well, I would let those soldiers in the Silent Town to keep an eye for .
The Silent Town was beside the Dark Forest. Once they spot Shi Yan,
they would let us know. So don't worry."
"Thank you, Master."
"Why? Your son is also my grandson!" Shi Jian glared at him and
berated, "How many times have I told you? Don't call me Master. I'm
your adoptive father, and also your father-in-law. You can call me
anything but Master."
"I got it, Father."
"Ok."
......
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The Dark Forest. A silent night.
Luo Hao was standing still on the side of the track, with quintuple
gravitational field surrounding the neighbourhood; it was getting very
hard to breath.
Shi Yan was perspiring all over his body, as he pounded in the air and
jumped around Luo Hao. Blue veins showed up on his face and neck,
quivering as little snakes.
In the grass, Mu Yudie was gazing at them secretly, biting a straw in her
mouth.
"Guess how long could he endure today?" Di Yalan asked as she walked
up and sat beside her
"You finished your task today?" Mu Yudie chuckled, without replying her.
"Zhao Xin took over. It was really dangerous then! A single horn silver
snake was twining around the tree trunk, and I didn't notice it. I was
almost bitten by it! You have been able to see me again hadn't I been
that agile."
Di Yalan still looked terrified. She cursed, "More and more demon beasts
are appearing these days. We have to be careful. We have met five
groups of demon beasts in the past three days. They walk around
especially at night. You'd better take me with you, next time you want to
peep. Or you will be in danger."
"You just wanted to say the last thing right?" Mu Yudie giggled.
"Ha, you found it out." Di Yalan didn't disguise herself and said, "That
guy is really something. He broke his limit every day in the past three
days, and got more and more stamina. Though I'm at the Third Sky of
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Nascent Level, I don't dare break the rules in the quintuple gravitational
field of Uncle Luo. This guy is literally insane. Every time, he wouldn't
stop till he faints. Nuts! Nuts!"
"His endurance is most shocking." Mu Yudie shook her head slowly asher
eyes glimmered.
"Yes, and he recovered in such a short time. Unbelievable! He is only at
the First Sky of Nascent, but he has incredible recovering ability." Di
Yalan was confused too.
"This guy...has so many secrets..." Mu Yu Die thought for a while and
murmured, "I have never seen anyone greedier than him! He almost ate
up all our food in the past three days. I'm now worried about food. He is
such a rice bucket!"
Yalan laughed, "But he talks in a funny way! Any of his casual talks
could amuse us a lot. And he has so many novel ideas that I have never
heard of. He says that kings must be voted by citizens, and merchants
dominate a country. By the way, he even composes sarcastic poems. I'm
really confused, how could this 17-year-old boy be filled with so many
odd things."
"And it is this 17-year-old guy who looks as if he wants eat us, when he
casts his eyes upon us. I have never seen such possessive eyes.
Bastard! Too bad!" Mu Yu Die grinded her teeth, and made an action of
cutting in the air, "I would let him know how capable I am!"
"Till your Martial Spirit is back, ha, what's the big deal to let him look at
us? We don't lose anything. Zhao Xin and Hu Long also peep my a**
cowardly when I am in front of them. I despise them more! Compared to
them, that bastard is bolder, I like it!" Di Yalan laughed loudly.
"You are all of butterflies?" Mu Yudie smirked: "He is still a kid! Don't
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allure him!"
"Have you seen any kid who gives that kind of look?" Di Yalan lowered
her voice, "I am guessing that he is older than he looks. Maybe he had
adopted some secret skim to make himself look young! Maybe it's a
special secret Martial Spirit..."
"Could be. Seems we have to be careful." Mu Yudie pondered, and then
nodded slowly.
......
"Bang!"
Shi Yan was sprawled on his back. He was totally exhausted. He asked in
a raucous voice, "How many laps?"
"Fifteen." Luo Hao answered with a complex look. "You made actions of
jumping and rolling during the fifteen laps, which made the pressure
much bigger. Young man, you really...can bear that?"
"Well, we will know it tomorrow." Shi Yan found it even impossible to
speak.
Since past three days, he trained in Rampage every time when he was
free.
After the arduous training, the meridans on his chest and waist could
easily release negative energy at his will, which made him pine away a
lot.
He almost trained every part of his body to the most, but the hardest
part---his brain...
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At night, he would ask Luo Hao to laythe quintuple gravitational field,
then he could steel himself under the massive stress.
Three days. In those short three days, he broke his limit from eleven
laps to fifteen laps. While running, he also increased the hardness that
he jumped and rolled, to consume more energy.
By the intensive training, he found his body getting much more powerful
than before. His hands, feet, ribs, muscles, entrails, all became stronger.
Every morning, when he woke up from the training, his body would be
full of explosiveness, and he could jump several meters high more in the
normal gravity. Even his hands and feet became more agile.
He could feel the progress every day clearly; thus he continued the
training, and wrecked himself crazily. He steeled himself in the most
cruel way that his ability increased rapidly, while his Profound Qi
concentrated faster as well.
"Aaao! Aaao!" There came a weird sound from far away.
Luo Hao turned pale and cried out, "It's the Fourth-level demon beast,
Fire Snake! Fire Snake is very tough. They don't usually go out at night.
Someone must have annoyed them!"
"Uncle Luo!" Zhao Xin and Hu Long hurrying and looking anxious.
"What's up!" Lou Hao yelled.
"A troop of warriors are hunting Fire Snake, and the latter are
approaching toward us! The warriors are hell bent, thus the Fire Snakes
are totally irritated!" Zhao Xin was panicked.
"Shit!" Luo Hao took off the broadsword on his shoulder, and said, "Take
care of Die!" Then he dashed away.
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Shi Yan, who was suffering all over, sat up immediately and began to
practice his Profound Qi. Eyes lit and cool-minded, he silently in the
direction of Luo Hao.
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Chapter 23
The Tush Mercenary Union
Zhao Xin and Zhao Long dashed toward the bush and encircled Mu Yu
Die.
Mu Yu Die, who hid in the bushes for a long time, stood up ashamed. She
took a quick glance at Shi Yan blushingly, and guessed she had lost face.
But soon she found her assumption incorrect, for Shi Yan didn't even pay
attention in her direction; instead, he was glaring at the direction of Luo
Hao, as a wary beast.
After a speedy Big Circulation cycle by Shi Yan, the pain had reduced bit
by bit. Looking serious, Shi Yan tried to recover himself while focusing on
Luo Hao.
"Go after it! The Fire Snake looks very weak now. Catch it! Don't let it
go! "
"Fire the arrows! Quick!"
"Shoo！Shooo！"
From the woods not far away, came shouts and wrangles. Arrows flew
fast in the air, chasing their targets.
"Hooo!"
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All of a sudden, there was a fire in the woods. The fierce fire covered all
the area in no time, and heavy smoke rose quickly and twined trees,
making people unable to breathe.
"Kakaka! Bang Bang bang! Bang!"
The sound of trees exploding, flying arrows, fighters on the move, all
came at the same time from that brook. A hard battle was going on in
the woods.
"Someone's there!" An unfriendly shout came from the woods, "You
want to steal our success?"
"Don't get it wrong. I just don't want the Fire Snake to hurt my people,
so I simply stopped it from running that way." It was Luo Hao's voice. He
seemed to have a dispute with someone far away.
"Humph! We Tush Mercenary Union have kept an eye on this Fire Snake
for half a month, you'd better not get involved."
"I said, I'm not interested in a Fourth Level demon beast." Luo Hao
explained.
"Uncle Luo is having words with someone, let's go and see." Mu Yu Die
raised her head from the bushes and frowned. She was a little worried
since she didn't know what was happening there.
"Yes, let's go!" Hu Long grunted, "I have heard of The Tush Mercenary
Union. They have very bad reputation. We can't let them take advantage
of Uncle Luo".
"Then let's hurry." Hearing that, Mu Yu Die was in even more panic.
"Ok."
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Zhao Xin nodded and said to Hu Long and Di Yalan, "You still need to
encircle Miss Mu when we reach there. Put her safety in the first place,
even during fights."
"Rubbish! We all know this!"Di Yalan was getting impatient.
While muttering, the four quietly rushed toward Luo Hao.
Shi Yan was not at all worried. He stood up after a few minutes.
Feeling the vibrancy of his Profound Qi in the meridans, he at first
moved his hands and feet slowly in order to make sure that they were
still flexible after the fatigue. Then he followed the four people at leisure.
"Whoa!" One man yelled in surprise, "Beautiful girls, haha, there are two
beautiful girls! I have lingered here for two months and have never seen
such beautiful girls!
"Captain, you had promised that you would let us be satisfied. Don't go
back on your word."
"Shut up! They are unavailable!"
......
Shi Yan walked upslowly, and began to look around with a rigid face.
On the ground, was some 8 metres long huge snake , which had
patterns of fire all over its body. Its tail was blazing and its body was
covered with arrows; meanwhile, large quantity of blood was flowing out
of the wound between its eyes.
Eight mercenaries, in uniforms of warriors, were standing around the
Fire Snake. They looked robust and rough, and each of them got a tattoo
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of tush on their left arm. All of them were at least Nascent Level.
The captain's short brown hair stood as steel needles, and there was a
long scar on his left cheek, which extended to his neck, making him look
extremely savage.
When Shi Yan arrived, those mercenaries were staring at Mu Yu Die and
Di Yalan with lustful eyes. They looked rather infatuated.
However,the captain was not looking at the girls at all, but exchanging
glances with Luo Hao. The captain's right hand was at the cuff, where
silver light was glowing now and then--he was prepared to have a fight.
"Go home and look at your mama!" Under those mercenaries' salacious
eyes, Di Yalan couldn't help cursing.
"Haha! This woman has a fiery temper! I love it!" An inurbane
mercenary with bare anhairy chest burst into laughter. He patted his
thigh and shouted, "Captain! I want this woman!"
"Son of a bitch!" Di Yalan drew out the sword beside her waist and
posed to fight, "Come on! Let me see if you are a real man!"
"Haha, here I am!" That big guy was joyful and was about to rush
forward.
"Tumu!" Bernard shouted; then he lowered his voice, "Don't make a
fuss! Everything is negotiable!"
"Ok,Captain." That man with hairy-chest, whose name was Tumu,
smirked and shook his legs to Di Yalan, and laughed cunningly, "Bitch,
you will know how manly I am when we are naked."
"I will cut your balls." Di Yalan shot back.
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Disgusted, Mu Yu Die frowned but didn't utter a word. She had gotten
used to such remarks.
"Who let you come here?" Luo Hao got a little worried. He knew those
mercenaries well. These mercenaries, who stayed here to kill demon
beasts, were leading an extremely dangerous life; they could be clasped
by demon beasts any time.
Under that stress, they didn't care much about moral or laws, and did
nasty things a lot.
Mu Yu Die and Di Yalan were both pretty, and prettiness was the rarest
thing in this area. The soft bodies of pretty girls were the best comfort
for those brutal mercenaries, so Luo Hao got a bad feeling at the sight of
these men.
Shi Yan came up and stood beside Luo Hao silently, and began to
observe the Tush Mercenary Union.
"Tumu!" The scared-face captain of the Tush Mercenary Union, Bernard,
yelled out viciously, "Take the things!" At the same time, he was gazing
at Luo Hao and Shi Yan with cold eyes, silver light glowing from the cuff.
"Yes, Captain!" Tumu stopped teasing Di Yalan and commanded his
people to move. Thus, three mercenaries walked up with daggers. They
operated on the Fire Snake with blood all over their bodies. Ripping the
skin, gouging the eyes, pulling out the tusks. They were doing it
carefully and skillfully.
Bernard and the rest of the mercenaries kept staring at Luo Hao and
others. They were all ready to assault them once Luo Hao made any
move.
Looking rigid, Luo Hao held his glowing broadsword and said, "We don't
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have a slightest interest in the Fire Snake. You are busy, we are going."
Luo Hao knew Bernard was tough, so he don't want to ask for trouble. To
bring Mu Yu Die to a safe place was most important.
Seeing they were leaving, Bernard was a little stunned, as he called
"Wait."
Luo Hao got serious as he turned around. He said, "Hey buddies, I don't
want to have dispute with you guys. You guys don't go too far either."
"Yaw weee." Bernard smirked, the muscles on his face getting relaxed,
"Friend, you got us wrong. I just want to make a deal with you. Nothing
else."
"What deal?" Luo Hao was surprised.
"What about one Fire Snake's eye, three tusks, and two metres snake
skin for the two women?" Bernard pointed at Mu Yu Die and Di Yalan,
and smiled, "My people haven't touched women for a long time. They
need to be satisfied. All women here have a price, and my offer is quite
fair. What do you think?"
"F***!" Hu Long's eyes were almost on fire.
Zhao Xin grunted. Mu Yu Die bit her teeth as well,while Di Yalan waved
her sword and shouted, "Come if you dare!"
Only Shi Yan kept silent as he gazed at the captain.
Luo Hao stretched out his hand to stop Di Yalan and shook his head to
her. Then he turned around and said to Bernard, "I'm sorry; they are my
friends, not my possessions. They can't be traded."
"Well, nevermind." Bernard nodded, and said casually "See you."
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"See you." Luo Hao looked into his eyes, then yelled, "Let's go!"
Luo Hao glared at Di Yalan, suggesting her to keep silent.
Zhao Xin and Hu Long were both furious, but they could do nothing after
seeing Luo Hao's eyes. They had to encircle Mu Yu Die and leave. Shi
Yan touched his own nose and left without a word too.
...
"Captain, the same as usual?" After Luo Hao and others disappeared
into the woods, Tumu giggled, "We know what type of woman you like,
so we won't touch that little girl. But that hot bitch, Captain, you have to
give her to us."
Bernard's eyes got colder and colder, and he nodded gently, "Collect the
things on the snake first, and then do what we usually do!"
"Got it." Tumu smirked, "That woman wanted to cut my cock! I would
f*** her to death later!"
"She is a beautiful flower with thorns, and though lower than you, she is
at The Third Sky of Nascent Level. You need to be careful. Don't fail
miserably in an easy task." Bernard grunted. "Remember to kill those
men first, don't merely indulge yourselves in the woman. Be cautious,
don't let anyone run away!"
"Yes, Captain!"
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Chapter 24
Trouble
"Uncle Luo, Why are we retreating?" As they were marching, Di Yalan
cut tree trunks with her sword and got angry, "How dare that bastard
tease Miss Mu and me! Shit!"
"Nothing would have happened if you two didn't show up. Now we've
got ourselves in trouble. Alas." Luo Hao sighed and said, "Stop babbling.
Let's leave. Hopefully we can escape it."
"Uncle Luo, we've already left, what's wrong?" Mu Yu Die got confused.
"It's more complicated than what you think."
Luo Hao shook his head, "None of those mercenaries are good men.
That captain was so salacious when he looked at you that he wouldn't
let it go easily. The four mercenaries operating on the snake appeared to
be indifferent when we left, but they were much more interested in you
thus it's unreasonable that they would give up. They must know their
captain's plan well."
Mu Yu Die's pretty face turned pale, "Uncle Luo, are you guessing that
they would pursue us?"
"Not a guess. I'm very sure about it."
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Luo Hao sighed again: "They didn't take action at once for they were
considering the materials on the demon snake. Other warriors and
mercenaries may have come up to collect their prey when they were
fighting with us. So surely they will chase us after they get the material
on the snake."
"The Tush Mercenary Union have a really bad reputation. I heard they do
a lot of bad things . Uncle Luo is right." Hu Long added.
"Uncle Luo, sorry...We were worried about you." Mu Yu Die was in low
mood.
"I understand." Luo Hao replied. Suddenly, his body, which was moving
fast in the wood, stopped, and he put Mu Yu Die down gently.
Thus Shi Yan stopped as well. He asked while frowning: "What
happened? They are pursuing us?"
Luo Hao glanced at Shi Yan with praise and nodded, replied with a rigid
face: "Must be them."
"Uncle Luo, what should we do now?" Hu Long was furious and he
yelled: "They went too far! Fight against them like hell!"
Luo Hao looked serious. He thought quickly and ordered: "Di Yalan, carry
Die and go first, and send signals to us all the way. Young man, you go
with them and be careful. Choose untraversed regions and don't get into
high-level demon beast areas."
"What about you?" Shi Yan asked calmly.
"We three will stay. Without Die, we can take sneak attacks separately.
After suspending them, we will catch up. Those guys won't fight with us
if they don't see the girl. They should stop soon." Luo Hao replied fast.
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"Got it." Shi Yan nodded and smiled light-heartedly: "Don't worry uncle,
where there are these two pretty girls, there will be me."
"Okay, go!" Luo Hao replied.
Di Yalan wanted to stay and fight, but she had to compromise under Luo
Hao's firm eyes.
She stamped on the ground with regret and crouched to carry Mu Yu
Die, then she ran to the thickest part of the forest.
After some hesitation, Shi Yan took out a paper bag from his bag and put
it in Luo Hao's hand: "I got this poisonous powder by accident. It is
called "Seven Snake Saliva" and made of poison fluid of seven types of
snakes. It's very easy to use it. Just wipe it on the weapon and when it
cuts even a little it will take effect..."
Before Luo Hao could say anything, Shi Yan smirked and advanced in the
direction of Di Yalan.
"Uncle Luo, isn't it too mean? A warrior has his own self esteem. To use
poison is contemptible." Zhao Xin frowned and looked at the poison
powder in Luo Hao's hand with contempt, then he murmured: "We know
nothing about that boy, and he's got so many vicous things. It's
dangerous to let him stay with Miss Mu."
"Zhao Xin, there are not many rules here and so stop the crap. We
would have been dead bodies if it weren't for his Bone Chilling Powder,
and you wouldn't be here talking about righteousness."
Luo Hao reproached angrily and asked: "Everybody keeps some powder,
but don't use it too early in case it irritates those mercenaries. If it gets
worse, don't hesitate to wipe it on weapons. You can reproach that boy
again only when you two are still alive, understand?"
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"Got it."
...
In the wood.
Bernard and his seven people were flying fast in the wood with cold face
and obscene smiles.
"Shoo shoo shoo!"
Arrowed flew out from the wood one after another hard and quickly,
which made the mercenaries stop and react.
Bernard stopped at once and smirked. His right hand in the cuff finally
stretched out: it was a shining silver iron hand! A bunch of silver light
exploded as the iron hand stretched out and the light then divided into
seven crescent knives in the air and flew toward Luo Hao's shelter with a
rush.
"Ka ka ka!"
Tree branches in the wood exploded and fell one after another as the
knives flew by. The knives let out frightening silver lights and
bombarded heavily in the place where Luo Hao hid himself.
"Bang bang bang!"
An ancient tree collapsed suddenly after being cut by the knives. Luo
Hao's figure showed up for a moment and disappeared into the wood
again quickly.
"Tumu, go there with Kinmo. We will take care of this side." Bernard
smiled cunningly with his heavy face, and added: "The Superior
Warriorsare all here, while the women and that boy have run away.
Remember, I need women alive. If you kill them, you can't get even one
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crystal coin!"
"Be at ease, captain. I promise, I will send that woman to you clean and
beautiful that you can serve her however as you like." Tumu laughed
loudly, "Kinmo, let's go first! Haha! That hot chick, haha, I will have her
first. You are lucky today, you can taste her after me."
"Yaww, I can't wait anymore!" The ugly mercenary with pimples all over
his face laughed too as he advanced with Tumu.
"Bad!" Luo Hao got stunned, and was about to send a signal.
He didn't presume that Bernard was so experienced with this kind of
situation. Bernard saw through Luo Hao's plan at once and sent people
to chase Di Yalan pointedly.
"Stay here." Bernard sneered as he rushed to Luo Hao, "My friend, you
want to suspend us, don't you? Now, I won't leave, so don't you leave as
well. Let's trade blows and exercise our muscles."
As soon as Bernard moved, the other mercenaries separated too to
search for Hu Long and Zhao Xin's traces.
...
Carrying Mu Yu Die on her back, Di Yalan shuttled back and forth in the
wood. Everytime she touched the ground, her well-shaped long legs
would pedal on the earth and thus her bonny body bounced several
metres high, like a female leopard pursuing preys.
While up in the air, her short skirt under her armour flew with the wind,
and her plump ass showed an attractive shape, looking extremely
elastic.
Shi Yan was staring at her figure joyfully and couldn't stop praising her
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hot body. No wonder those mercenaries couldn't get rid of Di Yalan in
their mind.
"Little bastard, stop looking at my ass! Take care of the surroundings!
Keep an eye on any demon beasts' trails here!" Di Yalan seemed to
have a pair of eyes on her back, when she shouted while running.
"It's fine." Shi Yan broadened his mouth, "There are no trails of demon
beasts at the time being, but it seems someone's chasing us; I seem to
hear their light steps."
"Someone's after us?" Di Yalan was stunned, "It couldn't be? The three
including Uncle Luo are there; they didn't stop those crazy dogs?"
Shi Yan then stopped, grovelled on the ground, and leaned his ear
against the ground. He said with a serious face: "Uncle Luo did not stop
all the crazy dogs, two of which are almost here."
Di Yalan was astonished and stopped in front, she observed with a pale
face: "Kid, carry Miss Mu and leave fast. I will stay and fight with them."
"No, I will stay."
Shi Yan shook his head, took a deep breath and answered in a low voice:
"I was just thinking about testing my training recently. Keep going and I
will catch up. Hmm, by the way I will leave some marks as well, in case
uncle Luo Hao loses trace of us after dumping those mercenaries."
"You..." on Di Yalan's back, Mu Yu Die turned her head to Shi Yan and
gazed at him numbly. Then a glow crossed her eyes, and she said with a
complicated look on her pretty face: "You were out of this trouble
originally"
"I know." Shi Yan smiled: "But for you, I'm in. I still owe you a lot. Once I
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pay it back, I will leave even if you ask me to stay." Waving his hand, he
urged Di Yalan: "Sister, what the hell are you doing?! Move!"
Di Yalan felt it a little heartbreaking to see him again, so she turned her
head away and said: "Little bastard, live on happily. If you can catch up
again, I, I will allow you to touch my...butt." In an instant, she stamped
on the ground and dashed out mightily.
"Haha, then keep yourself clean and wait for me." Shi Yan laughed and
shouted to her: "I will be back soon."
Di Yalan had a quiver and almost fell. She gritted her teeth and cursed in
her mind with brushed face: "This damn bastard!"
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Chapter 25
The Ghost
With his dagger, Shi Yan first engraved ugly patterns of butterflies on
two tree trunks, then he climbed onto one of the trees, cut down a
branch which was as thick as an arm, chopped it into five pieces,
sharpened one end of each piece, and wiped Seven Snake Saliva onto
the sharpened ends casually.
It took him two minutes to do all these things.
After two minutes, Tumu and Kinmo, the two mercenaries from the Tush
Mercenary Union, showed up as expected.
Tumu and Kinmo didn't even take Shi Yan and the two women seriously.
They were still discussing how to enjoy Di Yalan with salacious faces
while shuttling in the wood.
"Shoo! Shoo!"
Sharpened branches went through dense leaves as sunlight and flew
toward Tumu and Kinmo.
Tumu didn't care about it at all. He waved his axe aimlessly and
chopped two tree branches down, then he laughed happily: "Look at this
guy, too shallow haha. He treated us with these tree branches to lose
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our face?"
"Poor guy." Kinmo shook his head and sneered.
"Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!"
Another three tree branches came over mightily.
Tumu got a little impatient that he drew a semicircle in the air with his
axe which was as long as an arm, and three tree branches fell on the
ground in the silver light.
Shi Yan showed up from among the bushes slowly and stared at them
coldly: "You two will fight together, or come up one by one?"
Narrowing his eye, Tumu raised his head and examined Shi Yan. Then he
shook his head disappointedly: "A young kid! Of Nascent Level at most!
You talk big but have limited ability. Sorry but I'm not interested."
After saying that, Tumu turned his eyes away from Shi Yan and walked
away with his voice: "Kinmo, take care of it quickly. Catch up to me
soon, or I will f*** that bitch twice. Hahaha!"
Kinmo sniffed, then threw his huge wolf tooth stick on the ground
mightily, which stuck deep in the earth. "Kid, come down, I won't use my
weapon, and don't let me climb the tree to catch you. I'm in a hurry. Be
quick."
"Yeah, I'm in a hurry too." Shi Yan replied with indifference and
calmness in his eyes. Then he jumped down the ancient tree at once,
threw the dagger out with all might into the earth beside that Wolf Tooth
Stick.
"Bang!" Shi Yan stood ten metres away in front of Kinmo and raised up
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his hands and waved at Kinmo, "I won't use a weapon either."
"Hey kid, you're rather audacious!"Kinmo broaded his mouth as all the
pimples gathered on his face. With vicious eyes, he rushed toward Shi
Yan at once.
All of a sudden, Kinmo's hands swelled and blue veins beat on his fists.
As he assaulted with his fists, there came sounds of "Hoooohooo" in the
air. Along with that, prints of fists occurred in the air, and deepened as
Kinmo continued his assault.
After five steps, there appeared dozens of fist prints in front of Kinmo.
"Mortal Level Martial skill, Star Fists!"
Shi Yan narrowed his eyes and began to operate his Profound Qi clearedmindedly
without any other thought. There was only the fist prints in his
eyes and only the idea of "kill Kinmo" in his mind!
"Bang!"
With a heavy shake in his mind, he was suddenly guided into a novel
world.
His eyes, ears and body suddenly got much more sensitive than before.
All of the surroundings grew much clearer. Gazing at Kinmo, he could
specifically sense the speed and rate at which Kinmo's Profound Qi flew
in the arm.
The fist prints which had pervaded the air disappeared in an instant and
the air got clearer. Only Kinmo's waving fists were left in his eyes.
Furthermore, he could even see the tracks of the fists moving.
After taking a deep breath, Shi Yan shouted and his arms contracted and
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dried at a speed which could be seen by naked eye; soon his arms were
twined with vague, white smoke.
At the same time, from his neck, his skin began to petrify into grey rock,
which was as hard as iron.
Vague black light spilt from his skin and covered all of his skinny body.
Kinmo's iron fists, with the power to shatter rocks, struck toward Shi
Yan's chest.
The Dark Light Shield twisted, and after being struck by Kinmo's iron
fists, it turned into dark light spots and exploded at once. Kinmo's fists
went through the Dark Light Shield, got less powerful, and struck on Shi
Yan's chest heavily.
"Bang!"
"Kaaar!"
The sound of striking and bone breaking came at the same moment.
Kinmo's face twisted at once.
The nasty pain on his fists made Kinmo realize that it was not Shi Yan's
chest, but his fists that had been splintered.
Waving the painful arms with a hideous face, Kinmo looked at Shi Yan
who was as cold as a rock, rather terrified. He seemed to remember
something at that moment, thus he shouted: "Martial Spirit of
Petrifaction of the Shi Family! You are from the Shi Family of the
Merchant Union?"
"Brilliant." Shi Yan smiled with coldness.
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Kinmo realized he was at a disadvantage and thus tried to run, but it
was too late since he was too close to Shi Yan.
Shi Yan stretched out his hand like lightning and held Kinmo's neck. The
white fog around his arm containing negative emotions as anger,
despair and insanity flew into Kinmo's body all at once.
Kinmo was so frightened that he felt himself fall into hell and screamed
while quivering: "No! No! Nooooo!"
Kinmo kept screaming hard and waved his iron fists aimlessly as if he
couldn't see a thing and tried to defend from ghosts which were
approaching him.
Shi Yan had released his hand a long time ago. The white smoke had
disappeared and his face turned normal. He was counting the time in his
mind.
One, two, three, four, five...
While counting, Shi Yan walked to his dagger in the earth at an ease. He
pulled it out and walked to Kinmo in light steps.
When Shi Yan counted to seventeen, Kinmo seemed to adapted to the
fear and calmed down gradually. His eyes was becoming clear and he
was about to come around.
Seventeen second was far more than enough to kill a person dozens of
times.
Nodding his head lightly, Shi Yan got to know more about the situation.
He dashed up like lightning and slipped the dagger in Kinmo's neck
precisely.
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Blood jetted out of his neck as Kinmo finally got his eyesight back. Then
he stared at Shi Yan with hatred and fell down with regret.
Squatting down aside Kinmo, Shi Yan wiped the blood away on the
dagger with Kinmo's coat, and examined Kinmo's body, to find some
food, hundreds of purple crystal coins and two sharp tusks of the Fire
Snake.
After putting these things into his bag without any hesitance, Shi Yan
took a deep breath. He felt Kinmo's Profound Qi had all went into his
own meridans. Then he stood up and murmured: "The Second Sky of the
Nascent level would get lost for seventeen seconds under the negative
power of Rampage. This Martial Skill is really too weird. Maybe the more
the negative power being concentrated, the stronger its power..."
He talked to himself for a while. Then he pulled himself together, held
his breath and rushed in the direction where Tumu ran to.
...
"Bitch! Too damn hot! Haha! But I love it!" Tumu was laughing happily
and having a fight with Di Yalan with his axe.
Mu Yu Die's eyes were cold. Cuddling her zither, she looked panicked
and seemed to make a difficult decision.
The heavy axe looked light as a feather fan which weighed nothing in
Tumu's hand.
As the axe shone now and then, Di Yalan's short sword was at a
disadvantage. Once the short sword touched the axe, Di Yalan's thin
body would shake. Apparently, Tumu had a much stronger Profound Qi
than Di yalan.
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Tumu's axe left shadows in the air as he waved it hard, and the shadows
entangled Di Yalan like wheels. Between the light reflected from the axe,
Di Yalan's long hair flew up and down, and her short skirt got cracked
through which her thigh showed up now and then.
"Bitch, you know my ability huh? Don't worry, you will know soon that
my best thing is not my Martial Skill. Hahaha!" Tumu laughed with joy
and he seemed to plan not to defeat Di Yalan too soon. He tried to tease
her deliberately.
Di Yalan was so furious but she couldn't talk back and could only defend
from him with much effort.
"Sister, need any help?" Shi Yan's casual banter came from the woods
all of a sudden.
The next moment, Shi yan showed up with the dagger in his hand. He
wandered his eyes onto Di Yalan's thighs and butt through the cracks on
the skirt for a while and praised: "Round and smooth, plump and cute,
too good, terrific!"
Di Yanlan was very surprised. Since she had no time to talk back now,
she took a step back and answered loudly: "You bastard! How did you
survive!"
Tumu' face got frozen and pale; he didn't continue to chase after Di
Yalan but turned his head to Shi yan and asked in a low voice: "Is Kinmo
dead?"
"What do you think?" Holding his dagger, Shi Yan walked near him step
by step wearing a mysterious smile.
As he was advancing, his arms dried up again. The negative power split
out from his pores, and twined his arms again.
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Kinmo's Profound Qi was not all purified, but as Shi Yan began to
operate "Rampage", Kinmo's despair and hatred before his death
suddenly gushed out from his meridans, forming the hideous shadow
image in front of Shi Yan, which looked just the same as Kinmo.
"Kinmo!" Tumu was so astonished that his robust body quivered!
Impossible!
In front of Shi Yan, Kinmo's ghostly shadow which was as light as a
feather was rattling his sabre. The dim eyes which were filled with
hatred, showed that he would even want to kill all the people in the
world.
Di Yalan and Mu Yu Die were astonished too. With their thin bodies
shaking, they couldn't help screaming: "What the hell is that!"
Even Shi Yan himself was astounded. Looking at the ghostly shadow in
front of him, he didn't know what to do.
"Kinmo! Kinmo! What happened to you?" Under Kinmo's eyes full of
unforgettable hatred, Tumu stepped back and shouted: "I'm are your
companions! You enemy is behind you!"
Tumu's cry reminded Shi Yan. His will changed. Now there was only one
thought in his mind---- to kill Tumu. The negative power around his arms
shot out like a weird, pale snake to Tumu.
Kinmo's shadow seemed to be stimulated by the negative power and
flew lightly to him and catched him brutally.
"Kill!" Shi Yan yelled and rushed out. Surprised, Di Yalan raised her
sword and cut it toward Tumu too.
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Chapter 26
The Wager
Tumu's face looked gloomy as he watched Kinmo's face with
astonishment. He was frightened.
That shadow did not have substance but was like a ghost, which made
Tumu, a brave and battlewise mercenary, apprehended. He took a step
back from this abnormal thing and tried to know the situation better.
Shi Yan immediately knew that Tumu was scared, as he stepped back.
He took the right timing and rushed out with his dagger like a leopard.
At the same time, he asked Di Yalan to fight together with him.
Though Di Yalan was a little scared too, since she knew that ghostly
shadow was released by Shi yan, she plucked up courage to besiege
Tumu.
