My Disciple Died Yet Again

by Srtyi

The Revered Master, Yu Yan, known as the number one in the cultivation world, waited for sixteen thousand years, and finally took in a disciple. He taught her carefully, and took care of her diligently. He watched her as she slowly grew stronger as she comprehended the laws, and just as she was about to soar into