The pale, white light smoke, which contained refined negative power,
began to intertwine Tumu. Kinmo's ghostly shadow was following it and
went in front of Tumu at once.
Tumu suddenly concentrated. Without any hesitation, he began to
practice his dense Profound Qi of The Third Sky of Nascent Level with his
secret formula. The Profound Qi gushed into his left hand and exploded
into a red fire.
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In an instant, there appeared a red protective shield concentrated by
pure Profound Qi in Tumu's left hand. That red protective shield was
glowing red light and letting out hot energy, though it was merely as big
as a washbasin.
This shield, concentrated by pure Profound Qi, was apparently Tumu's
vital Martial Skill, which required much energy to operate it.
Just as the protective shield was produced, Tumu was already perspiring
hard on his forehead. He must have consumed a lot of energy.
The protective shield was sticking on Tumu's left hand. Seeing Shi Yan's
negative power pouring toward him, Tumu immediately raised the shield
to block the negative power and Kinmo's ghostly shadow.
"Cheeee cheee cheee!"
That strip of white fog containing negative mood, along with Kinmo's
ghostly shadow sparkled after bumping on the protective shield.
In the pervading sparkles, the white fog faded away and the ghostly
shadow seemed to be melting and dispersed into the air bit by bit.
Noticing the shield could melt these two weird things, Tumu became a
little relieved. He then sneered cunningly: "Kid, let me see what else
you've got!"
A cold, evil air dispersed from the sparkles with the continuous sound of
"chee chee". Not being noticed, the air went into Tumu's body through
his pores all over his body.
After that sneer, Tumu's face turned dumb and panic welled up from his
eyes.
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Bright light crossed Shi Yan's eyes!
According to Tumu's facial expressions, though Tumu tried to clean the
negative power, he couldn't wipe it all away. Some of it had already
invaded his mind.
"Take action!"
After a loud yell, Shi Yan sped up to the maximum speed. He appeared
in front of Tumu all of a sudden, leaving a light shadow in the open air.
The dagger, with glowing blue light, stabbed toward Tumu's neck with a
rush, which looked as if it was lightning.
The protective shield in Tumu's hand was getting hotter and hotter. The
revering temperature almost woke Tumu up from the numbness.
Tumu opened his eyes abruptly!
"Haaaaooo!'
Tumu hauled, thus he suppressed all the negative emotions which had
invaded his mind, at the same time, he drew a circle in the air with his
axe in the right hand.
"Kangchang!"
Shi Yan's dagger stabbed into the axe while a nasty explosion came out
from the axe. To his surprise, it rushed towards Shi Yan's arm through
the dagger.
Shi Yan's arm got so numb that he realized Tumu's Profound Qi was very
dense, therefore he moved the dagger away from the axe soon.
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Tumu didn't react to Shi Yan. Instead, he turned his body like wind and
blocked Di Yalan's short sword which came behind him with his axe. He
said with a cold face: "I will f*** you as hard as I can!"
Shi Yan grew rigid and the bloodthirstiness surged in his mind.
Waving his dagger, his muscles on the legs began to contract slowly as
well. Negative power thus gushed out from his pores on the legs,
covering a pale fog on them.
As his hands and feet all went through the changes, Shi Yan couldn't
control his bloodthirstiness any more.
He was overwhelmed by the desire for killing, and his eyes were getting
more and more red, while his expression became as hideous as a devil
from hell. Even Mu Yu Die who was beside him was so frightened that
she covered her mouth with her hand.
"Hoooohoooo!"
Shi Yan's breaths got heavier and heavier. He stomped and could feel
endless power in his feet. His skinny body advanced ten meters in one
second!
Like a flying arrow. Fast and mighty!
Tumu's axe flew swiftly in the air and made cracking sounds endlessly. It
forced Di Yalan to retreat as her arms got more and more painful holding
the short sword. She turned weaker and weaker under the severe
attacks of Tumu's strong Profound Qi.
A forceful, murderous air suddenly came from his back. Tumu had a
hideous look in his eyes as he struck his axe again, making Di Yanlan
retreat while trembling.
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"Bang!"
Tumu kicked his leg impatiently onto Di Yalan's smooth abdomen
heavily and she was kicked about seven meters away.
Di Yalan fell on ground on her back and she was bleeding severely from
her mouth. Her Profound Qi was disordered and she lost all her strength
at once.
Tumu's kick contained a surging explosiveness as his Profound Qi
exploded in an instant. He aimed to drain his fighting capacity slowly so
that he could deal with Shi Yan devotionally.
Turning around, Tumu brandished his axe with a vicious face: "Kid, I'm
gonna slice you into one hundred pieces!"
Shi Yan ran up like an arrow and with the help of the impulsion, he
operated all his Profound Qi into his dagger.
As he brandished his dagger, the shadows of the dagger fell like rain
drops; along with it, a cold vicious power sent out from the dagger and
enveloped Tumu inside it.
"Humph!"
Tumu took a deep breath and began to wave the protective shield with
his left hand. Warm wind flew out from the protective shield endlessly
and drove the cold, vicious air away. Then he took up his axe and struck
Shi Yan's dagger precisely.
"Bang!"
With the hard thump, Shi Yan felt a severe pain in his wrist, when his
dagger suddenly flew out and fell down on the earth dozens metres
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away behind him.
Tumu was having a hard time too. The power gushing out from Shi Yan's
dagger was extremely vicious as well. As he defended from it, he
retreated with a stagger.
At the same time, an air of coldness, evil and panic, sprawled through
his arms into the brain like a small snake and dragged him into a bloody
atmosphere again.
Shi Yan stood still as he saw Tumu' eyes become perplexed and
retreated staggering into the direction of Di Yalan.
At that moment, his dagger was dozens of meters away behind him. He
would miss the best timing if he went to pick up his dagger and rush to
Tumu; maybe Tumu would have come to his senses by then.
That will flashed across in his mind like lightning and his eyes turned
cold. Then he rushed to Tumu with all his strength and fettered Tumu's
waist with his arms; He pushed up with his legs and push Tumu toward
Di Yalan with all might, and yelled: "Raise your sword! Stab!"
On hearing his shout, Di Yalan, who was lying on the ground exhausted,
saw a huge dark shadow fall onto her.
Without any hesitance, Di Yalan summoned all her strength and raised
her short sword which was as long as her arm.
"Puuuuh!"
As the sword stabbed into Tumu's heart, he woke up with a severe pain;
he hauled crazily and tried hard to keep balanced.
The sword stabbed into the back part of his heart thus his body tilted in
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the air, and he didn't fall on Di Yalan immediately.
With the support of the sword, Tumu kept that tilting position magically
and didn't fall immediately, as if his legs had rooted in the ground.
Tumu struggled with all his strength but only to find his hands fettered
by Shi Yan tightly.
Shi Yan looked rather cool, and he smirked: "Wild dog, you are done!"
Keeping that position, Tumu shouted: "Batard! Let go of your hand! The
sword stabbed me; it can also stab you! Let go of your hand! You want
to die with me?"
Tumu was really doughty that he could still raise his leg like lightning
under this situation; he kicked his knees on Shi Yan's belly heavily.
Shi Yan injected his Profound Qi crazily into his arms. Since he couldn't
operated the Dark Light Shield, he tried to use the Martial Spirit of
Petrifaction.
Tumu struck his knees on Shi Yan again and again. Under that great
striking, the power of Petrifaction seemed to be concentrated in Shi
Yan's abdomen, while other parts of his body turned normal. As well, his
abdomen grew grey and was as hard as stone.
Under the attacks of Tumu, who was at the Third Sky of Nascent Level,
Shi Yan could still support himself with the Martial Spirit of Petrifaction.
Though he felt extreme pain in his abdomen, he didn't spit out blood and
his defensive power became abnormally strong.
Di Yalan who was under them then came to notice that Shi Yan and
Tumu were hugging tightly. If she thrusted her short sword toward them,
or Tumu fell down heavily, that sword would get through Tumu's body,
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and then Shi Yan's body, and stick them together.
Knowing that Shi Yan would be stabbed through along with Tumu, Di
Yalan didn't dare act rashly, so she screamed: "Bastard! Release!"
"Wild dog, I'm shorter than you! But you will be the dead one, and I,
could only lose an arm at worst!"
Shi Yan looked cold with a smile. Then with Tumu's frightened eyes, he
threw Tumu and himself with all his might onto Di Yalan.
"Poooh! Poooh!"
The sound of the weapon breaking the flesh and bone came one by one.
Di Yalan was lying on her back, while Tumu was lying on her on his back,
and Shi Yan on Tumu.
The sword in her hand stabbed through both of them. It went through
Tumu's heart, and then forced itself into Shi Yan's right shoulder.
Tumu's heart was stabbed through. After several quivers, he died right
away with an extremely terrified face.
Though his shoulder was broken, Shi Yan looked hideous and still didn't
let go of Tumu.
After Tumu's Profound Qi spilted out of his body and flew into Shi Yan,
the latter convinced Tumu was dead. Then Shi Yan released his hands
and laid his exhausted and soft body down.
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Chapter 27
The Three Parties Meet
In the wood.
The silver light on Bernard's iron hand flew like silk and intertwined
together to formed a dense silver light net, which flew to cover Luo hao.
In the ten times gravitational field, Luo Hao walked swiftly. He drew
many odd arcs in the air with his broadsword to tear the light net in front
of him into pieces.
Bernard looked normal and showed not the slightest bit of fear. Yet he
still kept a distance from Luo Hao and kept intertwining the silver light to
form silver light nets one after another, and threw them towards Luo
hao.
The silver light net was not influenced by the gravitational field a bit. It
was still floating in the air, and those which were torn by Luo Hao's
broadsword stuck together again while floating and came around Luo
Hao's body.
Seen from afar, Luo Hao seemed to be in the very centre of a broken
spider. In the shuttling of his broadsword, those light nets were torn and
reconnected again.
At the same time, Bernard still kept a proper distance from Luo Hao and
never stopped producing more light nets to envelop Luo Hao, who was
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surrounded by more and more light nets.
Bernard didn't let go of Luo Hao, apparently, he didn't need to use as
much effort, as he smirked to Luo Hao: "My friend, why do you have to
fight with me face to face? We just want the two women. My people
have already followed them. Sure enough, the two women must have
been taken away by my people. And you can't escape from my "Silver
Net", the results being very clear. Don't waste your time."
"If they are having an accident, I swear, I will sweep your Tush
Mercenary Union!" With a twisted face, Luo Hao replied in the light net:
"I will spend the rest of my life chasing you Tush Mercenary Union, till
the last of you is killed!"
Bernard was surprised; he took a deep breath and nodded: "It seems
like I have to kill you now."
"Captain! Captain!" There came a surprised cry, "Jork's dead! He was
just cut by a sword and was poisoned to death!"
Bernard got furious, as he shouted: "Don't be lenient! Kill them as soon
as possible! Shit! Poison! Cut them into pieces and feed them to the
demon beasts! Don't leave their bodies!"
The mercenaries yelled together and began to chase Zhao Xin and Hu
Long at the same time.
Bernard was so angry that he operated the "Silver Net" with all his
might to cover the whole area around Luo Hao, making a final bid for
victory.
Suddenly, a lightning which was as thick as a finger turned into another
huge net and fell from the sky, flying toward Luo Hao.
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Luo Hao was shocked that he turned pale at once. Though he tried hard
to wave his broadsword, he couldn't cut down the new net.
There were ten finger-like lightnings glowing an odd light as they twined
like magic snakes.
Frightened, Luo Hao immediately waved his broadsword with all his
Profound Qi. Then the broadsword generated white light, grew into
circles and entangled Luo hao.
"Cheee! Cheee!"
Those finger-like lightning came toward Luo Hao; as they bumped into
the white circles, electric flashes exploded at once.
Lua Hao's loss of Prodfound Qi sped up several times as before!
Under the fierce lightning, his energy was consumed quickly and his face
turned extremely pale.
A sharp sword suddenly appeared above his head, which had the severe
smell of slaughter, and struck on the circles on Luo Hao's body.
"Bang!"
Luo Hao's body shook greatly and crimson blood gushed out his mouth.
He staggered to step back.
Bernard's "Silver Net" took advantage of the occasion to come up and
wrapped Luo Hao tightly so that he couldn't move a bit.
"Wang!"
The sharp sword went through Luo Hao's body, and that Crescent
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Emissary with a pale mask on his face showed up finally.
Along with him, was Mo Chaoge from the Mo Family, who walked out
from behind an ancient tree with the light of lightning between his
fingers.
"Pooh!" "Pooh!" "Pooh!"
The Crescent Emissary got a brutal look in his eyes, as his sharp sword
went in and out of Luo Hao's body thrice.
The gravitational field faded slowly...
"Uncle Luo!"
Zhao Xin's eyes turned red and he cried in deep grief.
Arrows flew toward Zhao Xin one after another; his body became like a
hedgehog and then he fell on ground and died with regret.
On Hu Long's side, arrows were also flying around him. But they seemed
to be not as accurate because instead of killing Hu Long, they blocked
the people from the Tush Mercenary Union who were chasing for Hu
Long.
Grasping a good chance, Hu Long ran away crazily in the wood with red
eyes: Uncle Luo and Zhao Xin are dead.. Only Miss Mu can avenge them.
I must tell Miss Mu..."
"Chase!" The people from the Tush Mercenary Union yelled and began
to chase, but only to find arrows falling down from the sky and blocking
their way.
They turned rigid and realized someone didn't want them to chase Hu
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Long, so they searched for that shooter with vicious eyes.
Some people with pale masks appeared in the woods, and there were
some warriors from the Mo Family among them; they were all having
arrows with them and looked serious.
"Why did you help me kill him?" Frowning, Bernard asked Mo Chaoge
and the other Star Emissary, "I don't know you two, do I? What do you
want from me for killing him?"
"We were not helping you." The Star Emissary walked up and glanced
him with cold eyes, "Luo Hao was an enemy of The Dark World that we
were chasing him all the time, and it's you who helped us."
Mo Chaoge was standing aside and not in a hurry to come up. He
frowned and asked: "Emissary, you said this is the strongest guy among
those who were protecting that bastard. Since now he is dead, we don't
need to waste time anymore?"
"Hmm." The Star Emissary nodded, "Don't worry. I left some "Dark Moon
Fragrance" on Hu Long, and ordered my people to let him go
deliberately to become a guide for us. Later we can walk with the trail of
"Dark Moon Fragrance" and we can find the people we want."
"Good." Mo Chaoge started to smile, "It's not far from our Merchant
Union. After it's done, would you like to have a cup of tea with the Mo
Family and discuss about the details of our cooperation, Emissary?"
"No problem." The Crescent Emissary nodded.
Just in the past couple of days, the Crescent Emissary from the Dark
World had already hooked up with Mo Chaoge, and they had come to a
secret agreement.
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"Why did you kill this guy?" Bernard waved his hand and soon his
mercenaries crowded around him.
"For a teenage girl, and a skinny boy." Mo Chaoge smiled, "I've known
the Tush Mercenary Union for a long time. Now I know you really
deserve such reputation. I'm Mo Chaoge from the Mo Family of the
Merchant Union. I wonder if you are interested to do a business with Mo
Family?"
"What kind of business?" Bernard frowned.
"Of course money-earning kind! Haha! If you are interested, we can
discuss the details. You will never regret it." Mo Chaoge laughed.
"Let's talk about it later." Bernard paused, and continued: "If there
wasn't an accident, my people must have beaten the people you want.
We can't do it for nothing. You take the teenage girl and the boy, and
we, the Tush Mecenary Union, get that hot woman mercenary, okay?"
Bernard knew they were tough people, that either The Dark World or Mo
Family from the Merchant Union have a huge influence.
The Crescent Emissary and Mo Chaoge, who were in lead, were both at
Disaster Level---not any lower than him, and those two had come to an
agreement. After calculating, Bernard was sure that he could not
compete with their joint power and had to step back.
Mo Chaoge didn't reply, but looked to the Crescent Emissary from the
Dark World.
The Crescent Emissary's eyes flashed and he nodded slowly: "No
Problem."
"Well, let's go get them." seeing him nodding, Bernard became relieved.
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He had seen the brutality of those two people and he didn't dare ask for
trouble.
...
Mu Yu Die crouched and bound up the wound for Shi Yan carefully.
With a rigid face, Shi Yan was silent. He sat on the ground upright and
examined the change of the wound on his shoulder, and the purification
of Tumu's Profound Qi in his meridans. He was so focused that he didn't
take a glimpse of Mu Yu Die.
"Sometimes he is so lustful, and sometimes he is so righteous, too
weird..."
Mu Yu Die questioned secretly, as generally in recent days,, Shi Yan
looked at her so audaciously without any disguise.
But now they were so close and could even smell the scent on each
other, Shi Yan didn't even look at her. She was rather confused.
Mu Yu Die was so perplexed that she was not sure about Shi Yan's real
personality.
Narrowing his eyes, Shi Yan concentrated on the changes inside his
body.
The cells of the wound on his shoulder were very alive. Without doing
anything, he could sense they were recovering gradually with the aid of
the Immortal Martial Spirit.
After Tumu's Profound Qi was purified in his meridans, odd negative
emotions generated secretly...
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After operating Rampage, he didn't have the slightest amount of
strength in his limbs and they ached a lot, seemingly not going to
recover in a short time. This familiar side effect made him uncomfortable
but he could do nothing.
Di Yalan, who was resting not far from them, regained her spirit and
began to search Tumu's body.
One minute later, Di Yalan walked to Mu Yu Die and Shi Yan with a little
bag: "There is some food on this guy, and some demon beast materials,
and three Star Bombs. We don't need the demon beast materials, but
the Star Bombs are rather brutal."
"Star Bomb?" flash crossed Shi Yan's eyes and he stared at the green
balls which were as big as fists. He asked with a lot of interest: "What
are they for?"
"It would explode once shaken, and produce starry blades, which are
very sharp and would fly in all directions. The blade is so impactive that
even the Profound Qi shield from a Human-Level warrior couldn't
prevent it. It's a type of brutal treasure and that is very expensive---- the
three may cost five thousand of black crystal coins!" Di Yalan explained.
"Too brutal! Give it to me." SHi Yan stretched out his hand and asked Di
Yalan to hand it to him casually.
"Tata! Tatata!" Heavy steps came suddenly.
Di Yalan got pale and held her short sword cautiously.
Shi Yan pushed Mu Yu Die away a little rudely. He stood up with a grunt
with the dagger in his hand, and began to stare at the direction where
the sound came.
Hu Long, with bloody eyes and blood on his chest, staggered toward
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them.
At the sight of Di Yalan, Hu Long burst into tears and cried: "Uncle Luo
and Zhao Xin died. Miss Mu, they died tragically! You must revenge
them!"
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Chapter 28
The Blast
Mu Yu Die's slim body shook and she leaned against the tree trunk
weakly, tears welling up in her eyes and flowing down her face.
All along the way, Luo Hao and Zhao Xin were protecting her
wholeheartedly. She could only make it till now all because of Luo Hao,
who was like her spirit.
Hearing Luo Hao and Zhao Xin were both dead, Mu Yu Die was filled with
so much grief that she didn't even want to think about escaping.
Di Yalan's eyes were almost on fire that she clenched her teeth and
asked in trembling voice, "Who the hell did that?"
Hu Long choked with sobs, and quickly explained the details, then he
added, "Apart from the Dark World and the Tush Mercenary Union, there
were also people from the Mo Family from the Merchant Union. That guy
released the power of lightning which was not refined from Profound Qi;
it should be the Martial Spirit of Lightning from Mo Family."
"The Tush Mercenary Union! Dark World! Mo Family!" Di Yalan clenched
her teeth and uttered word by word! Then she yelled: "They must pay
for that!"
Shi Yan frowned as he heard of the Martial Spirit of Lightning. He
realized quickly that the target of Mo Family was him!
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An odd scent suddenly went into Shi Yan's mouth and nose, which made
him stand up quickly and walk around Hu Long. He turned pale and said,
"Brother Hu Long, you have a strange fragrance on your body...you
shouldn't have escaped alive...aww..."
"Kid, what do you mean?" Di Yalan stared at him, "You wish Hu Long
was killed?"
But Hu Long realized what he meant after a thought, and he answered
with a bitter smile, "So it is. They didn't kill me because they wanted to
find you. I thought I got lucky. Haha."
Just then, before Di Yalan could stop him, Hu Long kneeled down in front
of Mu Yu Die and kowtowed three times; he said, "Miss Mu, please live
on happily and avenge us!"
He then stood up and ran away quickly as his lamenting voice came
afar, "Leave soon! Take the other way! I will distract them and earn time
for you, as much as possible!"
"Hu Long!" Di Yalan and Mu Yu Die wailed loudly.
"We should leave right now! Miss Mu, remember the grief and live on
well!" Shi Yan looked serious as he stretched out his hand to Di Yalan,
"Give the Star Bombs to me. You leave with Miss Mu. I will catch up to
you soon."
Di Yalan's mind became blank because of her friends' deaths. She was
dumbstruck for a while, then she handed the three Star Bombs to Shi
Yan, and asked in husky voice, "What are you going to do?"
"For now, to ask for some interests for Uncle Luo!"
Shi Yan went up to Tumu's body quickly with an icy face and cut Tumu's
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belly with his dagger, then put two Star bombs inside it. After that, Shi
Yan wiped the Seven Snake Saliva on the belly carefully, and turned
over Tumu's body----now his body was lying face down.
"People get curious. Once the people of Tush Mercenary Union come,
they won't be able to help but turn over Tumu's body they see him like
this. Thus the Star Bombs will explode. Guess what will happen if his
body was turned over heavily?" Shi Yan smirked.
"I got it." Di Yalan looked vicious too, "The more of them being killed,
the better!"
"I also put some poisonous powder on his body. After the Star Bombs
explode, the powder will stick to blades, and once the blades cut people,
they will definitely die!" Shi Yan looked cold, "Let's go, we should live
on! Or else we can't avenge Uncle Luo!"
"Hope Hu Long is fine." Mu Yu Die murmured with hazy eyes.
Shi Yan was a little sad, for he knew there was no possibility of Hu Long
surviving. Still, he comforted her, "Don't worry, our trap may damage
them badly. Maybe we can still meet Hu Long."
"Really?"
Mu Yu Die asked weakly; though she knew it was not realistic, she still
wished someone could give her an answer, even if it was a lie.
"Sure, he will be alright." Shi Yan nodded with certainty, and made eye
contact with Di Yalan.
Di Yalan understood what he meant, carried Mu Yu Die and ran into the
woods.
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Shi Yan took a deep breath, summoned all his energy and ran up in a
hurry.
...
A quarter of hour later.
The three parties----The Dark World, Mo Family and Tush Mercenary
Union----appeared together. They reached here by following the scent on
Hu Long.
"Tumu!"
At the sight of the axe beside that body, Bernard realised at once that it
was Tumu! He was so shocked that he cried, "It's impossible! How could
they kill Tumu!?"
"Didn't you say we would just need to collect the people we want when
we get here?" The Crescent Emissary grunted with cold eyes, "Luckily I
had left the Dark Moon Fragrance on that guy, or else we would've
needed to search for them badly."
Bernard was rather confused as he ordered, "Zuo Song, turn Tumu over
and check it."
"It was that boy who killed him!" Mo Yanyu reminded Mo Chaoge in a
very low voice, "Everyone who was killed by him will be drained. There
must be poison on that boy's weapon!"
"That boy is something." Mo Chaoge nodded and reminded her, "Be
careful later. Don't get impulsive."
"Got it."
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As they were talking, Zuo Song, amember of the Tush Mercenary Union,
had already run to Tumu's body on Bernard's order.
Zuo Song grasped Tumu's shoulder and turned his body over, and was
just about to examine it...
"Thud!"
The back of Tumu's body kicked on the ground heavily.
"Bang! Bang!"
A severe blast exploded out!
Tumu's body ruptured into thousands of pieces in an instant!
Thousands of blades sticking with Tumu's flesh and blood, flew out from
Tumu like stars!
It came out unexpectedly. Immediately Tumu's body blast, those blades
covered with flesh and blood, shot toward everybody directly.
As the Tush Mercenary Union stood closest to Tumu, thus they were shot
first!
Due to the flying blades, three mercenaries turned into honeycombs,
with bloody holes all over their bodies.
Zuo Song, who had turned Tumu over, was blasted apart, and his flesh
and blood was mixed with Tumu's, flying in all directions.
, the Dark World Emissaries and people from Mo Family didn't expect
such development, and thus they also didn't escape from it either!
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Though they were dozens of metres away, the warriors were injured too,
especially those of the Elementary Level from Mo Family----they were
cut by blades directly, before they could defend.
Miserable screeches continued. The blast from the two Star Bombs made
it hell in this area. Flesh and blood in the air. Limbs and entrails all over
on the ground.
In the horrifying hauls, everybody was panic-stricken.
Seeing that picture, Mo Yanyu, who was protected by Mo Chaoge,
couldn't stand anymore. She turned pale and vomited.
Some warriors from the Dark World and Mo Family were only cut by
blades;they thought themselves lucky. But soon they got pains in their
body and began to lose their vision...
"Damn it! Poison on the blades!" Mo Chaoge looked as if been stamped
by someone. He stared at the warriors from Mo Family and shouted,
"Cut your wounded flesh! Fast! Fast!"
The huge man Johnson's arm was cut by a blade too, so it was bleeding
badly.
Johnson was so terrified that he clenched his teeth and cut half of his left
arm off. He hauled and kneeled down, "Miss Mo, please bind this up for
me!"
"Ou!"
When Mo Yanyu stood up and saw Johnson's dismembered arm, she got
sick and began to vomit again.
Looking at the flesh, entrails, limbs and green bodies on the ground,
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Bernard boiled with rage, and his eyes were filled with murderous desire.
He would rather eat whoever did all this alive!
Among them, the Dark World lost three people, while Mo Family five.
Since Bernard was closest to Tumu, he suffered the biggest loss, for all
his people were dead! He was on his own now!
"I'm gonna kill them! I'm gonna kill them! I'm gonna kill them!" Bernard
kept hauling like a crazy demon beast.
"Humph!" The Crescent Emissary grunted and said to Mo Chaoge, "Let's
keep chasing. Leave him alone."
He lost people and blamed Bernard for it. If Bernard didn't order Zuo
Song to turn over Tumu's body, there wouldn't be such a crazy blast.
"Let's keep chasing." Mo Chaoge nodded and left with the people from
the Dark World, not bothering to deal with Bernard, who was almost
lunatic.
"I will kill them!" Bernard panted as he looked in the direction where the
Dark World and Mo Family people went. After a long while, he chased
after them with a murderous look.
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Chapter 29
Eating Human Flesh
In the thick forest, carrying Mu Yu Die on her back, Di Yalan was
shuttling with Shi Yan.
Being alert, Shi Yan was observing the surroundings carefully. Once he
found trails of demon beasts, he would tell Di Yalan in advance; thus she
could change her way and avoid meeting demon beasts.
Time flew. Quickly, it turned dark and there was the bright moon
hanging in the sky.
Terrible howls could be heard in the serene forest now and then. Those
demon beasts who loved to move around at night began to hunt at this
time after a days rest.
And at night, Shi Yan's eyesight became bad, so it's hard for him to
distinguish a safe area and a demon beasts-occupied region.
Some demon beasts didn't even make a sound when they were hunting.
Thus, where there were howls of demon beasts, must be an insecure
place; but where there were no howls was sometimes not safe either----it
might be hiding even more danger!
After three hours of running, Di Yalan and Shi Yan were both tired.
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Though they killed Tumu together at dusk, they paid a lot too. Di Yalan
lost too much Profound Qi defending Tumu's fierce attack, and she
continued consuming her energy by running non-stop in the woods with
Mu Yu Die on her back.
Di Yalan was extremely exhausted now. It was only her strong willpower
that was supporting her all along.
Shi Yan was in no better state either---his shoulder was wounded, and
though it was bound up and the Immortal Martial Spirit was helping him
recover, it still needed more time.
The side effect of operating "Rampage" was the great loss of energy.
Also, Kinmo and Tumu's Profound Qi which he had absorbed was still
being purified, and the desire for blood was welling up now and then, but
he still needed to observe the surroundings cautiously.
...He was more tired than Di Yalan.
"Let's have a rest." Mu Yu Die advised softly. According to Di Yalan's
heavier steps and slower actions, Mu Yu Die realized that she was going
to hit her limit soon.
"Ok." Shi Yan took a breath and replied calmly, "Let me find a
comfortable place."
Immediately, he climbed up an ancient tree like a monkey to find dense
foliage to hide himself.
Standing on that ancient tree, Shi Yan was examining the surroundings.
With the dancing of the jumping from tree branch to tree branch, he
moved to a nearby withered tree.
The ancient tree had thick and dry trunk: it must have been dead for
years.
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Shi Yan examined the dry branch of that withered ancient tree, and was
surprised; "This tree is hollow from the inside, and its bottom is spacious
enough for us three to sit down. Good place. You two have a rest first,
then come up."
The upper part of that ancient tree was thin----was only wide enough for
one person to slip in, but its bottom was rather thick. It was ten metres
tall, which was easy for Shi Yan and Di Yalan to slip down, and also for
Mu Yu Die with the help of a rope.
Hearing that there was such a good place, Di Yalan couldn't bear it any
more, and urged, "Then let's get in soon. Demon beasts haunt this area.
If we bump into one, it would become great trouble."
"Ok, hand that rope to me. I will pull up Miss Mu first."
...
Two minutes later.
The three of them sat down together in the hollow bottom of that
ancient tree trunk.
The starlight fell into the empty center of the trunk. Outside, the demon
beasts were howling ominously.
There was total silence inside..
Mu Yu Die and Di Yalan were filled with agony.
All along the way, those two had stuck with Luo Hao, and helped each
other through many difficulties. But now, only them two were alive, and
it was still uncertain if they could survive .
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Their friends had left, and bad guys kept chasing. Maybe tomorrow the
people of the Dark World and the Tush Mercenary Union would catch
them and harass them...
The feeling of no hope for tomorrow made Mu Yu Die and Di Yalan quite
worried.
Shi Yan's state was better, for he hadn't been together with Luo Hao for
a long time, so he wasn't so emotional. Though the three of them died,
he felt far from grieved and could still think straight.
Well, he also felt regret for Luo Hao's death. Luo Hao treated him good
and had trained him with the gravitational field every night, which
consumed a lot of Luo Hao's energy. He owed Luo Hao a lot.
Especially when he heard Luo Hao's death was relevant to the Mo
Family, he thought he should take responsibility.
He engraved the three parties--- the Dark World, the Tush Mercenary
Union and the Mo Family--- in mind and was determined to take revenge
someday.
After glancing at Di Yalan and Mu Yu Die, Shi Yan frowned. They looked
dull and hopeless without any fighting spirit
He knew they were hurt deeply by Luo Hao's death, but it's still a long
way from The Merchant Union; they wouldn't survive if they lost their
fighting spirit!
Pondering for a while, Shi Yan considered doing something. Gazing at
them, he came up with an idea...
In the center of the hollow tree, the three of them sat down crosslegged.
However, due to limited space, when the three of them all sat
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together, there was only a small space between them. Their legs were
so close to each other that they could even feel the warmth from each
other's body.
At first, Shi Yan kept his legs together, with a tiny gap between his legs
and the legs of the other women.
But he suddenly spread his legs a little, with his left leg touching the leg
of Di Yalan, his right leg touching the leg of Mu Yu Die. He could clearly
feel the difference between the muscles of the two women: one's thigh
was strong and solid, while the other's was fruity and soft; he liked both
of it.
Shi Yan's little action seemed unintentional, but the two girls both had
reaction on their bodies.
Di Yalan raised her head and glared at him, but didn't say anything.
However, Mu Yu Die was apparently a little embarrassed. Her cheeks
blushed, and she tried to move her left leg secretly in order to keep a
distance away from Shi Yan's right leg.
But every time she moved her leg, Shi Yan would move his right leg as
well, taking every opportunity to touch her soft leg.
After several times, Mu Yu Die was a little irritated. She realized that Shi
Yan was doing this on purpose to take advantage of her. But there was
nothing she could do. Her face turned red with a blush, calling Shi Yan a
bastard in secret.
But fortunately, due to the drama with Shi Yan, Mu Yu Die forgot her
sorrow for a while. She was so focused on cursing Shi Yan that she forgot
the terrible death of Luo Hao and others.
On the other side, Di Yalan saw all the little tricks Shi Yan was playing
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with Mu Yu Die. She seemed to have realized something, and so she
didn't jump out to stop him. On the contrary, she was staring at Mu Yu
Die with a mocking look, as if she was saying that Mu Yu Die was taking
this too seriously.
Noticing Di Yalan's look, Mu Yu Die was even more embarrassed, and
her face was getting even redder. She was so angry on the inside that
she rolled her eyes at Shi Yan with a look of shame.
Shi Yan closed his eyes, pretending that he was not doing all this on
purpose. He breathed in and out naturally, as if he was sleeping.
"Pretend it! Pretend it hard! I won't let you go peacefully when I
recover!" Mu Yu Die was cursing Shi Yan on the inside. She could feel Shi
Yan's body temperature on her skin, and her face had turned completely
red. But all she could do was to curse him on the inside.
Of course Shi Yan wasn't sleeping.
With his eyes closed, he was feeling and comparing the touch of their
thighs. The muscles on DiYalan's leg was strong and vigorous, while Mu
Yu Die's thigh felt so soft and bouncy. Each of them was so attractive.
After comparing for a while, Shi Yan decided that both their thighs felt
good. He felt so wonderful that he could barely tell which of them was
better.
However, when he was focusing on comparing those thighs, Shi Yan
started to feel a burning sexual arousal. His primitive desires were out of
cage.
From within his Meridans, threads of negative energy started to release
out secretly. Shi Yan could feel his pants getting tighter and tighter.
His breath became shorter and shorter. From deep within, he didn't have
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the crazy desire of killing. Instead, he could only feel one simple, but
strong desire. The more he suppressed his lust, the more he was about
to lose control.
Shi Yan lost himself gradually...
Mu Yu Die suddenly noticed this change. She shouted in a low voice,
"Sister Lan, this guy looks a little strange. It seems... it seems he is
returning to the beast he used to be."
Shi Yan was breathing heavily, with sweat covering his forehead. His
body was trembling slightly. It looked that he was trying very hard to
fight something from the inside.
Because the two, of Di Yalan and Mu Yu Die, were sitting next to him
with their thighs touching each other, they both noticed the strange
reaction on Shi Yan's body.
Glaring at Shi Yan for a moment, Di Yalan blushed as she said, "This
time he is different. He wanted to kill before, but now he...he..."
"Now what?" Mu Yu Die was confused.
"Now he wants to eat human flesh..." Di Yalan answered briefly. She
looked a little embarrassed as well, and couldn't finish her sentence with
a more detailed explanation.
"Eat human flesh?" Mu Yu Die's face turned white as she heard this. She
screamed with terror, "This is even worse! How come? Will he also turn
into those demon beasts? Sister Lan, is he gonna eat us both? What
should we do?"
Apparently she didn't understand Di Yalan.
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"You silly girl, what are you thinking about!" Di Yalan cursed with
embarrassment, "He is turning into a horny beast."
Mu Yu Die froze for a while before she realized something. Her pretty
face got even redder. She mumbled, "Sister Lan, just let me play the
zither for a while to help him release his energy. How about you go out
for a while? I... I want to go out as well."
"OK, I will show you out." Di Yalan nodded. Her eyes lit up with a flash of
light, and was about to fly up...
Just then!
Shi Yan suddenly opened his eyes. With his bloodshot eyes, he grabbed
Di Yalan like a horny beast.
The tree hole was not that big. When she was pinned by Shi Yan, Di
Yalan could barely move her beautiful body. There was no way she could
escape.
"Bastard! Take off your hand!" Di Yalan screamed, "You dumb girl, pull
him away! Quick!"
Mu Yu Die was taken over with panic. She tried to pull Shi Yan away, but
his body was as heavy as a rock. No matter how hard she tried, his body
just wouldn't move.
Di Yalan was extremely exhausted these days. With her Profound Qi not
recovered yet, she could barely struggle against Shi Yan's beastly force.
"Chi-la!" A loud sound of clothes being torn off broke the silence in the
tree hole.
Di Yalan felt a little chilly around her hip. She instantly realized that her
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leather skirt was gone. But before she could even defend, she felt a
giant hand reaching between her thighs and rubbing her hip insatiably.
"Bastard!" Di Yalan couldn't help but scream. She shouted to Mu Yu Die,
"Quick! Stop him! He has been overtaken by his genitals! "
"I, I can't stop him." Mu Yu Die punched on Shi Yan's back with all her
might and cried out in panic.
"Hmm..." With her sensitive parts being touched and rubbed by those
fingers, Di Yalan gradually lost her defenses. She couldn't find any
strength to fight back, and couldn't help moaning. Her arms gave up the
fight as well.
Mu Yu Die was astonished. She whispered in a low voice with blushed
face, "Sister Lan, why...why are you screaming?"
"I am not screaming. Do something, ouch..." Di Yalan felt weaker and
weaker, and her voice were getting softer as well.
"Sister Lan, it's too la...late!" Mu Yu Die mumbled with her eyes filled
with fear.
"Wha...What's too late?" Di Yalan was stunned.
The next moment, she felt a hard thing inside her body. With her body
trembling with thrill, Di Yalan realized that it was too late to put on a
fight.
A miracle feeling pervaded in her body and drowned her sanity...
Aww...well, well, maybe we will all be dead tomorrow. I will just let you
take me this time.
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The continuous pounding she felt from that guy had completely crushed
her defenses, both physically and mentally. Di Yalan covered her mouth
with one hand. She couldn't help but scream with pleasure, with Shi
Yan's continuous twitch inside of her.
Mu Yu Die's pretty face was covered in panic. She stood there like a
statue, watching the two of them getting all sweaty.
Right in front of her, Shi Yan was working hard on Di Yalan. Apparently,
under his mighty force, Di Yalan couldn't put on much fight. She
gradually got lost in this passion as well, and even moved her hips to
match with Shi Yan's rhythm.
"You, you, you two..."
Mu Yu Die's pretty face was also bloodshot. She couldn't do anything but
stare at the two of them lying within such a narrow space, doing it right
in front of her eyes. The hot picture of them was mind blowing for her.
Mu Yu Die was dumbstruck, and didn't know what to do at all.
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Chapter 30
Inside the Tree Hole
Shi Yan suddenly regained his sanity in the middle of his actions.
His body was still working on the woman, with waves of physical thrill
coursing through him. Even with his eyes closed, he could instantly tell
what he had been doing.
He had one hand on Di Yalan's hips, pulling her alluring body tightly
towards him, and the other hand lingering on her extraordinary bosoms,
rubbing and squeezing.
That hot body of Di Yalan's was completely under his control. She was all
over his body like a snake. Her eyes were lost in the passion, with sweet
sweat all over her body; she couldn't help but move along with his
rhythms, only to bring him more excitement and thrill.
Many thoughts were speeding through Shi Yan's mind, but his eyes
remained shut. Neither did he move his hands roughly. He continued to
work his lower body on that woman, and took every moment to enjoy
this wonderful experience.
Compared to the rough actions he had before, after he regained his
sanity, Shi Yan slightly slowed down his movements with a softer touch,
yet with way more masterful skills.
His hands were blessed by magic. When he moved those hands on Di
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Yalan's body, he knew exactly which spots to work on, triggering an
even bigger reaction in her body.
Suddenly, Di Yalan's body was flipped around, with her impressive
breasts tightly against the tree while her hips towards Shi Yan. She lifted
her plump hips up, shaking and swinging it back and forth, enjoying Shi
Yan's whipping in a new position.
Mu Yu Die was totally embarrassed and blushing . She leaned her fragile
body onto the other side of the tree hole. Her beautiful eyes were
lingering and staring at the two of them doing it.
With his eyes shut, Shi Yan was totally enjoying this moment. He had let
his most primitive desires out of his body, which seemed to have
speeded up the purification process of his Profound Qi in his meridians.
While Di Yalan was already lost in this passion, doing nothing but
coordinating with Shi Yan's movements.
Before long, Shi Yan felt a strong wave of thrill flooding towards his
brain, completely out of his control. Together with that thrilling
excitement, the most wonderful power he could feel started pouring out
of his meridians and rushing into his body.
When that strange power reached his abdomen, it split into two parts:
one poured into his Profound Qi, while the other part blended with his
essence and shot into Di Yalan's body with his coming climax.
With the short gasps of those two sweaty man and woman, Mu Yu Die
lost all her strength. She fell down onto the ground, breathing heavily
asher whole mind just went completely blank.
...
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Shi Yan slowly moved away from Di Yalan. He pulled up his pants, sat
down in silence and started to operate the Profound Qi inside his body.
Di Yalan had lost all her strength as well, lying weakly on the ground,
with her whole body shining with a sexy red color. She only came to her
senses after a while. She put on her leather skirt with a blushed face and
slowly sat down.
The three of them returned to their original positions, sitting together in
the tree hole crossed-legs.
Mu Yu Die was the first to regain her calmness. Although her face was
still a little blushed, she moved her beautiful eyes between Shi Yan and
Di Yalan, as if expecting something from them.
Shi Yan looked calm on the outside. He kept his eyes closed, and
focused his attention on the strange power he felt in his Profound Qi
during the orgasm. He was guiding this power within his Profound Qi,
slowly through his body. He wouldn't want to miss any opportunity to
enhance his power.
Di Yalan hadn't opened her eyes yet, but she knew that Mu Yu Die was
staring at her the whole time. Out of shame, she didn't dare to open her
eyes and look up. She was so ashamed that she just wanted to bury
herself into the ground.
Shi Yan had forced himself on her inside this tree hole, right in front of
Mu Yu Die. However, she didn't put on much fight. Even worse, she was
actually enjoying it during the process. She felt so ashamed herself.
Despite being a casual and bold gal, she knew this craziness was totally
out of line for her. She was too ashamed to face Mu Yu Die.
Right about that time, a strange excitement slowly rose and spread from
the sensitive parts of her lower body. Di Yalan couldn't help but tremble,
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and almost moan again.
She anxiously twisted her body, secretly calling herself a slut, and
quickly concentrated her attention on the change that had been going
on in her body.
After some observation, Di Yalan felt that the strange power inside of
her had turned into two streams: one stream was flowing slowly towards
her abdomen, while the other part had rooted around her chest, into her
flesh and muscles, which seemed to have altered the parts around her
chest in secret.
She could clearly feel her bones and flesh, muscles and vessels around
her chest going through some incredible changes which she couldn't
explain.
That strange energy, mixed with her Profound Qi, had been pouring into
her abdomen, driving out a strong wave of power from within.
Her Profound Qi had suddenly been enhanced enormously!
Di Yalan couldn't help but exclaim. She quickly concentrated on dealing
with her refreshed Profound Qi, operating it through a specific path
through her body.
...
The bright moonlight was shining into the tree hole, and lit up the tiny
space inside.
Shi Yan slowly woke up, breathing slowing in and out with a calm
rhythm.
He had reached the Second Sky of a Nascent Level Warrior!
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With the help of that strange power, Shi Yan had enhanced himself to
the next level, and successfully reached the Second Sky of a Nascent
Level Warrior.
After he woke up, Shi Yan found the wound on his shoulder didn't hurt
that much. With the help of the Immortal Martial Spirit, the broken bones
and muscles were slowly regenerating and recovering themselves on
their own.
With this speed, it would only take a few days before he fully recovered.
When he slowly opened his eyes, Shi Yan noticed a bright pair of eyes
staring straight at him. But when he looked back, those beautiful eyes
quickly looked away.
"Miss Mu, how come you are still awake?" Shi Yan said with a calm
voice, and nothing strange on his face.
Seeing Shi Yan looking back at her, Mu Yu Die was so embarrassed that
she quickly looked away. She turned her face away with a blush to avoid
eye contact, and said in a joking tone, "You two were making such loud
noise. How is it possible for me to fall asleep?"
"Oh, so sorry to disturb you. I will remember that next time." Shi Yan
laughed with embarrassment and defended himself with a natural
explanation, "There must be something wrong with my body. Something
odd happened to me and destroyed my sanity. There's nothing I could
do about it. Sorry."
"So you mean you were unconscious during the whole time?" Mu Yu Die
said with a grin on her face, "I was watching you two doing it. At first
you were, but afterwards.... afterwards you couldn't have been
unconscious! Otherwise... otherwise, you wouldn't be able to... to do
that kind of thing..."
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Mu Yu Die was too shy to continue her sentence. She was right there
when Shi Yan pulled out all those tricks on Di Yalan.
No one in their unconscious mind would be able to play all those sexual
tricks or remember all those different kinds of sexual positions, right in
the middle of being insane. Therefore, Mu Yu Die was certain that Shi
Yan had come to his senses way before he finished on Di Yalan.
"Er..." Shi Yan was completely speechless for a while. He sat frozen
there for some time and put on an embarrassing smile, "So Miss Mu,
have you have been watching us doing it the whole time? Then please
spare my rude actions. I know that I am a real bastard."
"You! How can you be so shameless?" Mu Yu Die got so angry that she
hit Shi Yan hard on his thigh, making Shi Yan scream and beg for mercy.
Seeing Shi Yan suffering and screaming, Mu Yu Die felt a little better.
She turned around and saw Di Yalan was also sitting there in silence
with her eyes closed. However, her face was also carrying a shiny blush.
Mu Yu Die also felt angry towards Di Yalan. She jumped over to her side
and suddenly patted on her thigh.
Di Yalan was already very embarrassed. She couldn't help the trembling
of her body, but still kept her eyes shut. She thought this was another
trick of Shi Yan, and called him a fucking bastard in secret: After all this,
how dare he still tease her like this?
"Sister Lan, how long are you planning to fool us by sleeping? Your face
is already as red as an apple. And you still want to pretend that you are
operating your Profound Qi? You think we are both too foolish to tell?"
Mu Yu Die said in an annoyed voice.
Di Yalan let out a soft sigh and opened her eyes reluctantly. She replied
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with embarrassment, "I...I just woke up. What... what are you two
talking about? I have no idea."
Mu Yu Die went silent all of a sudden. However, the beautiful but sharp
eyes of hers were continuously moving between Di Yalan and Shi Yan.
Her underlying sentence was obvious: How can you just pretend that
nothing had happened between the two of you?
Under the judgmental stare from Mu Yu Die, Shi Yan still remained calm
and peaceful. You've got to say, there aren't many people as shameless
as him in this world. He actually could pretend that nothing had
happened between him and the woman.
Because he guessed that Di Yalan actually wouldn't mind this thing very
much. She would even like or miss this kind of feeling. Knowing that he
wouldn't receive any trouble from Di Yalan, he didn't bother to worry at
all.
However, under Mu Yu Die's questioning look, Di Yalan wasn't able to
remain that calm. She thought about it and decided that she should
express some anger toward Shi Yan. Otherwise, she would really appear
to be shameless in the eyes of Mu Yu Die.
Despite everything, Shi Yan had helped her experience an overwhelming
pleasure and excitement, which her man could hardly offer even back
when he was still alive.
"You fucking bastard!" Di Yalan suddenly jumped up, screaming with a
sharp voice and pointing right at Shi Yan, "How dare you do to me back
then? How dare you?"
"Shh! Keep it quiet! You are gonna draw all those demon beasts here.
Furthermore, the people from the Dark World are still chasing us!" Shi
Yan reminded her.
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Di Yalan nodded. She had lost her power again, and said in a low voice,
"You asshole, so how are you gonna make it up to me?"
Seeing Di Yalan acting like this, he was even more assured about his
prior judgment. He knew that she didn't mind this little episode very
much. She only jumped out to accuse him because of the pressure from
Mu Yu Die.
Shi Yan was actually amused by her reaction. He pretended to be
thinking very hard there. He bowed his head down, put on a sad face,
pretending to be sincere in his apology, and said in an honest voice, "It's
all my fault. Sister Lan, how about you tell me, how would you like to be
compensated?"
Di Yalan was literally surprised by his reply. She froze for a while and
thought very hard about his question. She only came to curse him,
because she didn't want to appear shameless in front of Mu Yu Die. She
actually hadn't really thought about how to punish Shi Yan. Caught by
surprise by Shi Yan, she literally didn't know how to respond.
"How about... how about you beat him up and call it a night?" Mu Yu Die
put on a naughty face and joked about it. Even she could tell that her
Sister Lan was not intending to punish Shi Yan, at least not very hard.
"That's a good idea. He surely deserves that!" Di Yalan nodded with
agreement, and said with a tough voice, "Just wait until he recovers from
his wounds. At that time, I'm gonna kick his ass! You don't need to worry
about this. I will make sure that you will be satisfied with his
punishment. "
Mu Yu Die rolled her eyes at Di Yalan and went completely speechless.
What was that all about? What do I have to do with your business? So
you are simply punishing him in order to make me satisfied?
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"Whatever you two. I'm going to sleep." Mu Yu Die had finally realized
that she was literally caring too much. She should have just minded her
own business. She mumbled as she turned to sleep, "One horny man,
one slutty woman... no wonder... you two were already expecting this to
happen... I should have known better... Poor me, my soul has been hurt,
and my eyes have been polluted..."
She kept a low voice, but due to the small space between the three of
them, it wouldn't be a surprise that both Di Yalan and Shi Yan had heard
her clearly.
Shi Yan secretly grinned and pretended to be sleeping.
However, Di Yalan couldn't take this anymore. She teased Mu Yu Die a
little, "You wicked girl!"
Mu Yu Die took a glance at her and mumbled again, "You two, be quiet
for the rest of the night. I really need some good sleep. Please, just
control yourselves. I cannot take your big actions anymore."
Di Yalan replied with a blush on her face, "I know, I know, just go to
sleep, you wicked girl!"
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Chapter 31
The Blue Magic Flames
Mu Yu Die did shut her mouth as told.
However, with Mu Yu Die staying quiet, the atmosphere between Di
Yalan and Shi Yan got a little embarrassing. The two of them just laid
there facing each other. Neither of them knew what to say.
"It's about dawn." Shi Yan looked up at the sky, trying to make some
casual conversation. "How are you feeling? Has your Profound Qi
recovered?"
"Not only has my Profound Qi all recovered, but it has also been
enhanced."
Di Yalan checked her body in secret. Her eyes suddenly lit up with
excitement. She said in a low voice, with a blush on her face, "Back
then... back then it seemed like there was some strange energy
streaming into my body. That strange energy merged with my own
Profound Qi, and even altered something in my chest."
She frowned a little, trying very hard to recall, and thought that the
strange stream of energy seemed to have come from Shi Yan, or was
originated from the Profound Qi that he had shot into her body.
Shi Yan stopped for a while, and whispered to himself, "It really is
that..."
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Di Yalan's gorgeous eyes lit up with an exotic charm again. She insisted,
"Is it because of you?"
Shi Yan nodded, and explained with a smile, "I once swallowed some
magic pills from a Pharmacist, but I never managed to absorb them
entirely. However, those pills, as well as their power, still remain inside
of my body. Back then... back then it seemed as if the power of those
magic pills spread into my Profound Qi and got planted into your body as
well. "
The thing about absorbing Profound Qi from dead people was too creepy
and scary to talk about, and Shi Yan wouldn't want anybody else to
know about his secret. Therefore, he was using Master Karu as an
excuse, and blaming all his strange power to those magic pills.
"Those pills must be extraordinarily precious." Di Yalan nodded. She
seemed to have bought Shi Yan's story. Along their trip, Shi Yan had
resorted to the poisonous medicine powder several times. Therefore,
she had already suspected that Shi Yan had some kind of relation with a
Pharmacist.
"Yeah, I guess." Shi Yan smiled without elaborating too much about his
relation with Master Karu. He thought for a while and said with a frown,
"You mentioned that there was a strange stream of energy, which
seemed to have changed the muscles and blood vessels within your
chest. Can you try to operate your Profound Qi around your chest and
see if there are any reactions?"
It suddenly reminded Shi Yan of the miraculous awakening of the
"Petrification Martial Spirit" inside his body. It seemed that the strange
flow of energy could not only enhance one's Profound Qi, but also trigger
one's dormant Martial Spirit.
It was exactly due to the influence of that strange energy that the
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dormant "Petrification Martial Spirit" inside his body suddenly awakened.
Even the emergence of the "Immortal Martial Spirit" probably also had
something to do with that strange stream of energy. Hearing Di Yalan
talking about the strange changes in her chest, Shi Yan had already
come up with a theory.
"OK. Let me try." Di Yalan slowly nodded. She concentrated her energy
into her chest and paid close attention to the changes happening inside.
With her mind controlling her Profound Qi, there were streams of
Profound Qi flowing into her beautiful bosoms. The Profound Qi had
lingered for a while around her tender breasts. But those Profound Qi
seemed to be different. Then the most wonderful changes happened. It
seemed those Profound Qi had been converted and gradually got hotter
and hotter.
Di Yalan suddenly looked panicked. She quickly moved those Profound
Qi towards her arm, and then through the veins and vessels on her arm,
into her right palm.
"Boom!"
A magic flame in the color of pure blue suddenly jumped out of Di
Yalan's right palm. Although the flame was merely the size of a fist, it
was burning with an extraordinarily high temperature. The little flame
was dancing on top of Di Yalan's palm, and lighting up the hollow tree as
if they were embraced by the tender blue waves of the ocean.
"Wow!"
Di Yalan couldn't help but shouted out. Her eyes were shining bright,
and she suddenly stood up with excitement.
Yes, exactly!
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Shi Yan was also cheering secretly inside. He was right about this
energy! He stared at that blue flame and now he was certain that
strange stream of energy could really trigger the dormant Martial Spirit
inside a warrior's body!
"The blue magic flame!"
Di Yalan couldn't help but scream, her voice shaking with excitement,
her eyes shining with flying colors. She said with complete thrill, "This is
the Martial Spirit of my family! I know about this! This is the Blue Magic
Flames Martial Spirits! Since my Grandfather, our family has lost this
precious inheritance. Oh my God! But how... how is this even possible?"
Mu Yu Die had already been woken up by all the noise. She was also
staring at Di Yalan, but couldn't figure out what was going on. Mu Yu Die
looked so confused, "How is that even possible? Sister Lan, you are
already 27 years old. How come that you could still awaken the dormant
Martial Spirit inside your body? What is going on here? Is this a dream?"
She rubbed her eyes and still couldn't believe what just happened.
"Ha!" Di Yalan was so happy that her body was slightly shaking. She had
almost no idea how to express her bliss. She couldn't move her eyes for
a second away from that blue burning flame on top of her palm and
suddenly she burst into tears.
She was actually crying out of joy.
However, Shi Yan could totally understand her feelings.
On the Grace Mainland, Warriors with Martial Spirits were definitely
taking a dominant position in the flights. They would have more
prosperous future as well. To Warriors, the Martial Spirits were more
important than anything else. Those without a Martial Spirit would
dream and kill for a Martial Spirit.
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To Warriors like Di Yalan, whose family had once possessed a Martial
Spirit, which however was unfortunately lost in later generations, it was
a real shame not to carry on their family's Martial Spirit as an
inheritance.
If this situation continued for several generations, even the most
glorious family could end up with oblivion.
No matter if it was for the Warrior, or it was for their family, the
possession of a Martial Spirit was of essential importance.
"So what is going on here?" Mu Yu Die was still confused after staring at
Di Yalan for a while who was obviously completely drowning in the
highest bliss right now, so she had to turn the question to Shi Yan.
"Um..." Shi Yan put on an embarrassed smile, "Well, this is hard to
explain. It has something to do with the magic pills and their exotic
power inside my body. I don't know exactly what kind of pills those are.
Anyway, those pills are indeed a little bit crazy. Quit staring at me like
that. I said I really have no idea."
"You bastard! Come here! Thank you! Thank you!" Di Yalan put out the
blue flame on her palm, and suddenly hugged Shi Yan, so tight that as if
she were trying to squeeze her whole body into Shi Yan's chest. Her
sexy body couldn't help but shake with the excitement and kept on
shaking.
Those delicious bosoms of hers were also squeezed against Shi Yan's
chest, which gave Shi Yan the opportunity to experience that excitement
again. Not before long, he had that kind of reaction from below his belt
again.
But this time, Di Yalan found out about his little thrill down there very
quickly. She released Shi Yan from her arms with a blush on her face.
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Her eyes were especially lovely with shining lights and dancing colors
inside. She couldn't help with the excitement from the inside and said
with a smile, "You ass, always so horny!"
"Hey..." Shi Yan laughed with embarrassment. He didn't give any reply
though.
Mu Yu Die stared at the two people and she was obviously not so happy,
"Hey! You two, knock it off! I am still here! Just don't put on a sex show
in front of me every time you get a chance!"
"You wicked girl! I'm just too excited!" Di Yalan replied with a laugh.
"What is going on after all?" The question was killing Mu Yu Die.
"I don't know either." Di Yalan shook her head, her eyes still lit up with
those flying colors. She laughed, "I guess it's all because of him."
"You mean... you had sex with this guy, and then all of a sudden, the
Martial Spirit that had been dormant for 27 years inside of your body,
which probably would never be awakened in your body, was suddenly
brought to life?" Mu Yu Die said with a curious look on her pretty face.
"Incredible as it sounds, however, it is the truth." Di Yalan admitted with
a blushed face.
"So... so the essence of his, what is it? Some magic medicine with a
strange power?" Mu Yu Die also started a blush on her face. She shook
her head and couldn't believe this at all, "No, no! I cannot believe this!
This doesn't make sense at all!"
"Humm..." Shi Yan looked up at the sky from the hollow tree, and said,
"The sun is out. We should get going."
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"Yeah, we should probably keep moving." Di Yalan agreed. Apparently,
she didn't want to spend too much time discussing the issue about
herself, in case Mu Yu Die would say something again to embarrass her.
After saying that, Di Yalan quickly flew up to the top of the hollow tree.
She threw a rope down to the two of them and asked Mu Yu Die to come
out quickly.
"No, I am still not buying it!" Mu Yu Die was obviously still obsessed with
that issue, and only grabbed that rope after some sighing and groaning.
With Di Yalan's help, Mu Yu Die slowly rose up with that rope towards
the top of that hollow tree.
"Ah! You asshole! What are you doing?" Mu Yu Die suddenly started
screaming. The two delicate legs of hers were kicking desperately, and
her sweet body was swinging in the middle of the air.
"Let me help you with this." Shi Yan put both his hands on Mu Yu Die's
soft bottom and tried to lift her up. He said with a horny smile, "There
you go. This is to help you save some effort."
"No! Stop it! I don't want your help!" Mu Yu Die shouted with her body
twisting intensely. Her hands lost the grip and she suddenly fell from
mid-air
"Thump!"
The two of them fell onto the ground inside the hollow tree.
Shi Yan was lying there with a satisfactory look on his face. Mu Yu Die
was sitting right across his waist with her legs kicking and shouting,
"Stop! Stop!"
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The soft and sweet bottom of hers was right where Shi Yan liked it most,
pressing tightly against his sensitive parts.
Shi Yan's dick was still steel hard due to the previous hugging with Di
Yalan. Now with the pressing and twisting of Mu Yu Die's hips, and her
delicious parts continuously touching and rubbing his sensitive parts, Shi
Yan was turned on again pretty hard again, and he almost couldn't help
but moan with the great pleasure.
"Ah! Asshole! You horny dog!"
It didn't take Mu Yu Die much longer to discover Shi Yan's intention. She
quickly got up with her hands covering her butt, screaming and crying.
Her face was so pretty with that blush, and her beautiful eyes were
covered with little tears. "Sister Lan, this bad guy! He was trying to take
advantage of me!"
"Shh!" Di Yalan looked pretty serious. She made a sign to tell them to
stay quiet.
Shi Yan quickly stood up. He suddenly forgot all about the sexy scenes
that had previously happened in this hollow tree. He climbed onto the
tree quickly and stayed together with Di Yalan. He said with a calm and
cool voice, "What's the situation?"
"Demon beasts!"
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Chapter 32
The Silver Thunder Wolf
The howls of the demon beasts came from the woods far away.
"Tata! Tata!"
Heavy running steps sounded across the silent night. Judging from the
sound of those steps, one could tell that it must have been human
beings running in the woods.
However, Shi Yan couldn't tell if it was a warrior chasing the demon
beast, or a demon beast hunting a human. He didn't want to be
involved, and thus said to Di Yalan, "Hide well. Let's not ask for trouble.
Remember the lesson from the Tush Mercenary Union."
Di Yalan nodded, and mumbled to Mu Yu Die on the hollow tree, "Don't
make a sound. Stay inside the tree leaves."
"Let's go and hide inside another dense tree." After a little thought, Shi
Yan moved swiftly, found another luxuriant ancient tree and crouched in
the leaves immediately.
As soon as he did that, Di Yalan came up and hid herself with him.
They were still on alert as they hid themselves in the dense leaves.
Meanwhile they also removed their scent from the surroundings, to
completely hide their presence.
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Before long, five flustered mercenaries appeared at a distance with
terrified looks on their faces.
They were all heavily wounded. Amongst them, the leader was a Human
Level warrior, and the rest were at the Nascent Level.
The mercenaries were running through the woods with flustered
expressions, looking over their shoulders, as if they were getting chased
by demon beasts.
And that was exactly what was happening.
Just as they appeared in Shi Yan's sight, he beheld a Fire Snake and two
Ice Lizards moving in the woods quickly. At the same time, several Silver
Armoured Scorpions, which were nearly a foot big, came up from the
left, seeming to encircle them.
The five mercenaries were completely terrified as they rushed into the
woods.
Shi Yan turned pale as he realised that those mercenaries were done for.
Shi Yan could clearly see a robust Silver Wolf in the direction they were
heading to. The wolf was four metres long but they didn't see it!
The wolf had two silver five-meter-long wings, which looked novel and
mysterious, adorned with delicate patterns.
Though it was the first time that Shi Yan had seen it, he had heard its
story long ago. That was a Silver Thunder Wolf of Level Seven---- atop
demon beast in the Dark Forest!
Then he was sure that it wouldn't be a warriors-kill-demon beasts
scenario, but... the complete opposite one.
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The bloody hunting started at once!
The moment the five warriors rushed into the woods and saw the
awaiting Silver Thunder Wolf, they screamed with despair.
The Silver Thunder Wolf didn't even give them a chance to struggle. It
spread its thunder wings in no time and devastating blasts came out one
after another beside the warriors. Three of them cut into shreds in an
instant!
The Silver Thunder Wolf stood there in arrogance----it didn't strike again.
Those chasing demon beasts ran up quickly and encircled the rest two in
no time.
The Fire Snake and Ice Lizards worked together to attack the warriors.
Soon, one of them was poisoned by the Silver Armour Scorpion, and the
other killed by an Ice Lizard.
"Creak!""Creak!"
Horrifying sounds broke the serenity of the deep forest.
Apart from the Silver Thunder Wolf, the other demon beasts crowded
around the five dead bodies and started feasting on their bones.
Di Yalan was too terrified to look in that direction.
>
She was not at all afraid of killing, but those demon beasts were eating
human flesh, which would make her vomit badly if she saw...
Hiding in the leaves, Shi Yan was gazing at those demon beasts calmly,
while figuring out something in his mind.
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As the five warriors were dead, their Profound Qi was gradually seeping
out, and as it would eventually melt in the air and disappear.
If he could get to that area before the Profound Qi disappeared, he
would benefit by a lot!
However, there were so many demon beasts feasting on the bodies, he
could do nothing but hope they would leave soon.
"Oooouch..."
A miserable human cry came from very far away, which was full of fear
and despair.
The still Silver Thunder Wolf suddenly howled and dashed out.
Hearing its howl, those demon beasts, who had almost eaten up the five
bodies, stopped eating at once and followed the wolf in a hurry. They
seemed to hunt other human beings.
Immediately, Shi Yan jumped down the dense tree as soon as they left,
and headed to those messed up bodies like a ghost.
Di Yalan was startled as she screamed from the tree in a low voice,
"What are you doing?"
"Going and checking what had happened. I will be back soon. Don't
leave the tree." Shi Yan didn't even bother to look back and moved to
those bodies speedily. As he arrived near to the bodies, he closed his
eyes and began to feel them.
Luckily enough, it wasn't too late for him. The warrior of Human Level
had more Profound Qi than others, and there was still twenty percent of
it left on his body.
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The invisible Profound Qi went into his pores, as being attracted by a
magnet, and then flew into his meridians...
Sensing the power of the foreign Profound Qi, Shi Yan smiled with
satisfaction.
Before long, all the Profound Qi which had not melted and disappeared
into the air yet, went into Shi Yan's body.
At the sight of the limbs and entrails on the ground, Shi Yan frowned.
Nonetheless, enduring the bad smell, he began to examine their carry
bags.
There was too much blood on the food, and it might also be the poison
from the Silver Armour Scorpion----it's inedible now. Crystal coins were
not of much use in this area, and too many of it would prevent them
from moving fast, thus the warriors didn't carry too many crystal coins.
Searching for a while, Shi Yan was able to pillage only few demon beast
material and medicine..
Poor guys!
Shi Yan mumbled as he cleaned his hands with one bag. Then he walked
towards where Di Yalan was hiding.
"Hoooooowl!" "Hoooowl!"
Demon beasts were howling in the Dark Forest even at dawn. They
seemed to be running around and hunting for warriors and mercenaries
in a group.
Hearing the horrifying sound, Shi Yan wasn't frightened. On the contrary,
he was a little happy.
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Demon beasts' actions would influence their chasers. They would be
spotted by demon beasts if they were still moving in the forest at night,
and the more they moved, the more likely they would be found by the
demon beasts. Maybe the people from the Dark World, Mo Family and
the Tush Mercenary Union would lose a lot tonight, and the demon
beasts would have a full belly tonight.
He was right...
That night, Mo Chaoge and his people were taken care of by the demon
beasts.
As they wanted Shi Yan and Mu Yu Die desperately, the troop didn't
sleep at night after Hu Long committed suicide. Instead, they kept
searching for Shi Yan and his friends in the Dark Forest. Therefore, they
were noticed by demon beasts. Thanks to the five warriors, the troops
finally got to know of the reality and hid themselves in ancient trees.
"What were you doing?" Di Yalan frowned, "Were their possessions
really worth the risk? If the demon beasts returned or if you were
noticed by them, you would have had no way to escape!"
"Look, didn't I return safely?"
Shi Yan climbed up the tree without explaining what he had gained.
Looking rigid, he said, "Why are all the demon beasts hunting for
warriors and mercenaries like crazy? Someone must have done
something to irritate them! Or they wouldn't act like this!"
"What should we do?" Di Yalan had no idea, "Are we still going to head
forward?"
"Wait for a while. After spending the whole night hunting, those demon
beasts should be much more subdued during the day. We can set off at
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noon."
"Okay then."
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Chapter 33
Martial Spirit of Music
Di Yalan and Shi Yan went into the hollow tree again.
"What's happening?" Mu Yu Die, who was staying in the hollow tree in
fear, got a little surprised, "I heard some explosions just now. Did some
demon beasts pass by?"
Shi Yan sat down and began to feel the Profound Qi which had filled his
meridians, without replying to Mu Yu Die.
Most of the Profound Qi, on those five warriors, had vanished into the
air, and Shi Yan was able to absorb only a small part of it.
But since there was a Human-Level warrior among them, even if he just
got a small part, it was a lot.
However, Shi Yan was still a little worried. He was cautious, for he didn't
know when the negative emotions would break out.
Seeing Shi Yan keep silence, Di Yalan told Mu Yu Die what had just
happened outside.
Hearing the story, Mu Yu Die's face turned serious and she seemed to be
more worried. They were chased by so many bad guys, and now there
were demon beasts in their way, she found their future was getting more
and more hopeless.
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The sun rose slowly and began to light up the sky. After one night's rest,
the three started to discuss in the hollow tree.
Shi Yan didn't got too many chances to communicate with the girls when
Luo Hao and his people were with them, so he didn't know much about
them. But now those males, including Luo Hao, had been killed, so he
guessed he should know more about them, or he would land himself in a
passive position.
"Why is the Dark World chasing you?" Shi Yan asked in a steady voice
while frowning, "You are from the Fire Empire?"
Mu Yu Die nodded and sighed, "It's all because of me..."
"What's the matter?" Shi Yan knew Mu Yu Die was a very special person.
Now that she was to explain, he wanted the whole story.
"Sister Lan, you tell him." Mu Yu Die glanced at Di Yalan and sighed
again.
"You don't know who Die is?" Di Yalan was surprised as she looked at
Shi Yan with curious eyes, "Though you are from the Merchant Union,
you must have heard of General Muku from the Fire Empire?!"
"Muku? The General of the Eagle Army of the Fire Empire? The Iron
Eagle King?"
Shi Yan was so astonished that he nodded after a long thought, "So she
is the granddaughter of The Iron Eagle King ? I got it."
Shi Yan went through the fragmental memories about the Iron Eagle
King - King Muku, and . got the complete story after recalling it.
In the memories of the other Shi Yan, Muku was the General of the Eagle
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Army of the Fire Empire, who was a Nirvana-Level warrior and held the
real power of the Fire Empire!
The Iron Eagle King was not only famous in the Fire Empire, but also well
known in the Merchant Union and the God-blessed Empire.
Muku was a legendary military leader who was seen in every battle
between the Fire Empire and the God-blessed Empire. He was famous
for his cruelty on the battlefield, and uncountable people had perished in
his hands!
Muku was merciless to his foes, and was also obstinate to his own
people, thus offending many powerful people.
Three years ago, in a battle between the Fire Empire and the Godblessed
Empire, Muku was killed by five Nirvana-Level warriors.
For Muku had offended a lot of people when he was alive, his family got
into trouble as soon as he died. Just in a few days, many of his direct
relatives were slaughtered, thus the big family sank at once.
"I have heard of the Iron Eagle King." After thinking for a while, Shi Yan
nodded.
"Die is the Eagle King's granddaughter, the only survivor of her family.
The Dark World is an organization of assassins in the Empire, and it was
the one who slaughtered her family. Die could survive only because of
her Martial Spirit. On that day, her zither killed a lot of people in an
invisible way, for her Martial Spirit has something to do with music..."
"You mean, Miss Mu's Martial Spirit could kill with her zither?"
"Yes. Die's zither can not only prevent onefrom becoming mad, but also
can shatter one's organs. The Dark World wants Die because their lord
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trains in a vicious Martial Skill and loses his mind now and then. He
wants to calm himself with the help of Die's music."
"I got it." Shi Yan nodded.
"As the Dark World was involved in the slaughter of her family, Die
would rather die than help them. How could she help their lord train his
vicious Martial Skill!"
But the Dark World was too powerful in the Fire Empire, so she had to
seek for shelter in foreign countries.
Knowing Mu Yu Die's identity and story, Shi Yan asked again, "Then why
can't Miss Mu operate her Martial Spirit now?"
"Her Martial Spirit is quite special. Everytime she operates her Martial
Spirit and kills people, several of her veins break like the zither strings.
Before the veins reconnect, the Profound Qi can't move fluently. She
would get injured heavily if she operated the Profound Qi, and it would
take more time for the Martial Spirit to recover."
Di Yalan looked gloomy, "Two months ago, just as we were about to
enter the Dark Forest at the border of the Fire Empire, the Dark World
found us and we lost several people. Since Uncle Luo couldn't prevent
them anymore, Die operated her Profound Qi. Though she killed a lot,
her own veins broke too. And they have not recovered yet."
"So you need your veins to help operate the Profound Qi?" Shi Yan was
quite confused, "Are you playing your zither, or playing your veins?"
"I can't explain either." Mu Yu Die replied lazily. She looked dim.
"Damage to the Martial Spirit..." Shi Yan deliberated over it for a
moment, then he uttered, "Maybe I could help."
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Mu Yu Die and Di Yalan's eyes lit at once, they stared at Shi Yan
together!
"Well..." Shi Yan just popped up with that thought and he got
embarrassed, "Well, sister Lan, your Martial Spirit had come to life? The
medicine in my body may be helpful for her too. I think..."
"Don't you ever think about that!"
Mu Yu Die replied with anger and she stared at him, "Stop your dirty
idea about me!"
She knew too well how Di Yalan regained her Martial Spirit...How would
she sell her virginity for it?!
"I was joking. Don't take it seriously." Shi Yan looked indifferent, and he
looked up at the entrance of the hollow tree, "It's about noon, and I
don'thear demon beasts, let's resume our journey."
"Ok." Di Yalan giggled.
...
They got out from the tree hole and advanced in the forest, while Di
Yalan still carried Mu Yu Die on her back.
After a whole night's hunting, the demon beasts all seemed to be
resting. They didn't see a single high-level demon beast on the way. Yet,
those human remains reminded them how nasty the demon beasts were
last night.
At dusk.
The Profound Qi in Shi yan's body was purified, and thus the negative
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power filled Shi Yan's mind again. He got a strong urge to kill.
He knew Mu Yu Die's zither could comfort him and diminish the negative
emotions, but it would attract those demon beasts and their chasers in
the serenity of the forest.
Since he had the experience with Di Yalan, Shi Yan hesitated for a
second, wandered his lustful eyes on Di Yalan's delicious body for a
while as he developed a plan.
...
Night came.
In a secret valley, Mu Yu Die cuddled in the branches of a dense ancient
tree. She was gazing at the bushes ten meters away with a blushed face,
while grinding her teeth.
The bushes were shaking continuously, combined with waves of
suppressed moans...
"Whores!" Biting her lips, Mu Yu Die cursed.
After a long yell, that bush calmed down.
Minutes later, Shi Yan and Di Yalan stood up from it and walked back
with messy clothes.
Shi yan walked in steady steps and looked calm, as if nothing had
happened.
While Di Yalan looked fresh in her skin and smiled with satisfied eyes,
though she had some grass in her long hair.
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"Miss Mu, why didn't you go to sleep?" As he got close, Shi Yan saw Mu
Yu Die was watching him in despise, so he asked casually with a careless
smile.
"Humph!" Mu Yu Die was angry as she cursed, "Shameless!"
"Oh?" Shi Yan returned her a smile, and said casually, "Maybe we can't
even see the sun tomorrow, who would care about this? Do whatever
you want."
"Yeah, we could be three dead bodies at this time of tomorrow. I don't
care." Di Yalan walked up and showed just a slight of shame.
Hearing their excuse, Mu Yu Die was stunned. As she realized their
situation, she didn't know what to say at all.
"Sister Lan, train by heart. Maybe you can improve a lot." Shi Yan smiled
meaningfully.
"Ok, I understand." Di Yalan got his undertone and laughed, "You are
really something, aren't you! Haha!"
Thus, Di Yalan climbed up the ancient tree and sat down on a strong
branch. Under Mu Yu Die's confused eyes, she started to train
wholeheartedly.
Shi Yan didn't climb up the tree. Instead, he sat down beside the tree
cross-legged.
Due to the intercourse with Di Yalan, those negative emotions in his
meridians were cleansed. And the miraculous power from the meridians
gushed into his body and nourished his Martial Spirit.
Only a small part of it went into Di Yalan's body,but this benefited Di
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Yalan too.
Closing his eyes, Shi Yan could feel that power was changinghis blood
and flesh. He operated his Profound Qi in the Big Circulation.
One hour later, Shi Yan found that that miraculous power had all gone
into his body, thus he began to practise his Petrification Martial Spirit.
As he thought about it, his bare arms hardened, and gradually they
turned into dark brown.
Dark brown?
Shi Yan opened his eyes abruptly, which were as bright as stars. He
looked in wonder and carefully examined his arms.
Dark brown! It was exactly Dark brown!
Shi Yan was so excited that he wanted to laugh wildly. At that moment,
he finally realized how that power benefited his Martial Spirit magically.
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Chapter 34
Mysterious Martial Spirit
He realized in surprise that the power could not only operate the
Profound Qi, but also increase it by levels!
The Martial Spirit only increases with the advancement in martial levels.
It will be enhanced only with the progresion to higher level.
This was to say, one would have a breakthrough in his Martial Spirit only
when he enhanced from Elementary Level to Nascent Level, or from
Nascent Level to Human Level, and so on.
The small progress from the First Sky of Nascent Level to the Second
Sky wouldn't change the Martial Spirit a bit.
Only the progress across levels could develop the Martial Spirit!
However there were exceptions!
The Martial Spirit didn't increase with every advancement of a level.
Sometimes, it only increased when the warrior progressed by two or
three levels!
For example, the progress of Shi Yan's Petrification Martial Spirit
consisted of four stages.
A descendant of Shi Family who herited Petrification Martial Spirit, would
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show grey skin about ten days after his birth, which meant the First
Stage.
If this guy was diligent in training Martial Arts and reached the Human
Level, the Petrification Martial Spirit would develop and his skin would
turn dark brown, which was the Second Stage.
Once he got to the Earth Level, the skin would grow green with the
advnacement in Martial Skill, which meant the Third Stage.
If he was genius enough to get to the Sky Level, the Martial Skill would
reach the pinnacle and the skin would turn purple, which would be the
Fourth Stage!
The Petrification Martial Spirit of the Shi Family strengthened only with
every two levels and then changed one's skin color.
Everytime the Petrification Martial Spirit changed and progressed to a
higher state, one's muscles' defensive power would increase by several
times!
When the Petrification Martial Spiritl was at First Stage, one could easily
defend against human fists and attacks infused with Profound Qi to a
level.
When it reached the Second Stage and the skin turned dark brown,
thedefensive power would increase by many times, and one could not
only defend against the strong attacks from Profound Qi, but could also
safegaurd attacks from average weapons.
The green skin of Stage Three had a much stronger defensive power!
Weapons could hardly penetrate one's body, and at the same time,
one'sbody would still unbelievably be agile and flexible!
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As it reached Stage Four, the body would turn purple and wouldn't be
injured by anything, not even by water, fire, or anymysterious tricks. The
body would become emormously powerful and agile.
Initally, if the descendant of Shi Family was at Elementary or Nascent
Level, his Petrification Martial Spirit would stay at Stage One. It wouldn't
advance until he broke to Human Level. The stage of this Martial Spirit
advanced only with the increase of one's level.
Other Martial Spirits on the Grace Mainland were all the same as
Petrification: they increase along with the advancing of one's level. But
some magical pills could change the rules, and help the Martial Spirit
increase cross levels.
On the Grace Mainland, these magical pills existed only in legends.
Warriors of The Fire Empire, the God-blessed Empire and the Merchant
Union had merely heard of these. The real pills hadn't been beheld by
anybody.
Even the three Medicine Kings of the Medicine Valley in the Fire Empire
were only Soul-Level alchemists, far from the Divinity Level alchemists
who wereable to refine suchmagical pills.
However, that power from his meridians seemed to have broken the
rules!
That magical power could not only awaken the Martial Spirit, but also
increase the Martial Spirit through stages!
His arms had turned dark brown after petrification, which would happen
only to a warrior of Human Level from the Shi Family.
This was apparently the Second Stage of Petrification!
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The magical power could awakenhis Martial Spirit, and can also increase
it, what did this mean?
It meant that he might enter Stage Four of Petrification Martial Spirit
even if he hadn't advanced to the Sky Level!
Being impervious to either weapon or water, the body would not turn
stiff, but become more agile, being able to defend against all kinds of
attacks.
At the thought of power of Stage Four of Petrification, Shi Yan was
pleased that he had gained something precious.
This ability was obviously aMartial Spirit too, which not only helped him
purify the Profound Qi in his meridians, but also mysteriously imposed
negative emotions on his foes during fights.
This mysterious Martial Spirit was able to absorbProfound Qi from the
dead, alter it into alive magical power in meridians, and awaken and
increase other Martial Spirits...
Shi Yan's dark eyes were sparkling like stars.
Sitting there silently, he realized that if he trained hard with the help of
this amazing Martial Spirit, he would be a terrible existence on the Grace
Mainland!
...
The Dark Forest. In a bloody area, where there were dead bodies all
around the ground, a troop of people who looked gloomy were
examining something.
"They were from the Wolf Mercenary Union." Bernard walked among
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those dead bodies, looking worried, "The Captain of the Wolf Mercenary
Union was a Disaster-Level warrior----the same as me. It looks like they
were obliterated completely."
On hearing that, the Crescent Emissary and Mo Chaoge frowned at the
same time.
After a moment's hesitation, the Crescent Emissary took out a silver
horn and began to blow it.
Instead of any sound, an odd wave was sent out and propagated away.
Before long, two men, who wore silver gowns and masks, showed up
secretly from the woods. Their masks were green and tush-like, which
were different from the pale masks on the Crescent Emissary and his
people.
"Emissary, have you found anything?" The Crescent Emissary asked
coldly.
"Many warriors and mercenaries were attacked last night by demon
beasts. Too many foot prints here. We can't tell which are our targets'."
one Star Emissary answered respectfully.
The Dark World had two divisions----Dark Emissaries and Black
Emissaries. The former were responsible for tracing and collecting
information, and the latter killing. They were graded as the Star, the
Moon and the Sun.
Though the Dark Emissaries and the Black Emissaries did completely
different work, they were strictly graded. The star emissaries of Star
Level were under Crescent Emissaries of Moon Level.
"Is it so hard to find the target?" the Crescent Emissary was good at
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kiling and fighting, but was bad at tracing. Hearing that, his eyes turned
dim.
"Sir, it's a large area and there are too many warriors, demon beasts
and mercenaries, so it's really hard to find the targets. During these
days' searching, we were attacked by numerous mercenaries, and one
of us was killed."
The Dark World had disrepute, so the bold warriors and mercenaries who
came to this area might kill people from the Dark World if they were in a
bad mood.
In the past couple of days, they had encountered these kinds of cases
for some time. They were even challenged after the cooperated with
warriors from Mo Family, though they didn't lose much.
"Can't find the targets, and unsettled demon beasts, too tough..."
After pondering on it, Mo Chaoge said, "We should stop this aimless
search. What about waiting in the Silent Town? It is the only way toward
the Merchant Union. They would definitely go to the Silent Town once
they get out of the Dark Forest, thus we could wait for them there."
"Good idea." Bernard nodded and showed a murderous look, "whoerver
goes to the Merchant Union would pass the Silent Town, so we just need
to wait and meet them there."
"Well then, let cross this region as soon as possible. And wait for their
appearance during our way to the Silent Town." The Crescent Emissary
kept mute for a long time, and compromised to this suggestion, for he
couldn't come up with a better one.
The three came to an agreement quickly and stopped searching for Shi
Yan and his friends. The y began to prepare to cross the Dark Forest and
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ambush on its boarder and the way to the Silent Town.
...
For five days, they were moving in the Dark Forest carefully, hiding from
demon beasts and warriors.
At night, they would stop moving and rest in covert region.
In this way, they avoided many high-level demon beasts, mercenaries
and warriors with great luck.
And every night, Shi Yan would train ceaselessly to adapt the Second
Stage of Petrification and let the shift go to every cell of his body.
Di Yalan had kept away from men for years. And since she had those
amazing experiences with Shi Yan, she would always asked him for it.
They let off their passions under trees, in bushes and beside brooks.
Mu Yu Die knew she was not able to stop them, so she just let it go,
though sometimes she still couldn't help cursing and complaining about
them being shameless.
This night, after a short training, Di Yalan jumped up and shouted
mirthfully, "I, I just had a breakthrough!" Not long before that, she was
having a crazy time with Shi Yan under a big tree...
In another ancient tree not far from Di Yalan, Mu Yu Die stuck her head
out with surprise. Seeing Di Yalan in messy clothes, she shouted, "That,
that is working?"
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Chapter 35
Chapter 35 Block the Cave
Shi Yan slowly opened his eyes. He looked at Di Yalan who was still
drowning in absolute surprise, and said with a smile, "Congratulations!
Sister Lan!"
After figuring out what the Mysterious Martial Spirit was truly capable of,
Shi Yan was just excited as excited as well. Although Di Yalan was just
shagging him for a couple of days, she had already benefited
enormously and reached the Human Level. This was almost a miracle,
which proved that this Mysterious Martial Spirit indeed had limitless
power.
"Thank you so much!"
There was a warm light of gratitude shining through Di Yalan's gorgeous
eyes.
She didn't need to be a genius to realize that what happened to her
body was due to Shi Yan. For the past few days, she really saw
enormous improvements.
"Well, this might have something to do with the Medicine within my
body. Anyway, Sister Lan, you've also earned all this by yourself." Shi
Yan replied with a cool face, "So, now that you have reached the Human
Level, could you show us the power of your Martial Spirit of the Blue
Magic Flame? Could there be any difference with before?"
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Di Yalan smiled like a blooming flower. She slowly presented her left
hand with a blue flame suddenly bursting on her palm.
The flame was the size of a watermelon, which gradually covered the
entire hand of hers.
The blue flame was like a living creature. It suddenly turned into dozens
of fire snakes, moving around her beautiful arm.
Moreover, this magic blue flame would change into various shapes with
Di Yalan's mind control. It suddenly became snakes, and then turned
into birds, just like actual living creatures which would almost fly away
from her palm at any time.
"The moment I reached the Human Level, I could distinctly sense that
my Blue Magic Flames had changed. My Martial Spirit was stronger than
ever." Di Yalan couldn't hide her bliss inside, "Not only did it become
bigger in size, from the size of a fist to the size of a man's head, but it
also had achieved the capability of matter condensation, which means
that it has already reached the second stage."
Her Martial Spirit was capable of matter condensation?
Shi Yan nodded. He instantly realized that Di Yalan's Martial Spirit of the
Blue Magic Flame was also quite something. He complimented, "Well,
congratulations again! Sister Lan!"
"This is all because of you!" Di Yalan said with a light flowing in her
charming eyes. She couldn't hide her sexual desire in her smile.
"How... how is this even possible?"
Mu Yu Die who was resting on the tree was filled with doubt and
suspicion. "It only took Sister Lan a couple of days to reach the Human
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Level. That's way too fast! How is this even possible? Sister Lan, it
seems to me that you only reached the Third Sky of a Nascent Warrior
six months ago. "
"Yes, that's true." Di Yalan was on top of the world, and said proudly, "I
did just enter the Third Sky of a Nascent Warrior six months ago. Even
myself didn't expect that I could reach the Human Level so soon. I
thought it would at least take me another 3 to 5 years of hard practice
before I could ever reach the Human Level. Hehe!"
Mu Yu Die had no idea how to answer her bragging but just simply rolled
her eyes.
How come... this guy's essence... does it really have that kind of magical
power?
With her mind lingering about that, Mu Yu Die couldn't help but blush
again. She forced herself to stop right there and almost called herself a
slut.
...
Another five days had passed by.
The three of them continued to proceed with caution in the Dark Forest.
In those five days, each night, they would always hear extra chaos from
the Dark Forest, mixed with the roaring of demon beasts and the crying
and screaming of human warriors as well as mercenaries. This
continuous noise and chaos would make even the bravest man be filled
with horror.
Shi Yan instantly realized that there must be some human who irritated
the demon beasts of higher levels. That's why during those nights, he
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would find a peaceful and absolutely safe area to rest for the night and
never took any chance to go out at night.
During this period, he decided not to confront with any demon beasts, or
to pick fights with any mercenaries, i.e., avoiding any trouble from both
sides.
Because of this code of caution that they took, during those five days,
although the three of them didn't cover a long distance, they didn't run
into any trouble on their way either.
Apart from that, if Shi Yan got lucky, he could still find some dead
warriors freshly killed by those demon beasts. As soon as those demon
beasts had left, Shi Yan would rush to those warriors to collect their
remaining Profound Qi.
But for the sake of safety, he would always wait for a while after those
demon beasts had left before he showed up around those dead
warriors.
Although he didn't harvest much Profound Qi from each dead warrior,
with the stolen Profound Qi accumulating within his body, Shi Yan also
managed to enhance his own Petrification Martial Spirits a little bit.
Until now, his body was already able to petrify entirely within seconds
just with the control of his mind. All of his skin would be covered with
dark brown and his defense power was also enhancing slowly.
For the past few days, there was never a second he ever forgot about
the practice for controlling his own madness.
However, the last threshold was just too difficult for him to break
through. Every time he tried to operate the negative energy within his
meridians in his brain, he would suffer from a mind-splitting pain. And
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when he reversed his Profound Qi within his body, he would be under so
much pain that he would faint instantly.
After a few days of practice, he still could not manage himself through
the last stage of Rampage.
And after a series of fainting and unconsciousness, Shi Yan guessed that
he was probably using the wrong approach. Therefore, he gave up on
this tough approach and figured that he should try another way after a
few days' reflection.
...
It was night again.
The three of them were hiding in a dark cave within a valley. With the
opening of the cave covered with bushes, they talked in a low voice.
They could hear troops of demon beasts passing by their cave on the
outside. It seemed there were the roaring and howling of demon beasts
everywhere. God knows how many demon beasts were out there on that
night.
"It is a little unusual tonight. It seems that all the demon beasts in the
dark forest have come out." Di Yalan said with a frown on her face, "This
is too strange. Usually, even if the warriors and mercenaries are too out
of line, those demon beasts would at most attack them for 2 or 3 days.
There is no reason for all these demon beasts to come out. God knows
what the hell is going on out there. "
"Behind such large scale attacks and movements of these demon
beasts, there must be orders from a demon beast of a much higher
level." Shi Yan said with a serious face, "The Silver Thunder Wolf is
already a Level-7 demon beast, equaling our warrior of the Sky Level. It
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not only has Demon Crystals within its body, but also possesses the
intelligence of the same level as humans. Even the Silver Thunder Wolf
has showed up to lead, there must be a huge fight behind."
"Thank God we proceed with great caution these days, not aiming to
cover more distance, but making sure that safety is our first priority.
Otherwise, we would have been in loads of trouble." Di Yalan nodded.
"Tata! Tata!"
There were some messy footsteps from the outside of the cave. They
assumed that this was the movement of human warriors out there.
With such frequent movement of the demon beasts out there, those
human warriors who were still moving around must be in some serious
trouble, probably also being chased and hunted by those demon beasts
right now.
"Maybe we should go out and take a look? Maybe we could offer some
help?" Mu Yu Die asked the other two people with a soft heart.
Shi Yan and Di Yalan both took a glimpse at Mu Yu Die, but didn't say
anything.
"What? You wanna let them die just like that?" Mu Yu Die frowned. She
was obviously quite upset.
"There are so many demon beasts out there. We can barely hide
ourselves right now. If this cave also got compromised, I am afraid we
wouldn't have much luck with those demon beasts. Apart from that, how
can you be so sure that the warriors outside are not disaster to us? What
if they also lust for your beauty? God knows how much trouble that
could bring us. I suggest you mind your own business." Shi Yan sniffed
with no mercy at all.
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Mu Yu Die was not that naïve. Of course she knew all about these. She
only said this because she couldn't bear the idea that humans were
killed alive by those cruel beasts.
But after being taught a lesson by Shi Yan like that, her pride was
harshly hurt. She puckered her lips and mumbled, "Cold blooded! You
are not even a human! Hum, I guess you are just too scared of dying. I
misjudged you before..."
"According to your suggestion, you are not only not scared to die, you
are literally begging to be killed!"
Shi Yan sneered with a grin, "Miss Mu. You did save my life twice, but I
assume that I have already repaid your favor. Just so you know, the only
reason I am still here, is not because of you, but because of what your
Uncle Luo has trusted me with before he died."
Shi Yan paused a little and continued, "You are not my princess, so don't
pull your drama on me, which annoys me a lot! If I really got pissed one
day, I will just leave you here. Whatever you'd like to do is none of my
business."
"You asshole!" Mu Yu Die felt so wronged and her eyes were starting to
wet. She tried her best to control her tears and said with a crying voice,
"You know nothing better than lecturing me!"
"OK, give it a break you two! At this time, we should be united. We are
all heading towards the Merchant Union, so we'd better stick together so
that we could look after each other. Stop fighting over such trivial stuff."
Di Yalan intermediated in their conversation.
"Oh crap!"
Shi Yan suddenly stood up, and his face looked like hell. "It seems those
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people have discovered this cave. They are heading towards this way."
"Shit! No way!" Di Yalan was also astonished. She quickly picked up her
dagger and guarded the entrance of the cave together with Shi Yan,
"What should we do now?"
"Ow!" "Woo!"
The roaring and howling of the demon beasts were gathering from
outside of the cave. It seemed that there were more and more demon
beasts coming towards their way.
"Block the entrance!"
Shi Yan suddenly changed the look on his face. He put his hands against
the rock on the entrance of the cave and shouted, "Come here and pin
these rocks. We cannot let anyone into this cave! As soon as other
human get into this cave, those demon beasts would figure out quickly
that we're here. If those demon beasts stick around here, then sooner or
later would discover about us and that would be a complete disaster! I
am not going down with those guys out there!"
After Shi Yan entered this cave, he not only covered the entrance with
bushes and leaves, but also moved some big rocks here to block the
opening, just in case for this type of situation to happen. He didn't
expect that these rocks would actually be put to use.
"OK!" Di Yalan was a little shocked, but she also quickly joined Shi Yan in
pinning the big rocks blocking the entrance of the cave.
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Chapter 36
Bang!
"Bang!""Bang!"
The sound of heavy strikes on the rocks came one after another.
Violent strikes were forced onto Shi Yan who was blocking the cave. He
and Di Yalan were both shocked and felt numb in their arms.
"Hey friends inside the cave, take your hands off! Or I won't be this
polite anymore!"
At the entrance of the cave, a cold voice yelled, "My Matial Spirit can
perceive life signs within two hundred meters. I know there are three of
you. We just want to get in and hide for a while. Please do us a favor!"
"It's OUR cave! Please go and find one of your own. Don't get us into
trouble."
Shi Yan looked very serious as he pressed all his Profound Qi into his
arms. In no time, his arms beganto contract and turn dry, while white
fog flew around them.
"Move! Demon beasts will come in a few minutes and there must be
several high-level ones! If you don't want to lose your lives, let us in!" A
forthright voice cried fretfully.
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"Get lost! Our cave is too small for you people!" Shi Yan was rather cold,
showing not the slightest amount of friendliness.
Their cave was not big enough so it could only hold six people, and
counting the rock at the entrance, it could only hold five people at most.
According to their breaths, Shi Yan could tell there were six of them,
which was too much for the small cave.
"Steve, come with me, let's break it!" One of them shouted coldly with
impatience.
"Sure!"
"Bang! Bang!"
Two streams of explosive power struck the rock at the same time, andan
enormous force blasted out from within the hard rock at once!
Withthe dull booms, the hard rock which was being supported by Shi Yan
and Di Yalan was comminuted into dozens of pieces.
"Kaka! Kaka!"
The rock segments fell on the ground one by one and suddenly the light
shined into the dim entrance.
Three people got the chance and slipped into the cave at once.
The leader of the group, who was around thirty years old and wore a
silver warrior uniform, looked cold and arrogant. He glanced at Shi Yan
and the two girls, then jeered, "A mere Human-Level warrior dares to
block us. You are going beyond your depth, young man!"
"Big brother, kill them!" Another rude young man urged, "This cave is
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only capable of holding six people. Our people can't come in if they still
stay here!"
"You three get out of the cave right now! Or I will kill you in no time!"
The man in silver uniform demanded, "You are definitely no match for
us! We have two Human-Level and four Nascent-Level warriors. You'd
better not waste our time."
The three warriors who were standing at the opening of the cave looked
at Shi Yan and Di Yalan coldly, seemingly prepared to take action at any
time, as a dim light was gradually sent out from their bodies.
"Big brother, look at the girls, woah!" Another skinny short young man
found Di Yalan and Mu Yu Die extraordinarily beautiful after he adapted
to the dimness in the cave and couldn't help but shout out.
"Chuck, do you want the girls or our brothers outside the cave?"The
leader grunted.
That skinny young man smiled with embarrassment, "Don't be pissed
my brother, I'm just kidding. Of course I want my brothers! Women are
everywhere, right? Ha, now that we got so much treasure from the Silver
Thunder Wolf's cave, we can get women whenver we want! Haha!"
"Why are you still there?" The warrior taking the lead looked hideous
suddenly as he was about to fight.
"Fight!" Di Yalan shouted as she lifted her shortsword, "There are all
demon beasts out of the cave. We would still die even if we get out!"
"Hehe, please run away as far as you can and take the demon beasts
with you, then we will be safe." That rude young man burst into
laughter, "Or, do you think you can even be alive here?"
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"Sister Lan, let's go out." After a deep breath, Shi Yan calmed down,
then he dragged her, "Quick! We may escape if we run quickly."
"It's impossible..." Di Yalan was dragged away by Shi Yan before she
could finish her sentence.
Mu Yu Die had lifted herself up long ago, thus she walked up after them.
As her slim figure passed by that skinny short man, that guy stretched
out his hand toward her butt, "Gorgeous, forgive me. We can be closer if
we meet again."
Mu Yu Die got frightened and rushed out of the cave as fast as she can.
But unfortunately, that guy still touched her slim waist, which made her
furious.
Outside the cave, the three men of Nascent Level had been impatient
for a long time.
Seeing the three getting out of the cave, the three warriors outside
wandered their eyes on Di Yalan and Mu Yu Die lustfully. Then they
walked into the cave reluctantly and complimented, "Brother, there
should be two beauties! Your Martial Spirit is so great that you could
even sense the cave here from so far away! We wouldn't have managed
in collecting so much treasure in the Silver Thunder Wolf's cave if it
hadn't been your magical Martial Spirit!"
"Haha! We really harvested a lot this time! A Martial Skill of Spirit Level!
We can get what we six want with this book when we go back to the
God-blessed Empire ! Then we can own whichever women we are fond
of!" The rude guy in the cave chuckled.
"Thanks to our big brother's Martial Spirit. It can identify the stream of
life in the surroundings. That's too damn good!"
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The six of them occupied Shi Yan and his friends' cave, and started to
discuss softly in it.
"You three, go as far as you can! It's still early enough for you to leave
now! Once the demon beasts came, you can in no way escape from
them!" The leader demanded confidently, "If you are still going to stay
at the entrance, please excuse my rudeness."
Under the bright moonlight, Shi Yan was wearing an icy and terrifying
expression.
Terrible demon beasts howls were comingfrom all directions. They were
just gathering towardthis way, for apparently they knew there were
humans in this area.
Judging from the situation now, this area would be encircled by demon
beasts soon.
If they left now, they would become those demon beasts' target; even if
they guided the demon beasts to other areas, they would be kill by them
eventually.
Shi Yan knew clearly that the leader didn't kill them because he wanted
them to run away and distract those demon beasts, so that those six
warriors could survive.
"Ding Yan! Why don't we just have a nasty fight with them! We could
also be killed by the demon beasts if we get out of the cave! If we run
away, we would die in vain! Why not drag those warriors in with us!"Di
Yalan stared at Shi Yan in rage.
For his safty's sake, Shi Yan had told them his name was Ding Yan,
though Di Yalan and Mu Yu Die rarely called him by his full name.
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However, since Di Yalan was strongly against Shi Yan's decision, she
shouted out his full name..
Mu Yu Die turned rather pale and she said in a miserable voice, "I would
rather be killed by the Dark World than be eaten up by demon beasts.
Sister Lan, let's finish ourselves now and attract those demon beasts
here."
"Come here!" Shi Yan frowned as he caught Di Yalan and Mu Yu Die,
separately with each of his hands, to the corner of the entrance, keeping
them away from the middle of the opening.
"What?" Di Yalan flew into a rage, "You want to run away, don't you?"
"Run away? Am I such an easy-going person?" Shi Yan broadened his
mouth and looked hideous. Abruptly, he took out an iron ball out of his
chest and waved it at the girls.
Di Yalan and Mu Yu Die were stunned at first. Soon they realized and
smirked, then took several steps away from the opening again.
Shi Yan nooded, and as soon as the girls found their positions, he
suddenly rushed to the entrance.
As he reached the entrance, he swiftly threw the iron ball into the cave
and left in an instant.
"Bang!"
There was a devastating explosion in the cave as sharp splinters flew in
all directions inside, some of which flew out of the cave and cut the
bushes outside into pieces.
Terrible cries came from the entrance of the cave.
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"Old Steve!"
"Micky!"
"Brother Teddy! Brother Teddy!"
"Brother Bob! I... I am hurt!"
"..."
Painful cries, combined with a strong bloody smell, came out of the
cave.
Shi Yan signalled Di Yalan and went into the cave again.
Shi Yan was looking at the chaos in the cave at the entrance, ashe
sneered, "Hey everybody? Wasit fun?"
The three men on the ground had turned into honeycombs with wounds
all over their bodies. That rude guy was among them, with his head cut
through.
The leader, that skinny, short man and another fat guy were still alive.
The other three had protected them. Though they too were wounded,
those splinters didn't hurt their vital places.
Their limbs were filled with bleeding wounds, and the leader seemed
badly hurt, for his abdomen was bleeding hard.
The cave was so small, and once the Star Bomb exploded, they had
nowhere to hide. If it weren't for those three dead warriors who stood in
front of them, there would've been no chance for anyone to survive.
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"I'm gonna strip your skin!" Their leader had his eyes split, and he was
too angry.
"Such dense Profound Qi." Shi Yan took a deep breath and enjoyed a lot.
As he was talking, his muscles contracted slowly and his body got more
and more dry.
A freezing, insane, amd murderous smell flew out of Shi Yan's body
slowly, forming into a white thin fog, which spread all over him.
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Chapter 37
The Killing
Inside the cave, there were three dead bodies, three wounded warriors,
and Shi Yan.
Shi Yan jumped into the cave. However, he did nothing but simply just
stood there, feeling the blowing waves of Profound Qi coming from those
three fresh bodies right towards him. The Profound Qi flew into the 720
meridians of his body. The waves were so strong that his meridians even
felt a little pain.
Naturally, Shi Yan's body went mad again. All his muscles had shrunken
so badly that he suddenly looked even thinner.
There was a wave of evil energy quickly spreading from the white smoke
covering his whole body. With the coldest and cruelest spirits, this
energy quickly fulfilled the entire cave.
Those evil spirits seemed to have some bewitching magic power.
Once those three wounded warriors breathed in some of this white
smoke, their mind was instantly fulfilled with a crazy urge of
slaughtering as well.
"You fucking son of a bitch! I'm gonna skin you alive!"
The leader of them shouted loudly, with a creepy green poppy flower
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suddenly appearing on his palm. That poppy flower was made purely by
his Profound Qi and looked just as alive, growing and expanding with
astonishing speed on his palm.
Only within seconds, that green poppy flower had become the size of a
cattail leaf, with a freezing light shining in the middle of the bud and a
green light diffusing around it.
At his sway of hand, that giant poppy flower instantly flew right towards
at Shi Yan.
That poppy flower was like an open bloody mouth. It was trying to bite
Shi Yan right on his head, seemingly trying to swallow his entire head
into its bud.
"He!"
A roaring sound came out of Shi Yan. He had quickly concentrated the
streams of negative energy that he absorbed from those dead warriors,
and let that energy out from all the meridians covering his whole body,
which soon formed into three ghost shadows in front of his body.
Those ghost shadows were floating in front of his body in the scariest
way, with their eyes filled with utmost endless resentment to this world.
"Steve! Micky! Teddy!"
The thin warrior was instantly filled with horror. He stared, dumbstruck,
at those floating ghost shadows Shi Yan had in front of his body, and
couldn't help screaming.
Those three ghost shadows looked exactly like those three warriors right
before they died!
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The leader was also pretty astonished. He couldn't help but take a step
back. However, that creepy poppy flower didn't stop its move and
continued to try biting on Shi Yan's head.
"Break!"
Shi Yan waved his fist and sent out a web of white smoke which was
tangled and concentrated with all kinds of negative energy. Those
streams of negative energy combined together into a silver snake and
suddenly shot into the center of that poppy flower.
"Boom!"
That poppy flower exploded into pieces, with its freezing light suddenly
splashing everywhere like a creepy firework; beautiful but strange.
"Look out!"
The leader shouted out. He quickly moved forward and covered the
other two guys with both of his hands. There were also spots of weird
lights shining inside his palms. He waved his hands and surprisingly
captured all the freezing light coming towards him all into his chest.
Shi Yan had the cruelest look on his face. He started to operate his mind
power and petrify his whole body. In this dark cave, his entire body
became brown and as tough as the steel.
Dozens of freezing dots of light shot towards him again with buzzing
sounds. However, they were all blocked by his petrified body. Only a
small proportion of the freezing energy filtered into his body through all
his petrified muscles.
The freezing energy was rushing and bumping inside his body. However,
its power was mostly blocked by his petrified muscles.
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Only after a few seconds, Shi Yan's body had already returned to
normal, and wasn't influenced by the freezing energy any more.
"Shi Yan!"
Di Yalan rushed into the cave. Seeing Shi Yan confronting those three
warriors all by himself, she couldn't help but scream and ask him with
worry, "Are you OK?"
"Use your Blue Magic Flame to cover for me. Hold back the leader. I will
kill the other two Nascent Warriors first."
Shi Yan gave his order with a cruel face. He then started operating his
mind. Those three ghost shadows floating in front of him suddenly
started rushing towards those three warriors like starving wolves
towards its prey.
The tiny stone cave could barely hold all these people. Once an attack
was launched, there was no room to escape. The opponent could only
defend themselves with everything they had.
Seeing those three ghost shadows coming towards their way, the three
warriors in the cave all seemed pretty terrified.
People are naturally intimidated by the unknown.
Especially because, one minute ago, those three ghost shadows were
still their dearest brothers!
The three of them tried to escape, but only to find their way already
blocked by the stones. There was nowhere for them to go.
"Don't be scared!"
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The leader shouted. The freezing light he just withdrew into his chest
was transformed and turned into an icy, silver light shield, sheltering the
three of them.
Shi Yan sniffed secretly on the inside, and continued to operate his mind
power.
The three ghost shadows stopped in front of the three warriors. With the
silver light shield in between, those ghost shadows waved their fists and
started to make terrifying postures such as biting and gobbling, showing
all their utmost resentment in their eyes towards those warriors.
All kinds of negative energy had gathered into the eyes of those ghost
shadows, and through eye contact, flew right into the mind of those
three warriors.
Almost instantly, as they were impacted by the negative energy, the
three warriors felt like they were thrown into the lowest level of the hell.
Countless terrifying and screaming ghosts were coming towards their
way, dragging them towards the endless hell. There was no way for
them to get out.
The faces of the three warriors became stiff, and their eyes became
lifeless, all with the most terrified look on their face.
"Sister Lan! Break their ice light shield!" Shi Yan shouted.
Di Yalan trembled a little. She didn't give much thought, but quickly
threw out her Blue Magic Flame which she already gotten ready on her
palm. The flame turned into an agile phoenix and shot itself into that
silver light shield.
"Chi-chi!"
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The silver light shield was instantly melted under the heat of the Blue
Magic Flame. The shield formed by the leader's Profound Qi was
obviously too weak in front of the attack of Di Yalan's Blue Magic Flame
Martial Spirit , and suddenly cracked a fist sized hole.
The three ghost shadows took advantage of this crack and quickly
sneaked in like a light smoke. The ghosts separated and sneaked into
the body of the three warriors respectively.
Shi Yan suddenly rushed forward towards them.
He had all his Profound Qi flowing into his arms like crazy. When he was
moving his arms, there was even a deep bursting sound in the air, like a
mountain was falling apart.
The white mist entangling his iron fist had already concentrated and
turned into a layer of pale liquid matter covering his arms, making his
bony arm look even more terrifying, like the sharp claw of an evil ghost.
"Poo!"
Shi Yan's arm was like a sharp sword, and pierced right through the
chest of that thin guy who once mouthed about Mu Yu Die. He used his
fist to punch that guy so hard that he fell onto the wall of that cave with
a deep sound.
"You're seeking death, you fucking bastard!"
The Human Level leader warrior suddenly woke up in the middle of his
nightmare. Seeing another one of his brothers miserably die in front of
his eyes, he couldn't help but shout with anger. He generated a huge
silver light ball on his palm and pushed it hard towards Shi Yan's chest.
There was an overwhelming gravity falling towards Shi Yan, which,
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combining with the freezing cold ice power, exploded, all of a sudden, on
Shi Yan's chest.
"Deng! Deng! Deng!"
Shi Yan had to step back some distance before he could stabilize his
body.
He just took the full blow of tough a warrior at the Human Level right on
his chest. However, Shi Yan's chest only hurt a little after taking the hit.
He checked his body for a second only to see his body completely
intact.
That icy blow only froze his chest a little but didn't manage to hurt him.
So this is the second stage of the Petrification Martial Spirit! How
awesome is that!
Shi Yan was actually wildly laughing on the inside. He kept operating his
own Profound Qi, guiding it rapidly through his own veins and vessels in
his chest. His Profound Qi was like a warm stream of energy, quickly
recovering his chest from the freezing light attack by blowing within his
veins and vessels.
Di Yalan, with a dagger in hand, rushed to the front, fighting with the
leader. Her phoenix made of the Blue Magic Flames was her strongest
power, fighting against the leader together with her. The Blue Flame
Phoenix could not only counter all the freezing power that the warrior
threw out, but could also control some of his creepy attacks.
"Are you guys all right?"
Mu Yu Die entered the cave with both hands covering her nose. When
she stepped inside, she almost puked instantly due to the strong bloody
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smell.
"Pile up the bodies!"
Shi Yan ordered with a frown. He didn't wait for Mu Yu Die to respond
before he quickly rushed towards the other Nascent Warrior who was
still drowning in his nightmares, just like a haunting ghost.
"No! Little Joe!"
The leader suddenly changed the look on his face. He instantly
screamed out anxiously.
Even in his wildest dreams, he could not imagine that this guy in front of
him, who was merely a Nascent Warrior, could take on his full blow, and
not only survive, but also fight back again!
But he himself was a Warrior of the Human Level who had already
reached the Second Sky!
"Brother Trump!"
Hearing his name being called, that unconscious warrior suddenly woke
up and couldn't help but scream.
But this was also the last sound that he would ever make in this world.
The next moment, he stopped screaming as his back bumped hard onto
the stone wall and blood came out through all his meridians.
Shi Yan's body was as forceful as a mountain because of the scary
explosion power that he got from going mad. . He simply just bumped
this guy to death onto the stone wall , and all of his bones broke into
pieces.
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"No! Little Joe!"
The leader couldn't help but howl. Seeing all his brothers die in such a
horrible way one after another right in front of his eyes, he started to
regret entering this cave for the first time.
He regretted that he ever provoked Shi Yan, this mad slaughterer;
regretted even setting foot into The Dark Forest.
"Miss Mu, quick, pile up these bodies!"
Shi Yan took a harsh look on Mu Yu Die who had already completely lost
her mind, and said with a cold voice, "If you don't want to die, then
move quickly!"
Mu Yu Die couldn't help but tremble. Under those cold-blooded eyes of
Shi Yan, she had to kneel down to deal with all these nasty bloody
bodies and move these ugly broken body parts to a corner of the stone
cave, piling them up one by one.
"Shi Yan, come help me!"
Di Yalan screamed, "This guy's Profound Qi is too strong. I cannot handle
him for much longer!"
The demon beasts started to gather outside the stone cave, with waves
of roaring and howling coming towards them. It seemed that before
long, this valley would be covered with demon beasts. Of course Di
Yalan understood the value of time. They must finish this fight and kill
the leader as soon as possible.
"I'll be right there!"
Shi Yan rushed forward and stood right in front of Di Yalan facing the
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leader.
"Boom!"
The silver freezing light appeared again on the palm of the leadery, with
another strike shooting right at Shi Yan's chest.
"Hey hey!"
Shi Yan put on a scary grin on his face. With the help of his Petrification
Martial Spirit which had already reached the second stage, he took this
hit just fine. Now thisleader was forced into a corner of the stone cave.
There was no way for him to escape.
The phoenix made by the Blue Magic Flame took the chance and also
flew over. It soon landed on the shoulder of the leader.
The flames surrounded and spread rapidly on the guy's shoulders just
like a tendril of vines. Soon there was the smell of burning flesh on his
shoulders. The flames became stronger and stronger, and then spread
from his shoulders to his abdomen then to his waist, until burning his
little brother under the belt.
"Ah!"
The lead guy started to scream with great pain. He started to hit Shi Yan
like crazy, desperate to break Shi Yan's defense and get out of this
cave.
"You tried so hard to get in, but now you wanna leave? Hey, hey, too
late for that!"
Shi Yan put on his Dark Light Shield and used his Petrification Martial
Spirit to block all his crazy attacks with a mocking grin on his face.
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Despite his terribly thin body, Shi Yan was standing there like a steady
stone. No matter how hard the attacks were, he just stood there without
moving an inch.
Di Yalan found an opportunity to get in. With her dagger in hand, she
pierced one leg of the leader almost within a second.
"Please don't kill me! I've got the treasures we stole from the cave of
the Silver Thunder Wolf. Please just let me go. I will give them all to you!
Please!" The leader screamed and begged with his twisted face.
"I will take the treasures, and your life as well!"
Shi Yan put on a scary grin. Countless streams of white smoke suddenly
wrapped tightly around this guy's body. And with this man's most
terrified screams, Shi Yan pierced his throat with one finger.
The leader soon lost the light in his eyes. His body also started to
become soft and fell onto the ground slowly.
Shi Yan didn't take another look on that man's body. He quickly turned
around and looked at Mu Yu Die with a scary face. He cursed in a cold
voice, "So useless! Still haven't finished with these bodies?"
Mu Yu Die was already pretty upset. She was trying very hard at dealing
with these bodies. For a girl who hated nasty stuff like this, it was not an
easy task to pile up all these bodies. Don't even expect her to be extra
efficient, which was almost impossible.
Shi Yan didn't waste a lot words on her. He simply sniffed and piled up
all the bodies himself with a frown on his face and blood all over his
hands. He said with a cold voice, "The demon beasts are coming
towards this valley together. Whether we can survive this still depends
on God's will."
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Chapter 38
Spirit Level Martial Skills
Inside the cave, the bodies were piled up with all of their Profound Qi
wiped clean.
Under the influence of Shi Yan's mysterious Martial Spirit, the bodies
were not only drained of all their Profound Qi, but even the blood inside
the corpses had solidified within a very short time.
With all their blood solidified, the bloody smell that once filled the entire
cave was not as strong as before.
However, Shi Yan was still not satisfied with this.
After thinking it over, he quickly took out a packet of medicinal powder
from his backpack and sprayed it all around the cave without hesitation.
This medicinal powder was called "Cleansing Powder", which had an
extraordinary absorbing power, capable of capturing all the little
impurities floating in the air, including toxins, smell and poisonous
smoke.
After using one packet of "Cleansing Powder", the remaining bloody
smell in the cave was instantly wiped clean like magic.
After capturing the bloody smell floating in the air, the "Cleansing
Powder" had become dozens of little red particles which looked just like
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drops of blood, micronized into little atoms falling onto the ground.
"I need to find something to hide the cave entrance."
Although that bloody smell in the cave was now under control, Shi Yan
was still a little bit worried. He started to cover the cave entrance with
the nearby bushes and twigs.
Although the battle between the two groups was for the cave, both knew
of the importance of the nearby foliage. As such, none of the nearby
vegetation was moved or destroyed when approaching the cave.
However, with the eruption of the "Star Bomb", the bushes at the cave
entrance were damaged and cut into pieces. Fortunately, the bushes
near the cave entrance were still intact.
Now what Shi Yan needed to do was to move the bushes on each side to
the middle of the cave entrance to perfectly cover the entire opening.
Shi Yan was breathing smoothly and paying great attention to his
movements. He was acting with great caution and moving the bushes
and leaves towards the entrance of the cave slowly, inch by inch, for
fear that the demon beasts outside would discover something strange in
this place.
With the roaring of the demon beasts getting more and more frequent,
they sensed that God knows how many demon beasts had gathered in
the valley outside the cave.
Shi Yan had a serious look on his face and was acting extremely
nervous. Sweat was secretly coming out of his forehead. Even his back
started to become wet with sweat.
When he finally dragged the last large bush into the cave entrance, even
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his arms were slightly trembling, as if he had made huge efforts to finish
this job.
"Are you OK?" Di Yalan asked with care.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired."
Shi Yan shook his head. His face had turned extraordinarily pale. He
stopped to think for a moment and then said, "You two be careful later.
If we are ever found by those demon beasts, you must make every effort
to guard the cave entrance!"
Di Yalan nodded and added with care, "Yeah, I get it. But what on earth
has happened to you? I just saw you kicking the ass of that Warrior of
the Human Level with my own eyes, but how come you've become so
weak right now?"
"It's exactly because I made such great efforts to fight with him, that
I've become so weak right now." Shi Yan sat down with his legs crossed
and refused to give any more explanation.
At this critical time, surprisingly, he closed his eyes to rest!
This was actually the side effect of "Rampage" kicking off inside his
body.
Every time he performed "Rampage", his body would suffer great
pressure.
The Rampage Martial Skill required the excitation of all kinds of negative
energy within one's meridians. The power of "Rampage" served as a
double-edged sword, giving you power far beyond your own Level for a
very short amount time, but on the other hand, also making you more
exhausted afterwards.
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After all, those negative energies were way too evil and creepy.
When these negative energies spilt over from his meridians, they were
hurting his body as well. Every time when he finished "Rampage", he
would be wrapped in waves of exhaustion, weakening his body very
quickly.
Sitting right there in the cave, Shi Yan felt that both his arms and legs
were weak and powerless. The meridians all over his body were also
hurting like hell.
The Profound Qi he absorbed from those six fresh corpses had also
rushed into his meridians, filling his body with wave after wave of strong
power. While his meridians were processing and purifying this Profound
Qi with high speed, the negative energies would take advantage of this
to sneak out and slowly rot his mind and sanity.
At this moment, he couldn't do anything that required effort. His
meridians were still busy processing and purifying all this new Profound
Qi. If he couldn't relax his body, he wouldn't be able to achieve a quality
recovery at all.
Therefore, he made a sensible decision to leave everything else alone.
He just sat still, keeping a peaceful mind for the recovery.
Seeing him sitting and resting with both eyes closed, the other two
women, Di Yalan and Mu Yu Die, also looked pretty serious. They
concentrated on observing the movements outside the cave.
The demon beasts were still moving inside the valley. There were even
some demon beasts around their cave and they seemed to be searching
for something.
Both Mu Yu Die and Di Yalan were guarding the entrance of the cave
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very nervously. They didn't dare to take any chance to relax.
Di Yalan was holding her dagger firmly in her hand, looking outside
warily through the gaps between the bushes covering the cave
entrance, fearing that some demon beast would suddenly jump in.
They were both aware that demon beasts had an extremely sensitive
sense of smell. They were worried that those beasts might find them
through the bloody smell in the air. They knew that once their cave was
discovered by any of those demon beasts, they had to guard this cave
no matter what the price was.
"Deng! Deng!"
A three-headed hound was coming towards them with its three giant
heads shaking in the air. It seemed to have found something. Its six eyes
on its three heads were scanning around as if it had discovered
something unusual.
Oh, crap!
Di Yalan suddenly changed the look on her face, grabbing her dagger
even more firmly in her hand. With sweat pouring out of her palm, she
focused on the three-headed hound with all of her attention and didn't
dare to move her eyes away for a second.
Di Yalan was already extremely tense and was ready to start a fight at
any time.
The three-headed hound was a Level Three demon beast, equaling a
human Warrior of the Human Level, which was pretty tough to deal
with.
Moreover, this demon beast possessed an extraordinarily sharp sense of
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smell. The bloody smell inside the cave might be able to fool other
demon beasts, but it could not necessarily hide from this three-headed
hound.
Due to her anxiety, Di Yalan's entire body became stiff and tense. Her
hand which held the dagger was also shaking slightly, which meant that
her Profound Qi was moving very fast through her veins and vessels.
"Aw!"
Right at that moment, a howl from the Silver Thunder Wolf came from
the distance which alerted the whole valley and outmatched all the
roaring and shouting of the other demon beasts.
"I am Gan Xiao from the Medicine Valley. I came to the Dark Forest
simply to collect medicine for myself. I have never stepped into your
cave! Silver Thunder Wolf, I know you are good, but I am not afraid of
you. If you continue to harass and kill my people, I will not let you go
easy!" A low dark voice came from the distance.
"Aw!"
The Silver Thunder Wolf started howling again in the distance.
Hearing this howling sound, the three-headed hound, which was about
to approach the cave where the three of them were hiding, suddenly
stopped right there.
It paused a little and quickly turned around, and started running towards
the howling of the Silver Thunder Wolf in high speed.
Upon the howling of the Silver Thunder Wolf, the demon beasts gathered
in the valley were also starting to take off, leaving the valley for the
Silver Thunder Wolf.
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The Silver Thunder Wolf and Gan Xiao seemed about to have a huge
fight.
Di Yalan suddenly relaxed. She felt so weak that she sat right down on
the ground with her body covered with sweat.
If only that three-headed hound had moved a little further forward,
maybe even a couple of meters, then their cave would have definitely be
compromised. And once that three-headed hound had discovered the
cave, the other demon beasts in the valley would most definitely have
followed it over here as well.
If that really happened, there was no way that the three of them could
have ever escaped those demon beasts!
"Sister Lan, are you OK?" Mu Yu Die was wiping the sweat off her
forehead with a handkerchief stained with blood. She also sat down on
the ground with the stone wall behind her.
"It's OK." Di Yalan smiled softly, but still sighed. "We were very lucky
back then. If the Silver Thunder Wolf didn't have its eyes on Gan Xiao
from the Medicine Valley and didn't suddenly call for all the demon
beasts to gather around it, I am afraid that we wouldn't have been able
to make it through this."
"Yeah, I was also pretty scared just now." Mu Yu Die's pretty face also
looked quite pale. She added in a low voice, "I was even prepared to
commit suicide back then."
"Don't ever have that thought unless we have no other options."
Shi Yan sniffed. He suddenly opened his eyes, and ordered with a frown,
"If you have no better things to do, how about searching through the
bags and pockets of those six warriors? Just to see what kind of treasure
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they had stolen from the cave of that Silver Thunder Wolf."
Hearing him saying this, Di Yalan's eyes suddenly lit up. She agreed with
excitement, "That's right! The Silver Thunder Wolf is a Level Seven
demon beast, a top level creature within the Dark Forest! It is said that
the Silver Thunder Wolf is a highly intelligent creature, and that it has
killed dozens of high level warriors in the Dark Forest. It must have
collected many treasures from those dead warriors and stored them
inside its cave. The treasures those warriors have stolen must be
extraordinary!"
"I heard that there is a practice method for a Spirit Level Martial Skill..."
Shi Yan said with a cool voice.
"He!" Di Yalan replied with her face filled with joy and her beautiful eyes
lit up with excitement, "Spirit Level Martial Skills are very rare. Even for
the royal families from our Fire Empire, there are only five kinds of Spirit
Level Martial Skills. Any practice method for a Spirit Level Martial Skill
would be worth millions, and countless big families would even be willing
to kill for it."
"Then you should really search through them very carefully." Shi Yan
nodded and closed his eyes again, seemingly having something on his
mind.
Of course he knew how precious so-called Spirit Level Martial Skills
were.
Across the Fire Empire, the God-blessed Empire, and the Merchant
Union, there were around 100 warriors who had reached the Earth Level
and the Nirvana Level for a warrior. However, among all these 100
warriors, those with Spirit Level Martial Skills only counted for a quarter
of those warriors!
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And among that quarter, some were even studying and practicing the
same kind of Spirit Level Martial Skills.
According to the rumor, across the entire the Fire Empire, the Godblessed
Empire, and the Merchant Union, there were only 18 kinds of
Spirit Level Martial Skills that were already known to the humankind.
And each and every kind of those Spirit Level Martial Skills were all
possessed by various powerful families or warriors that ruled their own
little kingdoms.
Such as the Shi Family.
The Shi Family had possessed various kinds of Martial Skills, such as for
the Mortal Level and the Sacred Level. However, it only had one kind of
Martial Skill of the Spirit Level, which the Master of the Family, Shi Jian,
believed to be the most precious family treasure. Even the his own
descendants had no idea where he had kept that Spirit Level Martial
Skill.
"It seems we are in huge luck!"
Di Yalan's eyes were filled with joy. She dug out the backpack of the
warrior leader with excitement and didn't waste any time opening it.
A strong wave of silver light started to shine out from his backpack. The
stone cave that was once buried in darkness was suddenly lit up and
became as bright as the outside!
"Wow!"
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Chapter 39
Three types of Flames
Three shining crystals appeared from the bag and brightly lit the cave.
One of them was rhombus shaped and the other two were oval shaped.
They all looked crystal clear and were diffusing waves.
Obviously there was an extraordinary energy hidden within them.
"Demon Crystals!"
Di Yalan screamed with joy.
"Ahhh!"
Mu Yu Die shouted after her and said joyfully, "Seems we are so lucky
that we've been bestowed with Demon Crystals! Hehe, if we can get out
of the Dark Forest alive we could spend the rest of our lives in luxury
with these three Demon Crystals."
Di Yalan squatted and began to examine the three Demon Crystals
carefully. After a long time, she observed, "They must be from Level Six
demon beasts, but I can hardly tell what Demon Beasts they are from."
"Sister Lan, I have heard that demon beasts can directly absorb the
energy in Demon Crystals. The Silver Thunder Wolf owned these Demon
Crystals. Why didn't it didn't take the energy inside of them to
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strengthen itself? "
"It is said that the Silver Thunder Wolf gave birth to a pup and the best
way for it to grow up is to absorb the energy in Demon Crystals. If it is
true, then I guess the three Demon Crystals from these Level Six demon
beasts were prepared by the Silver Thunder Wolf for its pup."
"Could be."
"The energy in Demon Crystals is the best material for alchemists and
blacksmiths. They can easily tell what demon beast the Demon Crystal is
from in just one look. Hmm, three Demon Crystals. We can have one
each, right?"
"I didn't help so I can't take one."
Mu Yu Die shook her head, and she took a glimpse at Shi Yan who was
training with his eyes closed. "I think you two should share them. If it
hadn't been for me, you wouldn't have got into trouble..."
"Let's discuss this after he wakes up." Di Yalan frowned, and continued
to dig in the bag.
"Ah!"
With another exclamation, Di Yalan took out a transparent jade bottle
from the bag which was on the ground. She suddenly lost her train of
thought as she stared at the red liquid inside.
The liquid in the jade bottle was like a flame. As Di Yalan shook it gently,
the flame also danced to the rhythm.
Di Yalan seemed to recall something as she stared at the liquid in the
jade bottle.
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After a long time, Di Yalan's thin body trembled and she screamed, "
Earth Core Flame Essence!"
"Congratulations Sister Lan!"
Mu Yu Die was stunned at first, then she realized something and yelled
happily, "Sister Lan, it will benefit you the most! Haha! You really
harvested a lot from this journey. You have not only awoken your Martial
Spirit, but you've also gotten this Earth Core Flame Essence."
Di Yalan was so delighted that she couldn't help but keep nodding her
head excitedly as she shook the jade bottle in her hand. She babbled
incoherently, "I, I've never expected that I would be so lucky! Ha! It's
Earth Core Flame Essence!"
Just then, Shi Yan finished three Big Circulations after training silently for
a long time. He opened his eyes and asked, "This Earth Core Flame
Essence, what does it have to do with you?"
"What? How come you don't know about Earth Core Flame Essence?" Di
Yalan exclaimed in surprise, "It is common sense! Hell! Are you a warrior
or not?"
Shi Yan was quite indifferent. "I'm all ears."
"Do you know there are three types of flames? As in Sky, Earth and
Human?"
"Not really."
"What? You don't even know about that?"
"Nope."
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Di Yalan shook her head bitterly for she totally had no idea about Shi
Yan.
After a short pause, she explained leisurely, "The three types of flames
refer to Human Flames, Earth Flames and Sky Flames. Human Flames,
like my Blue Magic Flame, are the magical flames in human warriors,
which is a vital factor for alchemists and blacksmiths to train with. Every
high-level alchemist or blacksmith owns a Human Flame, because only it
can raise their skill to the highest."
Shi Yan nodded without a reply, and didn't move his eyes away from Di
Yalan.
After a short hesitation, Di Yalan added, "Earth Flames and Sky Flames
exist between the earth and sky, such as the Earth Core Flame in the
center of the earth and the Volcano Core Flame from the bottom of a
volcano, and are formed naturally. The difference between Earth Flames
and Sky Flames, is that the latter has a consciousness."
"What does that mean?" Shi Yan was intrigued.
"Natural flames without a consciousness are called Earth Flames, which
are regarded as a treasure like precious stones. As for a Sky Flame, it
can think, just like humankind. It is immortal and has magical power,
which is the most special life entity in this world. Some Sky Flames were
formed at the beginning of the Grace Mainland."
Though Shi Yan still looked indifferent, this stirred a storm in his mind.
He was a foreigner to this world and all the knowledge he obtained from
his own world was totally different from that of this world.
Before, he had never thought that these flames could even think and
have wisdom.
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Hearing that, Shi Yan got to know the magical charm of this world more
profoundly.
In this world, he met many mysterious things which he had never even
dreamt of, such as Martial Spirits, demon beasts, and so forth...
"So this Earth Core Flame Essence is an Earth Flame?" After thinking for
a long while, Shi Yan finally asked.
"This is the leftover liquid after an Earth Core Flame turned into a Sky
Flame. It's neither Earth Flame nor Sky Flame, but something in
between." "
"An Earth Flame can turn into a Sky Flame?" Shi Yan was shocked again.
"Of course, millions of years is a long time. Over time, Earth Flames
have the chance to gain consciousnesses and turn into a Sky Flame, but
the possibility is very small. Not all Earth Flames have the chance for
evolution."
Di Yalan was amused, "But this is the liquid left behind before the Earth
Core Flame turned into a Sky Flame. This liquid is very precious for
people owning Human Flames."
"How precious?"
"It can enhance the Human Flame and improve one's Martial Spirit!" Di
Yalan was so joyful that she was almost about to dance. "A Human
Flame is from one's body and can't be hotter than the flames in nature.
Only top level warriors can make their Human Flames as hot as those in
the natural world after strengthening them several times"
"Got it." Shi Yan nodded, "So this liquid can enhance your Blue Magic
Flame and give it the temperature of an Earth Flame?"
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"That's it!" Di Yalan nodded vigorously and stared at him with her
shining eyes. After a hesitation, she said in shame, "Uhh..."
"Well, don't worry. It's yours."
"I..." Di Yalan was delighted. She felt that she gained some extra
advantage and wanted to say something.
Shi Yan replied peacefully, "Earth Core Flame Essence is of no use for
me and I don't even possess a Martial Spirit. What do I need it for? Just
take it with you."
"But you can trade for any valuable medicine you want from the three
Medicine Kings in Medicine Valley with this liquid."
"Well, you keep it then." Shi Yan frowned and said casually, "There was
a book on the Martial Skills of Spirit Level?"
Hearing Shi Yan's reminder, Di Yalan began to search in the bag again
hurriedly.
"This is it." Di Yalan took out a dark yellow ancient book. She glanced at
it and said, "I can't read these ancient characters. We need to find some
specialist to translate it for us."
"Let me have a look." Shi Yan asked for the book naturally as he
stretched out his hand.
The previous owner of Shi Yan's body was a big fan of ancient things.
Though he knew nothing about martial arts, he was much better than
most so-called scholars in this world when it came to ancient languages
and historic sites.
Shi Yan took a glimpse at the ancient letters on the book cover as soon
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as he got the reddish ancient book and mumbled the word naturally,
"Gravitational Field..."
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Chapter 40
Sharing the Treasure
"You know these ancient letters?" Di Yalan couldn't help but shout in
surprise.
"Yeah, just a little."
Shi Yan nodded, but he didn't take a closer look at the contents of the
book. He just held the book in his arms casually and said with a cool
voice, "You take the bottle of Earth Core Flame Essence, and I will take
this practice book for Spirit Level Martial Skills."
Di Yalan nodded to show her agreement. The bottle of Earth Core Flame
Essence was indeed extremely precious for her. She was already on top
of the world with that little bottle of liquid in her hand.
"But what about these three Demon Crystals?"
After a while, Di Yalan asked again. And this time, while she was talking,
she gave a quick glimpse toMu Yu Die on her side, with a pretty
complicated message in her eyes.
Shi Yan had already got his book of Spirit Level Martial Skill, which was
obviously worth millions. However, until now, only Mu Yu Die hadn't got
anything.
Those three Demon Crystals were apparently not as valuable as the
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Earth Core Flame Essence or the Skill book. Therefore, Di Yalan intended
to give those Demon Crystals to Mu Yu Die. However, she was worried
that Shi Yan might be against this decision. That's why she said this to
gauge Shi Yan's reaction.
"Then give them to Miss Mu. I'm OK with that."
Of course Shi Yan knew what Di Yalan was up to. He said calmly, "We
cannot leave Miss Mu with nothing. We have both got what we want.
How about giving those three Demon Crystals to Miss Mu?"
"Sure, I'm also fine with this." Di Yalan smiled with satisfaction. She was
quite glad to see Shi Yan being so understanding and considerate.
Mu Yu Die looked a little surprised at Shi Yan's words. She stared at Shi
Yan for a moment, and then shook her head and replied with an
awkward smile, "I didn't do anything helpful and have been depending
on your protection all this time. I cannot take these three Demon
Crystals."
"Die..." Di Yalan wanted to say something but hesitated.
"No, I cannot take them." Mu Yu Die looked pretty determined. She
shook her head firmly, and started to tease herself, "I have become a
burden for you. You almost lost your lives protecting me. How can I take
these three Demon Crystals? Sister Lan, Ding Yan, I know you are being
very kind to me, but I would feel ashamed to take these Demon
Crystals."
"Then just take one of them." Shi Yan said after some hesitation,
"Anyway, you must take one of these Demon Crystals. We cannot take
such advantage of you."
"Yes, at least take one of them." Di Yalan also insisted.
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Seeing the two of them both insisting on this, Mu Yu Die found it very
hard to deny their kindness any more. She nodded after some hesitation
and said, "Well, thanks a lot for your generosity!"
Shi Yan stopped talking and closed his eyes again, going back to operate
the Profound Qi inside his body for recovery.
When he cleared his mind and concentrated on the inside, he could
clearly feel the changes going on in his body.
He didn't know why, but somehow, just by sitting there, he could feel the
pain and soreness in his muscles were quickly disappearing.
Shi Yan cleared his mind and focused himself completely on the changes
his body was going through.
Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning in his mind. His spirit suddenly
lit up and it seemed he had realized something.
This is the Immortal Martial Spirit!
Inside his body, his flesh, muscles, bones, veins, organs and entrails
were all undergoing subtle changes.
The Immortal Martial Spirit had been secretly repairing his body in a way
that he could never understand. His weakness due to breaking out of
"Rampage" was also gradually returning to normal.
Shi Yan was extremely surprised. He realized that the Immortal Martial
Spirit could not only recover his wounds, but also offset most of the side
effects that he had been suffering from "Rampage"!
Without the help of the Immortal Martial Spirit, he was almost certain
that he would be unable to confront any opponents for the next three
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days after using "Rampage".
However, thanks to the Immortal Martial Spirit, this was no longer the
case.
With the help of the Immortal Martial Spirit, the soreness and fatigue in
his body was slowly disappearing.
Judging from the condition of his body right now, it would at most, take
one more day for him to recover half of his power. There would be no
problem for him to engage in another fight with the enemy then.
However, just at that moment when he was gloating in secret, a sudden
strong wave of evil and crazy killing intent flared up from the bottom of
his heart.
This explosion of his negative energy was as fierce as a tsunami and was
more destructive than ever!
Streams of energy mixed with desperation, fear and resentment were
rushing out from the meridians all over his body. They had transformed
into waves of spiritual power, roaring through his mind, corrupting his
thoughts with an overwhelming force, and altering his morals and
personality!
This time, he had absorbed the Profound Qi from all four Nascent
Warriors as well as the two Warriors of the Human Level. When the six of
them breathed their last breath, Shi Yan was right there with them in
this stone cave.
Therefore, he had captured all the Profound Qi coming from the six
warriors without missing a drop, which was way thicker and stronger
than all the Profound Qi that he had absorbed before.
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Therefore, the backlash this time was also fiercer than ever.
Although Shi Yan was still sitting there, his breath started to get heavier
and heavier, and his body started to tremble slightly. His body was
wrapped in a thick web of killing intent, making him appear even more
evil to the others.
After a few minutes, he guessed that he couldn't resist this force any
more. He suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Di Yalan with desire
burning in his eyes. He said in a very low voice, "I'm having that weird
thing happen to my body again!"
Di Yalan was stunned for one moment, and then quickly blushed all of a
sudden. She said to Mu Yu Die in a low voice, "Die, you... you turn
around, and don't look."
Mu Yu Die's face also quickly went red. She bit her lips a little, turned to
the entrance of the cave with her back towards those two people, and
said, "You two be quiet. Please don't draw the attention of those demon
beasts here. I... I'll be staying here at the entrance."
"Em." Di Yalan answered with a very low voice and then quickly threw
herself into Shi Yan's arms.
Shortly after, inside the cave, a slapping rhythm could be heard.
...
After a long time, with a deep moaning and trembling of the body, Shi
Yan released his climax inside Di Yalan's body.
From the meridians all over his body, there suddenly sprung streams of
magical power.
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This strange power was wandering around inside his body randomly,
with only a small part of it shooting into Di Yalan's body together with
his essence. Most of this strange power was still rushing and bumping
around inside his veins and vessels, filling his entire body.
Shi Yan suddenly opened his eyes.
He pulled up his pants and left Di Yalan, who was still enjoying her
moment of bliss, lying on the ground. He quickly went towards Mu Yu
Die and said, "Miss Mu, quick, come here!"
Mu Yu Die was completely shocked by his actions, and couldn't help
moving back. Her pretty face instantly went pale. She cried out with
horror, "No! Don't come close!"
"The magical power inside my body has just spilled out a little!" Shi Yan
was moving towards Mu Yu Die with a heavy panting, and said
impatiently, "I am trying my best to control it right now. Let me try and
see if I can share some of it with you in order to help you recover your
broken veins and muscles inside your body!"
"No way!" Mu Yu Die started screaming, "No, no, no, I'm not ready yet! I
don't want to do that with you! Don't come close!"
"I didn't mean that!" Shi Yan roared with a low voice.
He could feel the magical power split into dozens of streams, roaming
around inside his body across his muscles, veins, flesh and blood,
nurturing his Martial Spirits and Profound Qi in his abdomen
respectively.
With this speed, before long, this magical power would be dispersed all
over his body and absorbed entirely.
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Shi Yan was concentrating more than ever right now. He forcibly blocked
a small part of this strange power inside his arm. He was hanging onto
this magical power very tightly and planned to inject this part of the
power into Mu Yu Die's body through the spillover of his Profound Qi.
Seeing Mu Yu Die continuously backing away, Shi Yan got extremely
impatient. He suddenly took a step forward and grabbed Mu Yu Die
tightly into his arms.
With the soft and nicely curved body of Mu Yu Die suddenly taken into
his arms, a refreshing and sweet fragrance instantly kissed his face
tenderly, making his spirit excited all of a sudden.
"Let go of me!" Mu Yu Die didn't buy Shi Yan's theory at all. She was
hitting Shi Yan's chest intensely with her little fists, and struggling with
all her might.
However, with all of her veins and muscles broken, she couldn't manage
to use her Profound Qi smoothly.
With all her power being void, she was no different from a weak fragile
little girl, and couldn't break out of Shi Yan's arms even a little.
"Stop struggling! Just be quiet!" Shi Yan locked up his arms even tighter
and forced her delicious and delicate body tightly against his own,
leaving her no room to struggle.
At that moment, Shi Yan made the magical power inside his arms
quickly rush towards his wrists, all the way through his palms, and into
the veins and muscles on Mu Yu Die's back.
"Now, try your best to move this power to your broken veins and
muscles! Quick!" With Mu Yu Die locked up in his arms, Shi Yan quickly
whispered into her delicate ears.
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Mu Yu Die's ears twitched a lot, and her sweet body couldn't help
trembling. She was silently cursing Shi Yan as a bastard in her heart.
However, she clearly felt two strange waves of power flowing into her
body through Shi Yan's palms and circling inside the veins and muscles
in her back.
Under Shi Yan's harsh order, Mu Yu Die finally became quiet and
stopped her struggling. She started to make her best efforts to feel the
magical power inside her body, take control of it, and use it for the
recovery of her broken veins and muscles.
Holding Mu Yu Die tightly in his arms, feeling the delicious curves of her
body, smelling the sweet fragrance from her body, Shi Yan was suddenly
distracted and starting to entertain some dirty thoughts in his mind. He
couldn't help the excitement coming from his lower body.
"Ah!"
Mu Yu Die screamed with embarrassment. She said in a hurry with a
blushed face, "Let go of me now! You... acting like this... I ... I cannot
calm myself down."
"Well, I will let you go for now." Shi Yan knew that this was not the right
time for him to take advantage of her. He nodded and slightly kissed Mu
Yu Die's cheek, "I will take this as a reward for offering you this magical
power as a gift."
After these words, Shi Yan released Mu Yu Die from his arms and took a
few steps back. He then sat down against the stone wall and slowly
closed his eyes.
Mu Yu Die's entire face was completely red. She was both embarrassed
and annoyed at the same time. She glared at Shi Yan with anger and
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cursed, "You dirty bastard!"
After this, with her beautiful bosoms heaving up and down, Mu Yu Die
took a few deep breaths before finally calming down.
She understood that given this critical situation, she couldn't afford to
waste any time on blaming Shi Yan. She also quickly sat down and tried
to use the magical power that she got from Shi Yan to restore the
broken veins and muscles inside her body.
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Chapter 41
Chapter 41 The Third Sky of Nascent Level
It was silent outside the valley.
The demon beasts had left a long time ago.
It was already daytime, as the sunlight filtered into the cave through
thick bushes like fire.
The three were training cross-legged on the ground with steady breaths.
Not knowing how much time had passed, Shi Yan woke up from the
serenity. He stood up, stretched his neck and tried to move his body.
The Third Sky of Nascent Level!
With a deep breath, Shi Yan felt refreshed and his fatigue disappeared at
once, while his senses became much more accurate.
With the help of the magical power, Shi Yan's training speed advanced
as fast as a shooting arrow, and he increased to the Third Sky of Nascent
Level at once!
Standing at the entrance of the cave, he was dimly able to perceive the
spiritual scent between the sky and the earth.
He couldn't smell the spiritual scent in the air before. But now, it was all
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so clear to him that he could sense it easily.
To perceive the spiritual scent in the air was something only Third Sky of
Nascent Level warriors could manage. Once he perceived the spiritual
scent, he could train his martial skills faster with its help.
As soon as he willed it, his body turned as hard as iron immediately,
while his skin turned dark brown and was covered with a vague black
light which was similar to the state when he operated his Black Light
Shield.
"Er?"
Shi Yan was a little surprised. After a careful examination, he was certain
that he wasn't even utilizing his Black Light Shield with Profound Qi.
This was to say, the dark light covering the skin was merely the reaction
to reaching the second stage of Petrification Martial Spirit.
He smiled after further examination, knowing that the magical change to
his skin must have something to do with his Martial Spirit.
It was rather bright in the cave now. Shi Yan's black eyes blinked and
began to wander to Mu Yu Die and Di Yalan's bodies.
Mu Yu Die and Di Yalan were still sitting on the ground cross-legged with
tightly closed eyes. There was a vague light moving around their bodies,
as their Profound Qi operated in their bodies along specific paths.
He had injected part of the magical power into Mu Yu Die's body,
because he wanted to know if this magical power could be passed on to
others without sexual intercourse.
And also, he wanted more help. He was not sure how many foes he
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would meet during the upcoming journey. It would affect their travel if
Mu Yu Die still needed protection.
As Di Yalan had said, Mu Yu Die was also a warrior before her tendons
broke. If Mu Yu Die recovered, it would be very beneficial for their
journey ahead.
Because of those thoughts, he gave that small part of the magical power
to her.
Holding his breath, Shi Yan focused his attention on Mu Yu Die.
Suddenly, he felt a strong Profound Qi circulating in her body.
A little surprised, he couldn't help but take several glances at her. After
a further thought, he got even more confused...
To his amazement, Mu Yu Die's Profound Qi was more refined than Di
Yalan's, which meant... Mu Yu Die was a higher level than Di Yalan!
Shi Yan was really shocked. He knew Mu Yu Die was a warrior too, but he
thought she was no more than Nascent Level.
After all, Mu Yu Die was much younger than Di Yalan, thus there was no
way she could be a higher-leveled warrior than Di Yalan.
But it turned out to be quite the opposite. Shi Yan finally realized that Mu
Yu Die was already a Human-Level warrior at such young age. It was an
entire level higher than Di Yalan!
As he was standing there stunned, he acutely felt that Mu Yu Die's
Profound Qi was calming down gradually.
He knew that Mu Yu Die was about to wake up...
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As expected, before long, Mu Yu Die's eyelashes shook and she opened
her eyes slowly.
Two clean and bright eyes suddenly observed the cave, and Mu Yu Die's
delicate little face lit up. She looked like an extremely beautiful and
attractive angel in the wood.
Shi Yan was dumbstruck as he gazed at such a beautiful creature. He
couldn't even think straight.
"Done staring?" Mu Yu Die looked indifferent as she stood up slowly.
After stretching herself, she chuckled, "From now on, I'm not your
burden anymore."
Streams of thin white light flew out from her arms as she was stretching
her body. The light soon disappeared in the air...
As Mu Yu Die moved her fingers slowly in the air, the light showed up
again little by little, and began to shuttle between her smooth fingers.
"I haven't played my zither for so long. Need a practice now." Mu Yu Die
smiled. That smile was like a clean brook in a valley, serene, empty and
intoxicating.
"You are much prettier than before." Gazing at her for a long while, Shi
Yan uttered.
With her veins connected and the Profound Qi of the top of Human Level
flowing in the body, her skin became extremely translucent, while her
face turned rosy and her eyes brightened. Mu Yu Die looked so confident
that nothing in the world could terrify her.
With her strength regained, Mu Yu Die seemed to have turned into
another person that she was much more attractive than before.
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At this moment, in Shi Yan eyes, Mu Yu Die was literally far prettier than
Di Yalan and Mo Yanyu. Both her level and temperament transcended
those two girls.
"Thanks." Mu Yu Die smiled casually, "How long has it been?"
"Two days, I guess." Shi Yan hesitated, "I'm not sure either. I just feel
that we have stayed in the cave for more than one day. You recovered?"
"Yes." Mu Yu Die nodded confidently, "Let's leave this cave and set off
after Sister Lan wake up."
"Ok." Shi Yan replied casually, and felt a little bitter.
Before, though Mu Yu Die was too naive and too kind, she was quite
adorable, just like a lovely little sister.
Though Mu Yu Die became more attractive after regaining her energy,
her cuteness disappeared, and on the contrary, she made Shi Yan feel
some holiness from her, which made Shi Yan a little disappointed.
Disappointed, Shi Yan didn't bother to say anything. Instead, he walked
out of the cave and began to wander in the valley.
Taking out the book "Gravitational Field" on Spirit Level Martial Skills out
of his bag, he turned the pages randomly. Without reading it carefully,
he put the book into the bag scrupulously, he was now sure that there
were letters in the book.
Spirit Level Martial Skills could only be trained by warriors of at least
Earth Level. But he was just a Nascent Level warrior now, which was a
long way from Earth Level. Without advancing, to train with the Spirit
Level Martial at a low warrior level would only disturb one's mind.
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Because of that reason, Shi Yan put the book away after he was assured
it was authentic.
A half day later, Di Yalan and Mu Yu Die walked out of the cave together.
They were clean, dressed and high spirited, ready to set off.
"Kid, thank you. I've stabilised my level now." Di Yalan said loudly after
she got out.
It was rather dangerous a short time after one reached a new level. The
warrior needed strengthen his Profound Qi as soon as possible, or he
would be hurt in fights and training while his level was still unstable.
The essence from Shi Yan took effect again in Mu Yu Die's body, which
stabilised her level, and enabled her to fight without any fear of
backlash.
"Well then, let's set off." Not intending to boast, Shi Yan smiled
naturally, and guided them out of the valley.
...
Seven days later.
The three of them finally stepped out of the enormous Dark Forest.
Looking at the huge ancient trees behind them, they all felt themselves
lucky survivors of a disaster.
In those seven days, they never got into any danger.
The warriors and mercenaries in the Dark Forest had either died or were
wounded, not daring to stay in that dangerous area. The demon beasts
led by the Silver Thunder Wolf had also calmed down and didn't show up
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again.
Since the demon beasts and mercenaries were quiet, their journey
became magically smooth. Without meeting any obstacles, they went
through the most dangerous area and stepped out of the Dark Forest.
They need to pass Silent Town if they were going to the Merchant Union,
and they must cross the wide Stone Woods to get to the Silent Woods.
The stones in the Stone Woods were all grotesque in shape, which were
either as big as a mountain, or as small as a human. In addition, there
were also many stone caves, which were natural shelters.
There were always brutal warriors lurking in the Stone Woods, killing and
trading.
Those walking out of the Dark Forest were trade caravans, or warriors
and mercenaries who were seeking adventure.
Merchants from foreign countries must have goods with them, while
those adventurous warriors and mercenaries, who could get out of the
Dark Forest alive, must have medicines and materials from demon
beasts.
These people all had something valuable with them...
Therefore, there were people hiding in the Stone Woods for years, who
would show up if they found their prey was weak and harvest their
goods after a nasty slaughter.
Thus, sometimes the Stone Woods were more dangerous than the Dark
Forest. A single man who stepped into it, unless he was a Disaster Level
warrior, would always get into trouble.
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"The Stone woods is very dangerous. Maybe the people from the Dark
World are lurking there..." Di Yalan thought for a while and reminded Mu
Yu Die.
"Someone will come to our aid in the Stone Woods, no worries."Mu Yu
Die smiled and looked back at Shi Yan, "You are going into the Stone
Woods?"
"Yup. I'm from the Merchant Union, of course I will go back there. " Shi
Yan replied.
"Good. Then let's go there together. You will be safe with us in the Stone
Woods." Mu Yu Die looked confident, and before Shi Yan replied, she
added, "let's go into the Stone Woods. Don't worry, we are safe now."
"Ok." Shi Yan replied. Though he didn't relax. Once they stepped into
the Stone Woods, he was always on alert.
From the memories of the other Shi Yan, he knew it was chaos in the
Stone Woods. All the powerful parties were involved in it, including the
big families from the Merchant Union.
He didn't know what Mu Yu Die had that made her so confident. But he
knew they would be killed in an instant if they weren't cautious.
Shi Yan kept calm as he looked around in the woods. Every five steps, he
would turn back and examine carefully.
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Chapter 42
Chapter 42 Departure
In the Stone Woods. Beside a giant rock.
Mo Chaoge, Bernard, and the Crescent Emissary were standing
indifferently, seeming to wait for some news.
Before long, a Star Emissary appeared on the stone path far away, who
was heading in their direction hurriedly.
That Star Emissary came near and bowed to the Crescent Emissary, "Sir,
still no trace of them."
The Crescent Emissary nodded, and waved his hand, "Keep watching
those passes! Be on alert!"
"Yes Sir!"
The Star Emissary who was in charge of collecting information stepped
back silently and disappeared into the piles of stones.
One hour later.
Big Johnson, who had lost his arm, showed up from another stone path.
He walked up to Mo Chaoge and gave a salute, "No news of them."
"Well." Mo Chaoge nodded, "Keep watching. I just don't believe that
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they won't come out."
"Third master, is it possible that they were already killed by the demon
beasts in the Dark Forest?" Johnson asked after a hesitation, "It is said
that the demon beasts in that area went crazy after we left. Many
warriors died because of them. They disappeared for so long, maybe
they were killed by those demon beasts."
"Could be."
Surprisingly, Mo Chaoge didn't oppose, but nodded and said, "But if they
were not killed by demon beasts and slipped through to the Merchant
Union, we can do nothing anymore. You know what I mean?"
"Got it! I will go and watch right now!" Johnson was enlightened and left
immediately.
Frowning, Mo Chaoge said to the Crescent Emissary next to him, "Let's
wait for another month, if they still don't show up, I guess they must
have been killed in there. What do you think?"
"Well, I agree with you." The Crescent Emissary agreed. He thought for a
moment and said, "I got the information that the Medicine King Gan Xiao
and the Silver Thunder Wolf are still fighting in the Dark Forest. But since
there are too many demon beasts, Gan Xiao seemed to begin to
withdraw. The demon beasts in the Dark Forest have now all gathered
around the Silver Thunder Wolf, chasing the Medicine King Gan Xiao and
his escorts. That battle area is relatively safe now."
"You mean they may still be alive?" Mo Chaoge asked.
"Very likely." The Crescent Emissary said, "Many warriors were killed in
that region, and those not being killed had been scared out of the forest
a long time ago. Therefore they can easily get out of the forest alive if
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they are not unlucky."
"They'd better be alive!" Bernard from the Tush Mercenary Union was
filled with hatred as he said coldly, "They will regret being in this world."
A cold light flashed in the Crescent Emissary's eyes, as he said
indifferently, "I will take Mu Yu Die away."
"Then that skinny boy is mine. He stole something from my Mo Family,
so I need to get it first. Then you can do whatever you want to him." Mo
Chaoge took a glimpse at Bernard, and said in despise.
Bernard kept silent, pondering on something that no one knew.
...
Shi Yan was walking on the jagged stones cautiously, not daring to relax
his vigilance.
Mu Yu Die and Di Yalan were discussing something ahead of him. He
couldn't hear them clearly.
"Ding Yan." Mu Yu Die paused abruptly and turned around to look at
him.
"Yeah?" Shi Yan was surprised and relaxed his vigilance a little, "What's
the matter?"
"You are from the Merchant Union?" Mu Yu Die hesitated and then asked
casually.
"Yup."
"You trained all by yourself?"
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"Yup."
"You helped me a lot all along the way, so I want to introduce you to
someone. If he thinks highly of you, it will be very beneficial for your
training. What do you think?" Mu Yu Die was serious, as her beautiful
eyes shone and gazed at him.
Shi Yan was shocked at first, and after a long while, he shook his head
and replied indifferently, "Miss Mu, thank you for your kindness, but I
don't like to be restrained."
He understood, Mu Yu Die wanted to introduce him to an influential
person or to a certain power.
In this world there were many single warriors who were at a very high
level and could do whatever they wanted without any help.
But most warriors would choose to attach themselves to a certain power
or a big family.
Those powers and families possessed lots of resources, immense Martial
Skills and training materials, and most importantly, reputed warrior
trainers, which could speed up one's training process and step into a
higher level.
However, those influential powers and families hardly admitted unknown
warriors. It was very hard for a warrior to enter a big power without
anyone's introduction.
Apparently Mu Yu Die knew someone influential and she wanted to
thank Shi Yan in that way.
"It is very hard to train all by yourself." Mu Yu Die was a little shocked,
as she couldn't understand Shi Yan. "One could gain rapid advancement
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only when he joins a strong power, and could get help at difficult times.
A single warrior tends to be attacked in foreign areas. You understand
that?"
"Yes, to train alone has many disadvantages. Die is very considerate.
You still have the chance to reject after meeting that person." Di Yalan
persuaded too.
"Nope. I'll mind my own business, and I don't want to be anyone's
domestic servant." Shi Yan shook his head firmly.
"Then whatever." Mu Yu Die frowned and felt that Shi Yan was being
ungrateful, though she didn't insist.
Di Yalan sighed, with a little bit of bitterness.
She would go with Mu Yu Die, and since Shi Yan rejected Mu Yu Die's
invitation, they would depart forever, for there was little chance they
would meet again.
In the past few days, Shi Yan had already walked into her heart. She was
filled with sorrow at the thought of their departure.
"Ding Yan, I must go with Die. You..."
After a long thought, Di Yalan couldn't help but plead, as she looked at
Shi Yan with regret.
"You can go with me." Shi Yan was stunned, then added, "If you are
willing to."
"I..."
Di Yalan looked gloomy as she murmured, "The power behind Die can
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not only protect Die, but also help me increase my ability. Furthermore,
Die has promised me that I will get exorbitant training materials, as well
as a weapon of the Soul Level, and will even have the opportunity to
train with Spirit Level Martial Skills. I..."
"Then fine!"
Shi Yan replied decidedly, "You have your own pursuits, so do I. And I
can't give you what you want... Let's depart as soon as we get to Silent
Town."
Obviously Di Yalan chose Mu Yu Die because she thought the power at
Mu's back was more beneficial for her. And Mu Yu Die really gave her a
high price, so she found it hard to refuse.
"Ding Yan..." Di Yalan was heartbroken, "I'm sorry."
"You don't need to apologize." Shi Yan shook his head and replied
indifferently, "We did everything at our own will. We don't owe each
other."
"You!" Di Yalan was a little angry as she stared at Shi Yan with
discontent. Her chest trembled, but then she uttered with a bitter sigh,
"However you think about it, I have my own plans. You are too young to
understand that..."
Shi Yan curled his lips and looked at them coldly, not saying a word.
"You just don't appreciate it." Mu Yu Die grunted.
"If there isn't a common ground, a single word is a waste of breath." Shi
Yan shook his head and walked onto another crossroad without taking a
look at the two girls. His back to them, he said coldly, "Goodbye
forever."
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"Ding Yan!" Di Yalan shouted, "Didn't you say we wouldn't depart till we
get to Silent Town?"
"Miss Mu is at the Third Sky of Human Level, and there will be skillful
warriors supporting you in the Woods. You don't need to worry anymore.
I won't take advantage of that." Shi Yan's sound faded away gradually,
and so did his figure.
"This arrogant guy will get into trouble someday." Mu Yu Die shook her
head, "One has to learn to yield sometimes in this world. Or it will be
hard to survive, especially for us warriors."
Di Yalan was so disappointed, "I'm so worried about him. Why not just
go with us? Why did he refuse?"
"Never mind. Stop worrying. We all will be in the Merchant Union, and
will get the chance to meet again." Mu Yu Die comforted her, "Sister
Lan, though we are women, we have a mission to make our family
prosper and avenge Uncle Luo and our friends. We have to depend on a
big power and complete our mission."
After a short pause, some mixed emotions crossed her eyes. Mu Yu Die
recalled the days when they were travelling with Shi Yan and that mindblowing
kiss with him in that cave...
But eventually, she shook her head firmly, seeming to get rid of Shi
Yan's shadow in her mind. "And him, just let him be a beautiful memory
in our lives."
She seemed to say that to herself.
"He is not that bad... almost Human Level... and he is so young..." Di
Yalan mumbled.
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"It will take at least ten years for him to advance to Disaster or Earth
Level, and even longer to get to Nirvana and Sky. We don't have that
much time. Furthermore, he is on his own, without any strong support..."
"Well, fine. I hope we made the right choice."
"I've never made a mistake!"
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Chapter 43
Chapter 43 Beiming Family
In the Stone Woods.
Mo Yanyu was leaning her plump behind against an oval rock under the
hot sun. Frowning slightly, she seemed to be deep in thought.
A Mo Family escort with a plain and pimply face was standing next to her
and was also deep in thought while narrowing his eyes.
The sound of inconsistent heavy steps gradually came from afar.
Mo Yanyu opened her eyes and fluttered her eyelashes. She glanced at
Johnson, who was rapidly running towards her, and coldly reproached,
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"We've spotted them!" Johnson answered with a twisted face, "Two
girls! According to the Star Emissary, that's who we want!"
Mo Yanyu's adorable eyes suddenly lit up while her expression calmed
down, "Is the boy with them too?"
"Seems not..." after a short pause, Johnson said calmly, "We will know
where the boy is once we catch the girls."
"Had Third Uncle got this message?"
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"One of our Star Emissaries had been sent for him."
"In which direction?" Mo Yanyu stood her beautiful body upright and
stretched her limbs slowly, "Are they further away from us or Third
Uncle?"
"Further away from us. If everything goes well the Third Master and his
people should arrive here soon." Johnson replied.
"Well then, let's not worry about it right now." Mo Yanyu frowned, as she
talked to the pimply Mo Family escort next to her, "Uncle Li, do we need
to go up there and meet them?"
"No hurry, our target hasn't shown up yet." Li Han smiled and shook his
head, "Third Master and the people from the Dark World are all there, so
it will be fine. This pass is very crucial as well. We'd better stay on high
alert. Our goal is that boy. All our previous efforts will go to waste if that
boy slips away."
"That makes sense." Mo Yanyu nodded, without saying anything else.
...
"Wooowoowoo! Woowoowoo!"
While stopping beside a snake-shaped rock, Mu Yu Die took out a silver
horn and began to blow it.
The sound of the horn rippled away like waves to far away places.
Figures hiding in every corner of the Stone Woods came out one after
another after they heard the horn, quickly rushing in the direction of Mu
Yu Die.
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"Sister Lan, don't worry, some people will come to our rescue." Mu Yu
Die smiled lightly, "We are really safe here. No need to worry about the
Dark World."
"Hopefully..." Di Yalan barely smiled. She couldn't settle down as she
was worried about Shi Yan. She sighed, "I hope he is fine..."
Shortly after, shadows appeared one after the other from far away. The
man in the lead turned out to be the Crescent Emissary from the Dark
World, and beside him were Mo Chaoge and Bernard, as well as several
other Mo Family warriors and Star Emissaries.
"Miss Mu, nice to meet you again." The Crescent Emissary's vicious eyes
were wandering over Mu Yu Die's body like a cunning snake. His voice
was like ice, "You nearly managed a perfect escape! But too bad.
Unfortunately for you, you didn't quite make it to the Merchant Union.
You will instead be taken away by me."
"Really?" Mu Yu Die smiled calmly, showing no fear.
The Crescent Emissary frowned and was confused. Mu Yu Die was too
calm at this time. This was too abnormal.
"Where is that young guy who was hanging around with you?"
Mo Chaoge came over, glanced at the girls, and said coldly, "Tell me
where the boy is! Or I will kill her first!"
Mo Chaoge pointed at Di Yalan.
"She is mine!" Bernard angrily stared at Mo Chaoge, then flashed over
to Di Yalan like lightning and stretched his hand towards her.
"Triing!"
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Noise from a zither rang out suddenly. The sound was like a sharp
weapon, lightly cutting into one's nerves.
Bernard quivered and his face suddenly twisted in pain. He stepped back
quickly and stared at Mu Yu Die in astonishment.
Holding her zither, Mu Yu Die had already sat down. She looked at
Bernard with a cold expression on her face, "You wanna try again?"
Bernard's brain felt like it was being stabbed by a steel needle and he
felt like his head was splitting. Hearing that, his face became even more
distorted, but he didn't dare step up again.
"That's impossible!"
The Crescent Emissary's face twisted and showed panic for the first
time, "It has only been a few weeks, your Music Martial Spirit shouldn't
have recovered so soon!"
After a pause, he seemed to remember something and sneered, "I know,
you forced yourself to operate your broken veins! You are seeking
death!"
"Oh?" Mu Yu Die replied indifferently, "Maybe you can give it a try? I
know you have reached the Disaster Level. But if you could remember,
you should know that I killed a Crescent Emissary at the same level as
you with my Music Martial Spirit before we entered the Dark Forest."
This not only made the Crescent Emissary hesitate, but also made both
Bernard and Mo Chaoge also panick. They stared at her with an
unbelievable look in their eyes.
"Emissary? This... is it true?" Mo Chaoge felt his mouth go dry and he
took several steps back. He made a gesture to tell the Mo Family
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warriors not to take action.
"She could do that if she is in a good condition... but now, I don't buy it."
The Crescent Emissary grunted.
"Haha, Emissary, it's up to you." Mo Chaoge retracted further, and stood
amongst the Mo Family warriors, showing that they were not going to
take the initiative.
"Whoever comes up first, dies first." Mu Yu Die said coldly, and then
turned her head away, not bothering to say anything more.
Di Yalan was standing beside her on alert with a stoney face.
Suddenly all was silent.
Though suspicious, the Crescent Emissary didn't take action blindly.
At the same time Bernard and Mo Chaoge quieted down after they heard
that Mu Yu Die was capable of killing a Disaster Level Warrior. They
made eye-contact with the Crescent Emissary to urge him to test Mu Yu
Die.
At that moment, shadows appeared from all directions from the
surrounding rocks.
A tall man suddenly stood beside Mu Yu Die and said softly, "Miss Mu,
how are you?"
Everyone in the area, including the Crescent Emissary, Mo Chaoge and
Bernard, who were all Disaster Level warriors, couldn't figure out how he
appeared.
That man just appeared next to Mu Yu Die like a ghost.
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"Martial Spirit of Teleportation! Beiming Family!"
Mo Chaoge screamed in shock.
"Look who we have here... the Mo Family!" The handsome young man
beside Mu Yu Die looked around in arroganceand said coldly, "Huh? You
wanna fight with my Beiming Family?"
"We dare not."
Mo Chaoge took a deep breath and calmed down. He said to the young
man politely, "It's the Third Young Master, no wonder Miss Mu was so
confident. Third Young Master, I didn't know that Miss Mu was protected
by the Beiming Family. If I knew that earlier, I wouldn't have bothered
coming here. Please forgive me, Third Young Master..."
Beiming Ce waved his hand and said impatiently, "If it's none of the Mo
Family's business, just leave with your people. Don't get involved. I'm
gonna clean up the Dark World."
As he was talking, warriors wearing Beiming uniforms arrived one by
one.
Two old men, one thin and the other fat, stood next to him silently and
fixed their cold eyes on Mo Chaoge and the Crescent Emissary
separately.
"Well then, I will take my leave." Mo Chaoge smiled respectfully and left
at once.
The Mo Family warriors turned quiet after they saw Beiming Ce, and left
immediately with Mo Chaoge.
As for Bernard, he stepped back and was about to run away into the
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Stone Woods.
Mu Yu Die touched her zither softly and said, "Third Young Master,
please kill that guy."
"Triing!"
The sound of the zither rang out.
Benard's body quivered heavily and he almost fell down. He
jumpedbehind a rock immediately and ran as fast as hell.
"Old Yin, please." Beiming Ce ordered softly.
The thin old man behind him suddenly rushed out like a ghost and, after
a moment, disappeared.
Three seconds later, Bernard's miserable horrifying scream came from
within the Stone Woods.
Five minutes later the thin old man, Old Yin, flew back like a ghost and
stood still beside Beiming Ce, all without saying a word.
Note from the TL: Hey guys, thank you for reading this excellent novel!
And yeah, I know, though it's perfect, there's something funny...such as
the author sometime has bad memory that he forgets to make Di Yalan
and Mu Yu Die call Shi Yan "Ding Yan", and the Pinyin "Die" is like the
English word "die"...haha, anyway, it IS an intriguing novel, isn't it?
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Chapter 44
Chapter 44 Silent Town
"Thank you Third Young Master."
Mu Yu Die stood up and put her zither away slowly. Seeing the confusion
in the Crescent Emissary's eyes, she said, "You never thought you would
encounter misfortune after such a long chase, did you?"
"Beiming Ce! This is a matter between the Dark World and the Mu
Family. Your Beiming Family better not get involved!" The Crescent
Emissary didn't look at Mu Yu Die, but instead stared at Beiming Ce. "As
long as you allow me to take Miss Mu away, the Lord of the Dark World
will reward your Beiming Family with anything you want."
"No need." Beiming Ce shook his head and said calmly, "Since you're
already here, there is no reason for you to return."
The two old men behind him quickly flew out again.
These two old men flew towards the emissaries like hideous devils. After
a few seconds, all the emissaries from the Dark World, including the
Crescent Emissary, had their chests sliced open and died instantly.
Once the emissaries were all killed, the two frightening old men silently
flew back to Beiming Ce's side like two ghostly shadows.
Standing beside Mu Yu Die, Di Yalan was astonished when she saw the
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miserable deaths of the emissaries.
She knew the Beiming Family was very influential within the Merchant
Union, but she never thought they were this powerful!
The Beiming Family didn't care about retaliation from the Dark World.
Therefore, they ruthlessly killed the emissaries.
"Sister Lan, do you still think we made the wrong decision?" Mu Yu Die
smiled.
Di Yalan had a complicated expression on her face.She lightly sighed,
"No, it's just that..."
"Stop worrying. For our future's sake, it's best to forget about him as
soon as possible." Mu Yu Die persuaded her softly.
"Ok." Di Yalan nodded helplessly.
"Shall we go now?" Beiming Ce's black eyes wandered over Di Yalan and
Mu Yu Die for a while and asked politely.
"Sure."
...
In another region of the Stone Woods.
As Shi Yan stepped around a corner, he suddenly drew back quickly
while on alert.
"Shoo!"
A sharp arrow shot in front of him. At the same time, a Blue Smoke
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Bomb of the Mo Family shot up into the sky.
"Hum! It's you again! Reckless!" Shi Yan grunted with a stony face.
Mo Yanyu appeared from within a stone cave with arrows in her hand.
She looked at Shi Yan coldly and said, "You've finally shown up!"
Johnson with his broken arm and Li Han also appeared from the behind
her and blocked Shi Yan from both sides while watching him cautiously.
"You are seeking death!"
Shi Yan shouted and suddenly shot towards Mo Yanyu like a sharp
sword.
While shooting forwards, his body was covered with white smoke and
the smell of death. He looked like a terrifying devil!
"Miss! Watch out!" Li Han cried out in fear and flew towards Mo Yanyu
like lightning.
Li Han was at the Second Sky of Human Level, thus he could see Shi
Yan's amazing explosiveness! How could Mo Yanyu bear such violent
force!
"Cheechee!"
Shi Yan slammed his foot down and cut a long gouge in the ground.
Suddenly, his body changed direction and rushed towards Johnson,
moving faster than before.
"Bang!"
Before Johnson could even think, he saw a white shadow rushing
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towards him and an overwhelming power slammed into his body.
"Kakaka!"
All of Johnson's bones broke instantly and blood poured from his mouth
and eyes. He fell to the ground and moaned miserably.
"You are Johnson right? You certainly enjoyed it when you whipped me
hard a few days ago!" Standing beside Johnson, Shi Yan kicked Johnson's
chest again and again. He smirked, "Are you enjoying this now? Huh?"
Shi Yan continued to kick Johnson until a broken bone in his chest was
forced into his heart and he finally ceased to breathe.
"Brutal!" Li Han was shocked. Though he wanted to go up and kill Shi
Yan, he worried about Mo Yanyu, so he could only hesitate and shout,
unable to stop him.
Mo Yanyu was horrified. She was dumbstruck after she saw how brutally
Johnson was killed.
Then Johnson's Profound Qi was quickly absorbed into Shi Yan's
meridians in a few seconds.
Shi Yan turned back and fixed his bright eyes on Mo Yanyu, then he
smiled coldly, "Pretty, we will meet again. And believe me, you will
regret what you have done to me."
As he finished his sentence, he slipped around a nearby stone and
disappeared into the Stone Woods.
"Old Li, why didn't you kill him!" Mo Yanyu said angrily after Shi Yan
disappeared.
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"That guy is at least at the Second Sky of Nascent Level. And he used
brutal martial arts that could kill in a single move. He moved so fast that
I could hardly follow him. If I left, he would come and attack you, so I'm
afraid..." Li Han said apologetically.
"The Second Sky of Nascent Level!"
Mo Yanyu held her breath and fear could be seen in her eyes. She
mumbled, "It's impossible! There was only a little Profound Qi in his
body two months ago! He was merely at the First Sky of Elementary
Level!"
"What?" Li Han's whole body shook and looked at her unbelievably.
After a long time, he continued, "If that's true Miss, in my humble
opinion, you have caused a huge problem for the Mo Family."
...
Shi Yan moved quickly through the Stone Woods, not spending one more
second than necessary in any area.
He knew that Li Han was a Human Level warrior and the Blue Smoke
Bomb of the Mo Family was already in the sky, so more people would
gather there shortly. He had to escape as soon as possible to avoid any
further trouble.
Because of his cautiousness, he managed to escape from that
dangerous region before Mo Chaoge and his people arrived.
There didn't seem to be many warriors hiding in the Stone Woods.He
didn't see anyone while he was fleeing, which confused him a little. He
guessed this abnormality had something to do with those influential
people Mu Yu Die mentioned.
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...
After At nightfall.
Shi Yan finally got out of the Stone Woods and was walking towards
Silent Town which was only a very short distance away.
He slowed down a little and began to sort through the memories of the
previous owner of his body to recall everything he could about the Shi
Family.
He needed the identity of the former master of this body.
As one of the five biggest families in the Merchant Union, the Shi Family
was rich in all types of resources; such as Martial Skills, a Gravity Field
training room, rare Chinese medicines and skillful warrior trainers...
He needed to use these advantages to strengthen himself.
He had decided when he was at the blood pool that he would go to the
Shi Family, and that's why he refused Mu Yu Die's offer.
The identity of his body was too special that it would cause a lot of
trouble if he attached himself to another power.
In addition, a new power wouldn't give him access to the best resources.
But it would be totally different if he went to the Shi Family...
The master of his body was the young master of the Shi Family. As long
as he showed talent, the Shi Family would cultivate him at any cost.
It would be a total waste if he didn't take advantage of their special
resources.
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...
Once he reached Silent Town, he walked directly into a shop which was
collecting all sort of stones without a second thought and shouted
naturally, "Anyone here?"
Ana attendant came up with a wide smile, and flattered, "Young Master
Yan, you've finally returned! The Master sent Minister Han to pick you up
long ago since you disappeared in the Dark Forest. Young Master Yan,
Minister Han is in the backyard, for he has waited for you for many days.
But now, it is a little inconvenient for him to meet. Could you wait for a
moment...?"
The attendant page looked towards the backyard with ambiguous eyes.
"Never mind. I know what he is doing." Then Shi Yan walked directly into
the backyard of the shop.
Several Shi Family warriors were gambling in the backyard. At the sight
of Shi Yan, they panicked and put the dices away embarrassingly, then
greeted loudly, "Young Master Yan!"
"Please go on." Shi Yan waved his hands and strode past them to the
back room.
These warriors were quite surprised since Shi Yan left without scolding
them.
"What? He didn't reproach us this time. Too strange!"
"Yes. He used to scold us every time he saw us gambling. Do some
actual work! Stop goofing around! How strange that he didn't say
anything this time!"
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"Young Master Yan looked totally different. It seems... that he has
developed some manliness. Do you think so?"
"Well, yeah, you have a point."
"..."
Shi Yan opened the door as he reached the back room and walked in
directly, "Uncle Han, when did you arrive here?"
Han Zhong was quite shocked. After dressing himself in a hurry, he
smiled in embarrassment, "... Young Master Yan, when did you come
in?"
"I've been here quite a while." Shi Yan smiled, sipped his tea, and waved
his hand, "It's ok. If you are not satisfied enough you can keep going.
Besides, I have the chance to learn something from you."
"Kekeke!" Han Zhong coughed strongly for a while, "Satisfied, satisfied.
Well, Little Pineapple, you should go back to your business."
"Ok, I will take my leave. " That young woman dressed herself in bed
and then stepped down with a red face. As she walked to the doorway,
she suddenly turned back and glared at Shi Yan，"Everybody said Young
Master Yan from the Shi Family is a righteous man, I guess they are all
blind! I've never seen such a 'righteous' man before! Humph!"
Then she giggled and leered at Shi Yan, before she moving her hot body
out of the room.
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Chapter 45
Chapter 45 The Change
As soon as Xiao Feng Xian left, Han Zhong became more relaxed right
away.
After briefly dressing himself, Han Zhong sat down at the table in front
of Shi Yan, made a cup of tea and sipped it, "Young Master Yan, where
are your escorts?"
"All dead." Shi Yan looked calm as he explained casually, "The demon
beasts in the Dark Forest went insane when hunting the warriors. In
order to protect me, they all sacrificed themselves."
Han Zhong was rather shocked as he looked at Shi Yan in confusion, "I
was more or less aware of the situation. It's so lucky of you to have
escaped from it."
He had heard the news long ago that the Silver Thunder Wolf had gone
on a rampage, so he planned to go back to Shi Family in half a month
since he assumed that he wouldn't be able to find Shi Yan alive. He
couldn't believe that Shi Yan walked out of the Dark Forest unscathced.
It was so intense in the Dark Forest that even experienced warriors had
been killed. But Shi Yan, who was a nerd, had somehow managed to
survive. This completely surprised Han Zhong.
Han Zhong didn't really like the former master of Shi Yan's body.
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That guy didn't train in martial arts and was very old-fashioned; he loved
to look into things that no one else in the Shi Family liked. Han Zhong
couldn't understand that.
Now, if it weren't for Shi Jian's order and the fact that he happened to be
in Silent Town, he wouldn't have been here waiting for Shi Yan.
"Yes, you certainly did have good luck."
Shi Yan nodded as he smiled naturally, then he asked indifferently,
"Uncle Han, when are we returning home?"
"It's up to you, Young Master Yan. Actually I'm desperate to leave, for I
have something to report to the family head. I would have returned days
ago if it weren't for you." Han Zhong paused and answered boldly.
While he was talking, Han Zhong couldn't help but begin to examine Shi
Yan. He didn't notice it at first, but after a careful examination, he
realized something was different about him...
Shi Yan was much skinnier than before, and his round face had become
angular and more masculine.
Sitting there naturally, Shi Yan's kept his back upright and his body was
like a sharp sword which made him seem quite hard-edged.
That wasn't the only change in his appearance.
The former Shi Yan only lit up when he was researching historic relics.
He was often listless on an average day.
But now, the guy before Han Zhong had deep bright eyes and seemed to
be deep in thought all the time, sending out the impression that he knew
everything.
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"Uncle Han, may I ask you something?" Under Han Zhong's gaze, Shi
Yan continued easily, "It is surprisingly quiet in the Stone Woods these
days, do you know what's happening?"
"Well, the Beiming Family sent people there. It is said that they were
meeting someone in the Stone Woods, therefore the warriors who were
wandering in the Stone Woods all left upon hearing that."
"The Beiming Family! Who was in the lead?" Shi Yan realized something.
"Beiming Ce."
Han Zhong began to curse after he answered Shi Yan, "That guy is said
to have reached Disaster Level half a year ago. Damn! He is only twenty
seven years old! And he has twin Martial Spirits! Madness! I'm already
forty five and still at The Second Sky of Disaster Level! It's unfair!"
Twenty five years old, First Sky of Disaster Level, twin Martial Spirits...
Shi Yan stiffened as he suddenly realized that Beiming Ce was the
person Mu Yu Die had planned to introduce him to.
That man has a rare talent and reached that level at such a young age.
In addition, he came from the number one family in the Merchant Union
- the Beiming Family. No wonder Mu Yu Die and Di Yalan chose him.
Silently, Shi Yan smirked to himself and an icy glint could be seen in his
eyes: twenty five years old, Disaster Level, twin Martial Spirits, that's
very unbelievable?
Not exactly!
He was someone who had reached The Third Sky of Nascent Level from
the First Sky of Elementary Level in mere two months!
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Despite the Petrification and Immortal Martial Spirits, he also possessed
another vicious and mysterious Martial Spirit. In comparison, he had
much more potential than Beiming Ce!
"Time! I only need some time to surpass Beiming Ce!" Shi Yan thought
to himself.
"Young Master Yan, you, you've got Profound Qi in your body?"
Han Zhong's eyes lit up and he gazed at Shi Yan seriously, "I can feel
that there is Profound Qi flowing in your body, and it is incredibly dense!
Young Master Yan, what on earth happened to you?"
Shi Yan took a deep breath, trying to suppress his indignation, "Yes, I've
got Profound Qi, so I'm a warrior now."
"Which Level?" Han Zhong couldn't wait.
"Nascent Level."
"What!"
...
The Merchant Union. Tianyun City. The Shi Family. The training field.
The training field of Shi Family extended tens of miles and was covered
with ancient trees and odd rocks...
There were also water pools, sand fields, earth fields and wooden rooms
within the training field...
With complicated refuges and barriers everywhere，the members of Shi
Family were able to conduct live combat exercises.
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And they could also learn to adjust and fight in all sorts of topographies.
At the time being, in the center of the training field, stood a huge,
diamond shaped testing jade. The third generation of Shi Family were in
a queue, walking towards the jade. They put their hand on the testing
jade and sent out Profound Qi to test their level.
"Shi Tianluo, twenty-one, the Second Sky of Nascent Level!"
"Shi Tianxiao, twenty-five, the First Sky of Nascent Level!"
"Shi Tianling, twenty-seven, the Third Sky of Elementary Level!"
"Shi Tianke, twenty, the Second Sky of Nascent Level!"
"Shi Tianyun, nineteen, the Third Sky of Nascent Level!"
"..."
Han Feng, who was standing beside the testing jade with his eyes
narrowed, yelled out after every young member finished his test.
Everytime Han Feng announced the result, the members of the first and
second generations changed their expression accordingly; either happy
or disappointed.
"Second Brother, your Tianyun is really something! He managed to
advance to a higher stage!" Shi Kuo was a little angry as he grunted,
"Tianke has been too lazy recently! I have to do something!"
"Third Brother, Tianke trains really hard. I saw him training in the
Gravitational Room at midnight. Don't pressure him too much, or it could
go the opposite way." Shi Gang comforted him.
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"Tianyun, work harder. Advance to Human Level as soon as possible."
Shi Tie's sound was like a great bell as he said proudly.
Shi Tie was Shi Jian's brother, and Shi Gang and Shi Kuo were his sons.
Shi Tianyun was Shi Gang's son and thus Shi Tie's grandson. Shi Tie was
delighted as he saw that Shi Tianyun had advanced.
The position of family head was decided by one's Martial level. Many
years ago Shi Tie lost to his brother, so he was rather unhappy and
hoped that his grandson, Shi Tianyun, could transcend Shi Jian's
grandson, Shi Tianxiao.
The Petrification Martial Spirit was very special and only went to the first
two children of a couple.
The third child would rarely have the chance to inherit it.
That's why every small family of Shi would generally only have two
children.
Even the head of the Shi Family, Shi Jian, only had two children: Shi Yang
and Shi Qing.
Shi Yang had a daughter - Shi Tianling, and a son - Shi Tianxiao.
Shi Qing and Yang Hai only had one son and that was Shi Yan.
Thus, Shi Tianling, Shi Tianxiao and Shi Yan were Shi Jian's
grandchildren, while Shi Tianyun, Shi Tianluo and Shi Tianke were Shi
Tie's grandchildren.
The members of Shi Family all got along well with each other. They stuck
together and worked hard to increase the influence of their family.
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But no matter how close they were, they still competed with each other.
Such as Shi Tie, he always wanted to surpass Shi Jian through his
grandson.
As his sons, Shi Gang and Shi Kuo, were not comparable to Shi Jian's
son, Shi Yang, he had given up passing his dream onto them.
Luckily, his grandsons, Shi Tianyun and Shi Tianke, were more talented
than Shi Tianxiao. He was rather proud every time they did the test,
although it was without any bad intentions.
Yang Hai was standing next to Shi Yang, as he was explaining the state
of their quarry to the latter. Hearing Shi Tie's yell, Shi Yang got serious,
"Well, second uncle is about to show off again." After a pause, he
glanced at Shi Tianxiao who was standing beside him and scolded, "You
little bastard! You only cause me to lose face!"
"Er...I'm not that bad..." Shi Tianxiao drew his head back and looked
miserable.
Yang Hai's face became bitter as he sighed, "You should be satisfied.
Think about my Shi Yan. At least Tianxiao is a warrior. But that bastard
fools around all day and hasn't come back yet. Who knows how much
trouble he will bring back this time."
"Ha, that's true." Shi Yang laughed.
...
The descendants of Shi Family were all gathered together on the training
field and were discussing lively.
Just then, an eagle appeared in the sky and settled down on Shi Jian's
shoulder.
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Shi Jian picked up a little gray bag from the eagle's claw and took out a
letter. Opening the letter casually, he began to read and he frowned.
They were all his relatives, so he didn't intend to hide anything.
"Huh?"
After merely one glance, Shi Jian couldn't help but cry out with an
amazed look on his face.
The people on the field were surprised and became quiet. They looked at
Shi Jian and wondered why he was acting so weird.
"Big Brother, what's up?" Shi Tie frowned and asked loudly, "Is the Mo
Family making a fuss again? Damn! They won't quiet down if we don't
give them a good kick!"
"Nope." Shi Jian put down the letter excitedly as he said in surprise,
"Han Zhong found Shi Yan!"
"How is that bastard?" Upon hearing that, Yang Hai finally settled down.
He asked with an annoyed face, seemingly planning on giving Shi Yan a
lesson when he returned.
"That kid, is a warrior now..." Shi Jian looked shocked as his mouth
trembled. He was trying to hide his excitement.
"What?" Shi Tie couldn't help but cry out, "He is seventeen! Why did he
begin to train at such an old age!"
After thinking, he sighed lightly as he really felt sorry for Shi Yan, "It's
too late, starting at seventeen. I guess he won't achieve anything in his
life. What was that little bastard doing before now! If he had been
training since he was born, he could have reached the Second or Third
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Sky of Nascent Level, even if he doesn't possesses the Martial Spirit of
Shi Family."
"That kid, is now at the Third Sky of Nascent Level!" Shi Jian answered
firmly with sharp eyes.
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Chapter 46
Chapter 46 A Glance
Half a month later, in Tianyun City.
Shi Yan and Han Zhong, as well as a troop of warriors from the Shi
Family, were entering the city at a leisurely pace. A ground dragon was
carrying the goods they had purchased from Silent Town.
Shi Yan and Han Zhong were at the head of the troop and had talked all
the way.
"Old Han, it's getting late. Let's continue for home tomorrow. We should
rest somewhere in the city today, okay?" Shi Yan said leisurely.
"Well, where does Brother Yan want to stay?" Han Zhong smiled with an
ambiguous look on his face, "Tianyun City is the biggest city in the
Merchant Union, with a large population of several millions. The
recreation centers in this city are much better quality than those in the
small cities we passed."
"Well Old Han, since you are familiar with this area, you lead the way. "
"I'm afraid my remaining crystal coins are not enough. Hmm, we will
spend cost a lot at some places."
"Old Han, you want to take advantage of me again? Last time in the
Scent Pavilion you pretended to be drunk and made me pay for
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everything. Now you want to do that again?"
"Hehe...I was truly drunk that time. You are treating me unjustly!"
"I don't care. You have to pay this time! Or I will tell Uncle Han Feng
everything you did on the way."
"No! Brother Yan, it's my treat! My treat, okay?" Han Zhong faked a
miserable face and sighed, "You know my brother's temper too well! If
he knows what I did, he will kick me to death. Oh My! I'm so miserable! I
work so hard for the family and earn so little money that I can barely
even afford my recreation time..."
"Deal! It's your treat tonight." Shi Yan looked back and shouted to the
warriors behind him, "Fellows, you all heard that right?"
"Yes, we heard it!"
All seven warriors of Shi Family yelled excitedly at the same time.
"Let's go!"
...
Shi Yan mingled well with Han Zhong and those warriors in that half a
month.
Shi Yan was not pretentious at all as he ate and interacted happily with
the warriors. And he was very open when it came to women, for he
never chickened out in brothels, sometimes being even more audacious
and horny than Han Zhong once he met a lovely girl.
The two of them went to a lot of brothels together along the way. They
paid in turns and never let the warriors use any money.
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In a very short time, Shi Yan won the trust of Han Zhong and his escorts.
Han Zhong thought they shared the same interests and complimented
Shi Yan on the fact that he had grown up. As his level increased, Shi Yan
had become a totally different person.
Shi Yan concealed most of what had happened to him in the Dark Forest.
He told Han Zhong that he found a certain type of red fruit in the ancient
cave he was studying. After eating three such fruits, he got Profound Qi
and awoke the Petrification Martial Spirit of Shi Family.
He didn't mention a word about the blood pool, the Immortal Martial
Spirit or the mysterious Martial Spirit, nor the story between him and Mo
Yanyu and Mu Yu Die.
Though Han Zhong was very surprised by Shi Yan's magical story, he
didn't keep asking, but thought that Shi Yan was incredibly lucky to find
that fruit which made him stronger.
And during these days, Shi Yan learnt all he could about the Shi Family
through Han Zhong.
The former master of his body had left him many memories, though it
was mostly about the historic relics and ancient language that he had
studied.
But Shi Yan couldn't recall many memories about the Shi Family. Luckily
Han Zhong was not on guard against him. During their together time in
brothels, Han Zhong had already told him all he wanted to know.
After hanging out together several times, Han Zhong began to like this
young master; so he told Shi Yan not only about the business and power
distribution of Shi Family , but also common sense about martial
training, which Shi Yan wasn't aware of before.
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For example, when a warrior reached Nirvana Level, the Conception Sea
would form in their mind, which could connect and combine the Martial
Spirit magically with their Profound Qi to activate a secret skill and
release an amazing power.
Also, he told Shi Yan a lot about the features and weakness of all sorts of
Martial Spirits; about the most powerful Martial Spirit in the Merchant
Union, the Fire Empire and the God-blessed Empire, and tjheir
weaknesses and disadvantages.
Although Han Zhong was very lustful, he was quite diligent in training
Martial Arts.
Han Zhong possessed a lot information about warriors, therefore,
through him, Shi Yan gained a thorough and comprehensive
understanding about warriors, as well as the differences among the
Levels below Disaster Level.
Han Zhong was a Disaster Level warrior, so he couldn't tell Shi Yan much
about the levels above it, but he told Shi Yan everything he knew about
the lower levels.
This information was exactly what Shi Yan needed most right now.
...
The Dream Pavilion.
Shi Yan and Han Zhong, along with four Shi family warriors, were
drinking and having fun in a large room on the third floor.
In the center of the simple and unsophisticated room, on some soft
carpet, stood a one-meter high square table, which was loaded with
delicate food and drinks.
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Shi Yan and Han Zhong were sitting on the carpet with hot young girls in
their arms, yelling and playing dice happily.
"Old Han, drink!" Shi Yan yelled.
Han Zhong was downcast as he had lost numerous times. He drank up
the wine in his cup at once and rubbed the girl's in his arms breasts.
Then he raised the dice and grunted, "This hand's got some luck, this
time I will definitely win!"
"Aww, if that is luck, both of my hands have it!" Shi Yan's grin widened
and he put both of his hands underneath the girl's coat, "Qiu Xiang, you
really got big things here, say, I will always be bigger than him!"
Qiu Xiang had delicate white skin and plump breasts. Her watery eyes
were filled with shyness, "Young Master Yan, you are so bad! Why do
you tease me all the time?"
"You can tease me too." Shi Yan smiled, drank his strong drink, and
urged, "Old Han, what are you waiting for? Cast the dice!"
"Yin Kui and Jiu Shan are nearby. Too much Yin Qi is coming forth. I can
feel it clearly." Han Zhong frowned, released the girl in his arms, and
quietly walked to the window.
He opened the window and looked out of it with the help of the light of a
big red lantern, "Sure enough, there is Beiming Ce. Yin Kui and Jiu Shan
never leave his side. Wherever Yin Kui and Jiu Shan are, you will find
Beiming Ce."
As Han Zhong mentioned Beiming Ce, Shi Yan suddenly remembered Mu
Yu Die and Di Yalan.
After a little hesitation, he too walked to the window and opened it a
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little wider, coldly gazing at the troop on the street.
This troop consisted of around thirty people. Beiming Ce was riding on
his snow white Ling Xiao Horse at the head of the troop. Smiling lightly,
he was talking to someone in the sedan on a ground dragon beside him.
As the curtain on the sedan fluttered in the wind, Mu Yu Die's fairy-like
face could be seen.
Di Yalan was riding a war horse with black armor on it, her hot body
moving up and down with the pace of the war horse. She looked in lowspirits
and a slight, sorrowful frown could be seen between her
eyebrows.
She barely smiled when Beiming Ce talked to her, not showing too much
interest.
The two old men, who were sending out heavy Yin Qi, were both riding
black-armored war horses behind Beiming Ce silently.
Shi Yan opened the window a little more. When he looked at the troop
who were still dozens of meters away, the two old men seemed to notice
as they looked in his direction immediately.
Shi Yan felt two streams of cold Yin Qi gush out of their eyes from so far
away, making him shudder with fear.
The two old men seemed to know Han Zhong, as when they came near
the window and saw him, their cold air decreased.
Under the two men's gaze, Han Zhong became a totally different person.
Instead of behaving in a noisy, flamboyant and boisterous manner, he
looked rigid, as he gave a salute to them, holding his fists in front of his
chest.
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The two old men nodded and didn't look at Han Zhong anymore. They
turned back and narrowed their eyes, focusing again towards Beiming
Ce's back.
The troop from the Beiming Family didn't stop, but continued their
leisurely steps along the street.
There were several warriors who were out seeking fun on the narrow
street. They stepped to the side of the road in respect when they saw
the Beiming troop.
A small path was thus suddenly formed in the middle of the crowded
street for the Beiming troops to move by smoothly.
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Chapter 47
Chapter 47 - Tianyun City
In that simple room, Shi Yan looked lost. He stood stunned at the
window for quite a while before closing the window.
Going back to his seat, he was in rather low-spirits. He merely focused
on drinking and didn't put his hands on the girls anymore.
"Young Master Yan, was that the Beiming Family troop?" Karl, a Shi
Family warrior, asked him casually.
"Yes." Shi Yan answered bluntly and kept drinking.
Standing by the window, Shi Zhong looked at Shi Yan, frowning with an
odd look in his eyes. After some hesitation, he asked, "Brother Yan, the
woman on the war horse, you... do you know her?"
Shi Yan nodded and finished the wine in his cup, "Yes, we walked out of
the Dark Forest together. As you heard, the demon beasts were
everywhere. It was better to be accompanied than be alone."
Han Zhong was an experienced man. Seeing Shi Yan's apathetic
response, he blinked his eyes and assumed that something must have
happened between Shi Yan and Di Yalan.
Moving near Shi Yan, Han Zhong waved his hand to the girl next to him,
"Leave us alone. We need to talk."
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The foxy girls stood up smiling and quickly left the room.
When there were only the warriors left in the room, Han Zhong said,
"Brother Yan, I don't know who that woman is. But it seems that Beiming
Ce is quite into her. If she accepts Beiming Ce as well, you should forget
her."
"Han Zhong is right. There are so many women in the world. It's unwise
to offend Beiming Ce for a woman. The Beiming Family is the number
one family in the Merchant Union, and they are too influential. Beiming
Ce is Beiming Shang's beloved son. It's unwise to offend him." Karl
reminded Shi Yan earnestly.
Karl, who was at the Second Sky of Nascent Level, was the leader of the
warriors. He tried to comfort Shi Yan as the latter had left a very good
impression.
"Old Han, who were those two old men?" Shi Yan didn't reply to Karl's
statement, but looked to Han Zhong.
"Yin Kui and Jiu Shan have the same teacher, and they are at the First
Sky of Nirvana Level now, but no one knows where they came from.
They used to serve the family head of Beiming Family, Beiming Shang.
After Beiming Ce was born, and considering how he possesses twin
Martial Spirits and agile movements, Beiming Shang assigned them to
protect Beiming Ce."
The First Sky of Nirvana Level! Shi Yan was astounded.
Shi Jian, the family head of the Shi Family, was only at the Third Sky of
Nirvana Level.
There were millions of residents in the Merchant Union, among which
were numerous warriors who trained Martial Arts. But only a small part
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of them, barely more than ten people, could step into the Nirvana Level.
The two Nirvana-Level warriors stayed by Beiming Ce's side without
doing anything else. The world was his oyster.
"In the Merchant Union, the Beiming Family is much more powerful than
the other two biggest families combined. There are many skillful warriors
among the Ministers, and talented descents pop up now and then. Plus,
Beiming Shang himself is at the Sky Level. It is really unwise to offend
the Beiming Family."
Seeing that Shi Yan wasn't responding, Han Zhong hastily explained in
case Shi Yan acted abruptly.
"Ok, got it." After being silent for a while, Shi Yan nodded. His
expression turned back to normal as he smiled to Han Zhong, "Don't
worry about me, Old Han. I know what to do and when to endure."
"That's good for you." Han Zhong said feeling relieved, "Let the girls in
again?"
"No. Not interested. Let's drink."
"Great! Let's drink! Come on!"
...
The Merchant Union was a very special country which was co-governed
by the big families, warriors, mercenaries, merchants and all sorts of
NGOs.
There were no formal army, no officers, and no governmental structure.
Instead, there were many big families, hundreds of mercenary unions,
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tens of thousands of merchants, vagrants and civilians who hated wars...
The Merchant Union never got involved in the wars between the Fire
Empire and the God-blessed Empire, therefore it was a peaceful
country.
However, once it was invaded, all the forces in the Merchant Union
would unite to fight against the enemy.
Over the history of the Merchant Union, the Fire Empire and the Godblessed
Empire had both attempted to invade it for its wealth, but they
were smashed every time by the united army of the big families and
mercenary unions in the Merchant Union.
On average days, there were no governors in the Merchant Union, but
once it was in danger, its people would fight together to drive back their
mutual enemy.
Those big families, hundreds of mercenary unions and wealthy
merchants could form an extremely powerful force which could defeat
the God-blessed Empire and the Fire Empire easily.
It's lucky that the forces in the Merchant Union only came together when
the country was in danger, or it could swallow any other country at any
time!
The Merchant Union was in a crucial position. The Dark Forest was to its
south, the Dead Swamp to its north, continuous Cloud Mountain to its
west and the enormous Endless Sea to its east.
No matter if it was the Dead Swamp, the Cloud Mountain, or the islands
in the Endless Sea, there hid all kinds of abundant resources, such as
minerals and magical medicines. As a big trading nation, the Merchant
Union took advantage of its geographical location.
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However, despite the exuberant resources in the Dead Swamp, the
Cloud Mountain and the Endless Sea, there was also incredible danger.
Demon beasts, poisonous fog, miasma, hideous tribes, and disasters...
That's why one needed to be very capable to travel in these areas.
Luckily, the Merchant Union never lacked skillful mercenary unions and
warriors.
There were seventeen cities in the Merchant Union, and the Tianyun City
was the biggest among them.
Tianyun City was located in the center of the Merchant Union, with eight
small cities around it. It covered a large area which almost equaled the
eight small cities combined, as did its population.
Therefore, Tianyun City was like the capital city of the Merchant Union,
which was the main territory of those biggest families.
The Shi Family was amongst them. Though they had properties and
gardens in every main city, the Shi Family was rooted in Tianyun City.
The Shi Family was located in the northern part of Tianyun City. It
covered one hundred miles and had thousands of buildings in it. Artificial
lakes, rockeries, gardens and brooks were everywhere. The Shi Family
descendants lived in the serene back garden, where there was an
artificial lake in the middle, with beautiful pavilions surrounding it.
Behind the pavilions were the training fields, gravitational rooms, and
suffering palaces...
There were not many direct Shi descendants, but its branches and
ministers could easily reach one hundred. Considering those servants
and escorts, there were almost one thousand people in Shi Family.
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Early every morning, the Shi Family members, ministers and warriors
would train hard in within the training grounds.
On that day, just as the rooster crowed and the sky began to turn bright,
many warriors had already gotten up and started to train.
Shi Jian walked out of the Rock Room and shouted below into Yang Hai's
pavilion. Then they walked toward the gate together.
During their walk to the gate, the warriors bowed to them. Shi Jian
nodded indifferently without slowing his steps.
A short time after they reached the gate, Han Feng appeared behind
them. He began to observe the corridor out the gate as he stood next to
Shi Jian silently.
"According to Han Zhong's message, they should have arrived home last
night. Since they didn't, they must arrive today." Shi Jian frowned and
mumbled, "I waited till dawn to see if that boy has really reached the
Third Sky of Nascent Level. But that bastard didn't come home..."
"Maybe they were held up by something on the road." Though Yang Hai
was cursing in his mind that Shi Yan was too impolite, he still explained
for him.
"Dammit. Is it possible that Han Zhong sent the wrong message?"
Shi Jian looked back to Han Feng in confusion, "I have met someone
whose Martial Spirit awoke as a teenager, so I'm not skeptical about
that. However, that kid has never trained in martial arts before turning
seventeen, but now he is suddenly at the Third Sky of Nascent level, that
is just unbelievable! I have been pondering upon it for several nights but
I still can't figure it out. What do you think?"
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Han Feng pouted, narrowed his eyes and said, "Though Han Zhong is
not a serious man most of the time, he is quite cautious on major things,
so I don't think he would dare to lie about this. I can't explain it either,
but I think it might be true."
"Well, I can only hope so. That bastard has let me down these past
seventeen years, I hope this time he will be different."
Many warriors came out after them in curiosity after they had breakfast,
as they heard that the family head was waiting at the gate. They
gathered together and were discussing boisterously.
No one knew who was coming. The most likely people were those of the
Beiming Family or Zuo Family, or Shi Jian wouldn't be there.
Yet, after a long long time, no one showed up. The warriors turned
impatient and began to curse amongst themselves at the arrogant
person who had made Shi Jian wait for so long.
As the sun rose higher and higher, they still saw nothing. Shi Jian was
becoming worried as well, as he said to Yang Hai next to him, "It's been
so long. What happened?"
Yang Hai shook his head with a bitter smile implying he didn't know
either, while he sighed secretly to himself.
Though Shi Jian mentioned Shi Yan now and then, he never really cared
for him.
He remembered Shi Yan only after Yang Hai's reminder that Shi Yan had
disappeared in the Dark Forest.
Upon hearing Shi Yan had reached the Third Sky of Nascent Level, Shi
Jian asked about him every day, and even came out early and waited for
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him...
Shi Jian's attitude switched too much, which made Yang Hai a little
uncomfortable.
Hours later, it was approaching noon as the sun was directly above them
in the sky., a fat ground dragon slowly appeared from the corridor.
Two persons were leisurely leading while chatting happily. They were Shi
Yan and Han Zhong.
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Chapter 48
Chapter 48 - The Test
At the gate of Shi Family.
Shi Jian, Han Feng and Yang Hai all saw Shi Yan in front of the ground
dragon at the same time.
Yang Hai took a quick glance at Shi Yan and frowned, thinking to himself
that the boy must have suffered a lot, as he had become much skinnier.
However, Shi Jian and Han Feng's eyes brightened soon after they saw
Shi Yan. They were totally surprised.
Yang Hai didn't train martial arts, so he didn't know that one getting
skinnier didn't necessarily imply weakness.
Sometimes there was much more explosiveness hidden in a skinny
body, than in a robust one.
However, Shi Jian and Han Feng were both experts, therefore they
realized just from a glance that Shi Yan had become much stronger, and
was even stronger than those third generation descents who had trained
hard for more than ten years.
They looked at each other and were amazed.
They couldn't understand what had happened to Shi Yan in the past half
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a year that could have changed his bone structure.
A few minutes later, the troop, including Shi Yan and Han Zhong, arrived
at the gate.
"Hi Big Grandpa, Uncle Han, Father." Shi Yan walked up to the gate with
steady steps and greeted them.
Han Zhong came over as well, greeting Shi Jian and Han Feng, and
nodded at Yang Hai, then he stood silently beside Shi Yan.
Shi Jian and Han Feng's bright eyes moved over Shi Yan's body.
After a long time, Shi Jian's eyes trembled. He took a deep breath, and
said to Shi Yan, "Follow me." Then Shi Jian turned and headed to the
back yard light-footedly.
Everyone who knew Shi Jian understood that he was in high spirits.
"Kid, put on a good show!" Han Zhong made a face at Shi Yan, implying
that he was going to see better days.
Shi Yan gracefully acknowledged him and nodded softly. He turned to
Yan Hai, "Father, are you especially waiting for me?"
Though Yang Hai had a rigid face, a light smile appeared around the
corners of his mouth, "No one is waiting for you specifically. I just
wanted to see what happened to your body and whether you really
reached the Nascent Level or not."
"Han Zhong, come over here. I have a question for you." Han Feng
threw a look at Han Zhong and left in the opposite direction to Shi Yan.
Han Zhong hung his head, with a worried look on his face, and followed
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after his brother reluctantly.
"Well, go. Don't keep your Big Grandpa waiting for too long." Yang Hai
mumbled as he pulled Shi Yan's jacket and asked in a low voice, "What
the hell happened to you?"
"Big Grandpa will also ask about it later. So, I guess I will explain then."
Shi Yan smiled, not showing much respect for his father.
Yang Hai was a little surprised. He gazed at Shi Yan and asked in
confusion, "Kid you are different now. You never beat around the bush,
and always answered my questions straightforwardly. But now... you do
not seem to be afraid of me. Kid, seems like you've grown up and don't
take my concerns into account anymore."
"You are my father, why would I be afraid of you?" Shi Yan was
astounded as he asked, "What is there to be afraid of?"
"This isn't like you. You never talked to me like this." Yang Hai frowned.
After a careful examination, he shook his head and said to himself,
"Little bastard! You became really audacious after becoming a warrior!"
"I'm gonna go. I can't keep Big Grandpa waiting for too long." Shi Yan
smiled.
Those Shi Family warriors who had crowded the gate all got confused
and started another boisterous discussion.
"Was the family head waiting for Young Master Yan? Is it true?"
"I don't know. I'm confused too. The family head has never appeared
with Young Master Yan before, nor was he interested in his matters.
What happened now?"
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"Who knows? Has Young Master Yan created trouble again? Not likely,
because master Yang Hai was the one who always cleaned up his mess.
Although Young Master Yan makes trouble in the Merchant Union now
and then, it was not to the extent that the family head had to solve it."
"Maybe Young Master Yan got into huge trouble this time. Who knows."
"Stop your idle talk. You'd better be respectful to Young Master Yan from
now on. He is not the book nerd you knew any more. Don't blame me
once you offend him and kick up a breeze." Karl was making
arrangements for the ground dragon and couldn't help but yell when he
saw that people were still gossiping.
"Karl, what's up? You came back with Young Master Yan, do you know
the details?" asked a warrior who was familiar with Karl.
"You will know it in no time." Karl smiled proudly, "Young Master Yan will
definitely surprise you guys!"
"What is it?"
"What on earth happened?"
Their curiosity was even stronger as they circled Karl and couldn't stop
asking.
"Not now. But I guess that you will know soon enough." Without giving
them an exact answer, Karl squeezed his way out of the crowd and left
with the troop of warriors.
...
In the backyard of Shi Family.
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At the center of the huge training field, the diamond-shaped test jade
was glinting in the sunshine as if it was a small sun.
Shi Jian was standing beside the testing jade. As Shi Yan and Yang Hai
came over, he patted the jade and suddenly, a ball of light flew into the
jade from his hand.
The dazzling testing jade dimmed at once and returned to its original
color.
"Inject your Profound Qi into the testing jade." Shi Jian announced with
firm eyes.
Shi Yan confidently walked up to the testing jade, stretched out his
hand, and pressed on the jade. He operated his Profound Qi and injected
it into the testing jade.
Complex patterns showed up on the silver testing jade and a vague
orange light shone from it. Gradually the light got brighter and the color
deeper.
"Ok now." Shi Jian's mouth trembled as he focused his eyes on Shi Yan,
"I heard that the Martial Spirit of Shi Family also awakened in your body,
did it?"
"Yes."
"Show me."
"OK."
Shi Yan stretched out the other hand and rolled up his sleeve.
As he operated the Martial Spirit according to his will, his arm gradually
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petrified and became dark brown.
"Dark brown!"
Shi Jian and Yang Hai cried out at the same time with great amazement
on their faces, while gazing at Shi Yan's brown arm in astonishment.
"Is it because of the light?" Yang Hai blinked his eyes and rubbed them,
then looked directly into the sun, and mumbled, "Am I dazzled?"
Upon hearing that, Shi Jian also got confused . He grabbed Shi Yan's arm
and demanded, "Come up here! Go into the shadow of that rock so the
color can be seen clearly ."
Shi Yan didn't attempt to refuse and peacefully walked after him to the
back side of the rock.
"It is dark brown!"
Shi Jian shouted loudly and his breathing got heavier. His bright eyes
stared at Shi Yan as he asked in a dignified tone, "Little bastard, what
the hell has happened to you? Why? Why is your Martial Spirit dark
brown? Is it at the second stage of Petrification?"
"Absolutely. It is at the second stage. Though I'm a mere Nascent Level
warrior, my Martial Spirit reached the second stage!"
"Give us a reasonable explanation! We Shi Family, from the far
ancestors to my generation, had never come across this situation! Our
Martial Spirit never reaches the second stage before we reach Human
Level. You are the first one! What happened? What on earth happened
to you?!" Shi Jian was almost mad.
"Well, the thing is..." Shi Yan repeated what he had told Han Zhong for a
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second time.
After he finished his story, Shi Jian kept his position and stared at him
with a weird expression.
"Big Grandpa, what do you mean by that look? I explained it."
"You mean three magical red fruits awoke your Martial Spirit? And made
your Martial Spirit so odd? And gave you Profound Qi and helped to
advance to the Third Sky of Nascent Level?" Shi Jian's face got more and
more twisted as he yelled, "Just because of three fruits?"
"Yes, that's it."
"Where is this fruit? I will send people to see if we can plant more of it."
"Don't bother, there were only three. I searched for a very long time but
never saw it again."
"Little bastard! You are not fooling me, are you?" Shi Jian showed
obvious suspicion.
"Of course I'm fooling you."
Shi Yan thought to himself but looked serious as he reassured, "I really
have no idea. Anyway, I ate the fruits, and that's it. Nothing else. Even I
don't know the reason why my Martial Spirit is different from others'."
He insisted without any reluctance.
Shi Jian kept asking a few more times and tried to test him, but the only
response he got was "I don't know either."
Finally Shi Jian gave up. After another thought, he said, "Since your
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Martial Spirit turned dark brown, hmm, well, has the feature of the
Martial Spirit changed? I mean, Did it merely change its color but still
kept the intensity of the first stage?"
"If my sense is accurate, it is the second stage."
"I will try." Shi Jian hurried to press his hand on Shi Yan's chest, "Kid,
cover your body with petrification! Don't worry, I will increase my power
little by little so it won't hurt you."
"Ok."
Gradually, a ball of dark light appeared in Shi Jian's palm and the energy
in it grew stronger and stronger, striking on his chest.
Suddenly, Shi Jian withdrew all the dark light like a sponge by the other
hand.
Shi Jian was so excited that he couldn't help but nod and say joyfully,
"Amazing! It really is the second stage! Bastard, I don't know how you
managed this, but from this day on, you can't be lazy! Whether you like
it or not, I will push you to be a warrior!"
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Chapter 49
Chapter 49 - The Sky Gate and the God Area
In the Gravity Room.
Beside a huge mace at the center of the room, Shi Yan was striking it
heavily as his body operated Petrification and sweated all over.
That mace was seven meters tall and three meters wide, which was
deep rooted at the center of the stone ground in the Gravity Room. The
sharp tips on it were like short rods shining with a dark light.
Shi Yan's body had already turned dark brown and he was breathing
heavily. Moving around the mace, he kept slamming into it with his
shoulders, arms, waist and thighs in turns.
Endless blunt thunderous sounds came out from the Gravity Room.
To trigger the potential of the Petrification Martial Spirit of the Shi
Family, one must train themselves in a ruthless way. Only by slamming
against hard objects, could the power of Petrification be used to the
fullest.
And only by ruthlessly tormenting one's body, could his Petrification
Martial Spirit adapt to any kind of attacks from his opponents.
There were seven dark Gravity pillars erected in the Gravity Room,
which increased the gravity in the room to seven times normal gravity.
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"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
With his upper body naked, Shi Yan wore a serious face, while he was
training his body to the limit in order to activate the potential of his
Petrification Martial Spirit.
Everytime he slammed into the mace with his body, it would send out a
thin layer of brown light.
The light flashed for a short moment. It would explode the moment Shi
Yan's body touched the mace, and would disappear soon after the
touch.
After about five thousand repetitions with different parts of his body, Shi
Yan collapsed, unable to use his energy anymore. With his limbs spread
out, he laid down in the center of the room letting his sweat flow like a
stream over his skin which wet the green stone ground.
It had been half a month.
In the past half a month, Shi Yan ate and slept in the Gravity Room. He
never left the room even to go to the restroom.
That was Shi Jian's plan.
As soon as Shi Jian found out that Shi Yan's Martial Spirit had reached
the second stage, he made Shi Yan stop his other training and focus on
refining his body.
Shi Jian meant to trigger the entire potential of Shi Yan's second stage
Petrification Martial Spirit at the fastest speed, and to strengthen his
body structure to the extent that it could bear the attacks from a Human
Level warrior.
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During the past half month, Shi Jian, Han Feng, Yang Hai, and other
elders came to watch him now and then.
Shi Jian, for example, would come to see him every three days. He would
examine the changes on Shi Yan's body carefully and give him some
advice on the training intensity for the next stage.
Lying on the ground with fatigue, Shi Yan began to adjust his breathing
slowly. After feeling more strength in his arms and legs, he managed to
sit up and began to operate his Profound Qi.
Though he was exhausted, his Profound Qi circulated even faster than
before. During this process Shi Yan closed his eyes, and tried to calm his
heart clear his mind.
Everytime he went to this state, he found that his blood, flesh, cells and
bones were all nourishing his body in a way he couldn't understand.
His broken body would soon recover from his extreme fatigue and gain
strength.
This was the self-recovery of the Immortal Martial Spirit!
Shi Yan knew it well.
Not knowing how much time had passed, he woke up gradually with his
eyes as bright as the stars. After meditating, the fatigue in his body
disappeared and his Profound Qi became active. There seemed to be a
strong explosiveness in it which was about to break out.
At this moment, the stone door of the Gravity Room opened a little.
Han Zhong walked in with a big smile and seven bamboo baskets in his
hands.
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He put down the bamboo baskets and took out the delicate dishes one
by one, "Today's dishes: bird's nest, sea cucumber, turtle, bear's palm,
glossy ganoderma. Brother Yan, you are too gluttonous! One meal for
you is even more than five meals of what the other young masters of Shi
Family eat. If you were in a small family, everything would be eaten by
you."
Han Zhong laughed as he put down the plates and secretly took out a jar
of wine, "This jar of wine called 'Flame' is part of my collection. Drink it
up quickly and I will dispose of it."
Shi Yan didn't try to refuse as he walked over to Han Zhong quickly and
began to swallow the food. After wolfing down the rich dishes which only
wealthy families could afford, he took up the jar of 'Flame', raised his
head, and drank.
Wiping his mouth and putting the empty jar down, he chuckled, "Old
Han, you should bring me two jars of it next time. One jar is not
enough!"
"Brother Yan, the wine 'Flame' is from the Spring Pavilion, costing five
hundred purple crystal coins!" Han Zhong squeezed out a bitter smile, "I
saved this one last time I went there. I will bring you 'Knife' tomorrow,
which only costs one hundred blue crystal coins. I can even bring you
four jars of it!"
"They are only crystal coins!" Shi Yan didn't care at all, "Bring me
'Flame', I will give you the crystal coins next time!"
"Then it's ok with me." Han Zhong smirked, "Brother Yan, the family
head kept it confidential about you being a warrior. Most warriors and
escorts in the family don't know about it. Do you know why?"
"Why?" Shi Yan asked lazily.
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"The Martial Competition that occurs every five years is going to happen
in three months. You know, in the last competition, we were surpassed
by the Mo and Ling Families, so the family head roared for days after
that. This time..."
"He wants me to attend the Martial Competition?" Shi Yan responded in
surprise before Han Zhong finished his speech.
The Martial Competition was a big event co-held by the five biggest
families in the Merchant Union which every warrior could attend.
The competitions happened according to five levels: Elementary Level,
Nascent Level, Human Level, Disaster Level and Earth Level. Warriors of
every level could compete for the first three places of their respective
levels.
The five big families would offer a lot of training materials as rewards;
such as medicine pills, treasures, Martial skills and so forth for the
winners.
The five big families co-held the Martial Competition for two reasons. On
one hand, they needed to pick expert warriors to strengthen their power.
On the other hand, the competition would be motivation for warriors in
this country to train hard to enhance the power of the country.
Those individual warriors who weren't attached to any big family longed
for the medicine pills, treasures and Martial Skills. Some of them were
also looking for an opportunity to attach themselves to a big family.
Therefore, every Martial Competition would attract thousands of warriors
and would be very energetic.
Apart from those individual warriors, the five big families would send out
their descendants to compete in the competition.
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That way, they were able to show their strength and attract outstanding
warriors to choose them.
Therefore, the Martial Competition was not only an opportunity for the
big families to attract warriors, but also a stage for them to secretly
fight.
Thus, both the warriors and mercenaries in this country and the five big
families attached great importance to the Martial Competition.
Sometimes, the ownership of controversial properties among the five
families will be decided through the competition.
For example, in the last competition, the Shi Family and the Mo Family
staked the ownership of three mines.
Unfortunately, in the battles among the third descendants, except Shi
Tianyun, the other Shi Family descendants,Shi Tianluo and Shi Tianke,
were beaten by the Mo Family descendants. So in the end, the Mo
Family won two mines and the Shi Family only won one.
"You may not know, but we fought a lot with the Mo Family over
disputes on some properties recently. So the same thing may happen
again in the Martial Competition this year. They may stake the
ownership of some properties."
"Which means, I'm going to have a chance to perform?"
"Sure! The family head must be hopeful that you will win for our family.
That's why he is so strict with you and comes to watch you every three
days. You don't know how busy he is recently, but he still makes time to
check on you, which shows how much he cares about you."
"Ok, I got it."
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...
In the Rock Room.
Sitting upright on a huge rock, Shi Yan's bright eyes had a serious look
in them, seeming to be in deep thought.
"On the auction in the Misty Pavilion, there was a fragment picture of
The Sky Gate..." Han Feng was reporting the latest news to Shi Jian who
was standing next to him.
The Sky Gate was a magical portal leading to the God Area, a
mysterious space. The God Area may exist in the Grace Mailand, or may
not. It was an independent space.
No one knew how the God Area was formed, or its structure, or where
would it appear.
Only through the Sky Gate, could one one enter the God Area.
There were various versions of the legends about the God Area.
It was said that there were all sorts of mysterious things in different God
Areas. Martial Skills of Spirit Level and even God Level, bizarre drugs,
rare treasures...
"Four months ago, the Medicine King Mu Xun's disciple Karu stole a
fragment picture from his teacher. Maybe the two fragments come from
the same picture. And are they two separate fragments or just the same
one? Maybe the one in the Misty Pavilion is the one Karu had stolen." Shi
Jian had a quick thought when he recalled the news from four months
ago.
Han Feng shook his head, "That Karu had disappeared a long time ago.
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But the fragment in the Misty Pavilion was provided by a woman. Seeing
it is a serious matter, the Misty Pavilion didn't sell it directly but kept it
in the name of 'authenticating'."
"That broken picture is still at the Misty Pavilion?" Shi Jian asked firmly.
"Yep." Han Feng nodded, "The Beiming Family, the Mo Family, the Ling
Family and the Zuo Family had all contacted the Misty Pavilion to
purchase that fragment after they got the news. But the Misty Pavilion
won't put it up for auction before they authenticate it, so the four
families merely showed their strong interest without taking any secret
actions."
"It is only a mere fragment. If it was a complete picture, the Beiming
Family would have stolen it." Shi Jian sneered.
"Do we need to take action?"
"Keep an eye on it but don't get involved for the time being. Remember
to exchange information with the Zuo Family. We can't act bluntly
before the second fragment appears."
"Ok."
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Chapter 50
Chapter 50 A Cut
In the Gravity Room.
Shi Yan was leaning against a gravity pillar while feeling pain all over his
body.
His naked body was so strong that the lines of his muscles could be
clearly seen. They looked like they were moulded from metal and looked
full of explosiveness.
While being provided with abundant food, Shi Yan spent another month
intensely training his body. During this time he had not only gotten
stronger, but he had also become taller.
Abruptly, the door was pushed open.
Shi Jian, Han Feng and Yang Hai showed up at the door.
Shi Jian's torch-like eyes glanced at Shi Yan from afar before nodding, "It
seems you haven't been idle."
"Of course." Shi Yan answered whilst exhausted, and didn't change his
position, "I guess I have refined my body enough. I need to choose a
Martial Skill to train with."
"Well, you are not the one to decide that." Shi Jian swaggered up to him
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and said with a rigid face, "Give me one of your hands."
Shi Yan stretched out his left hand in response and focused.
Immediately, his left arm petrified into a dark brown colour.
Under scrutiny, wisps of shining dark light could be seen on the surface
of his arm, forming what looked like a thin transparent layer covering his
arms.
"Wow!"
Shi Jian exclaimed with excitement and observed happily, "Ha! You
really are something! There turns out to be dark light! You trained really
hard! So great! Great!"
Yang Hai was delighted as he walked up as well, "Step-father, is this
state equivalent to the Human Level? Years ago when Qing reached the
Third Sky of Human Level, her skin also sent out dark light after
Petrification. Is this the same thing?"
"Yes." Shi Jian nodded calmly with a little muscular spasm in the corner
of his mouth, "The kid is really promising! He improved so much in a
mere half a month. This is amazing!"
Although Shi Jian didn't want to make Shi Yan overly prideful, he couldn't
help but praise him with a surprised face, "Kid, how on earth did you
manage that?"
"I trained how you told me to. I kept at it, and this is the result." Shi Yan
shrugged indifferently.
"How long do you train for each day?" Even Han Feng, who was rarely
talkative, couldn't help but ask.
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"About fifteen hours."
"Fifteen hours?!"
Han Feng and Shi Jian cried out at the same time. They looked at each
other and found astonishment in each other's eyes.
"It's impossible! You bastard! You must be fooling us!" Shi Jian yelled
and said firmly, "Your body needs at least eighteen hours to be fully
recovered before the next intensive slam training. And you need time for
meals. It's more than enough for you to train for five hours a day! Where
did fifteen hours come from?"
Han Feng was skeptical as well, as he shook his head softly.
"Little bastard, tell us the truth. Don't be naughty in front of your big
grandpa." Yang Hai grunted and reproached.
"Who says I need eighteen hours to recover?" Shi Yan said lightheartedly,
"I just need four hours."
"That's impossible!"
Shi Jian and Han Feng yelled in surprise at the same time.
"Your body won't recover so soon after such intensive training! I have
managed the Shi Family for so many years and have never seen anyone
who could recover in such short time! Shi Yang was the most talented
kid I've seen and even he needed about fifteen hours to recover when
he did slam training at the Human Level!" Shi Jian shook his head and
grunted, "You mean to say that you recover four times faster than him?
Do you even think that is possible?"
"Nothing is impossible." Shi Yan smiled and stood up immediately. He
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walked to the corner of the room and took out a dagger from the bag on
the ground. "Big Grandpa, something has confused me for a long time.
Now that my father is here, I want to ask for your permission to do a
test."
"What test?" Shi Jian frowned.
"Uncle Han, I want to cut your arm."
"Bastard!" Shi Jian shouted, "Kid, what are you talking about!"
"Just a slight cut." Shi Yan kept calm, "And for an accurate comparison, I
will also cut my father's and my own arms as well."
"Family head, Maybe Young Master Yan had some plan. Why not have a
try."
"What the hell do you want to do?" Shi Jian was confused.
"You will know." Shi Yan walked to Han Feng in an easy manner, "Uncle
Han, please don't operate your Profound Qi, even if it bleeds, ok?"
"Got it."
"So I will do it now?"
"Ok."
Shi Yan walked up and made a cut on Han Feng's left arm. Crimson
blood gushed out at once.
"Father, it's your turn." Shi Yan walked toward Yang Hai.
"Little bastard! What are you going to do? Your father is not a warrior!
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Be gentle!"
"Ok. I know it." Shi Yan stepped up and made a cut as fast as lightning
on Yang Hai's arm.
Seeing his bleeding arm, Yan Hai screamed and yelled, "Little bastard!
You are so cruel! I wasn't ready!"
Under Han Feng and Shi Jian's gaze, Shi Yan then casually cut on his
own arm and watched as it started to bleed.
"Bastard, what do you want to show us? What do you mean by this? I
can't see anything!" Yang Hai clamored.
"Wait, wait for a moment." Shi Yan was quite serious now and his
expression became more rigid.
Han Feng and Shi Jian were full of suspicion as they couldn't figure out
what was going on and moved their eyes over to Shi Yan.
Shi Yan smiled but didn't give them an explanation. He covered his
bleeding arm with his jacket, not letting them see it.
Ten minutes later.
"What?"
Han Feng noticed something strange first as he gazed at Yang Hai's arm
in astonishment, "Family head, look!"
Shi Jian was focusing on Shi Yan, and upon hearing Han Feng, turned to
Yang Hai.
He also noticed the strange thing, "Hai, why did the blood on your arm
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freeze and turn into a blood cocoon?"
"Ahh!" Yang Hai cried out as soon as he noticed the cocoon, "I don't
know!"
"But my arm is still bleeding..." Han Feng stretched out his arm and
showed it to Yang Hai.
"What's up?" Yang Hai asked in surprise, "You trained with Martial Skills
for so many years and your body quality is higher than mine. You should
have stopped bleeding earlier than me! What happened!"
"Look at my arm."
Shi Yan smiled and unbuttoned his jacket to show them his arm, and
wiped the frozen blood away.
The cut on his arm turned to be as thin as a needle and the flesh on the
both sides seemed to be moving toward each other and recovering
quickly.
Shi Jian and Han Feng were aghast and quivered.
"Bastard, wha..what on earth is going on?" Shi Jian asked after a long
astonishment.
"This is a type of Martial Spirit! My father possesses it as well. But he
doesn't train in Martial Arts and hasn't been severely hurt before, so he
never noticed it." Shi Yan spilled out this secret calmly.
Shi Jian kept silent with his eyes shining brightly and hands clenching.
After a long while he burst into wild laughter, "Haha! Martial Spirit! Selfrecovery
Martial Spirit!"
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"I call it the Immortal Martial Spirit." Shi Yan explained, "I assume that
this Martial Spirit could recover lost limbs and heal internal organs at its
highest stage. Which means, one would be immortal."
Han Feng and Shi Jian were stunned, but after some careful thought,
they both realized the power of this Martial Spirit. They couldn't
suppress their excitement anymore as their breathing became faster.
"Bastard, so you possess twin Martial Spirits now?" Yang Hai wasn't able
to contain his joy either as he realized this and couldn't help but cry out.
"Of course it's twin Martial Spirits! Absolutely!" Shi Jian laughed wildly.
He patted Yang Hai's back so hard that the latter fell to the ground. "Hai,
I can't believe you possess a Martial Spirit as well! Haha! I've never
thought of that! I should have cut your body when you were still a kid!
Haha!"
"Now do all of you believe I can recover in four hours?" Shi Yan smiled.
"Definitely! Completely! Haha!" Shi Jian couldn't be happier. Ignoring
Yang Hai who was still sitting on the ground, he declared, "Kid, come
with me! Let's go to the Martial Spirit Palace! All the secret Martial Skills
are kept there. You can choose any you want!"
"Great."
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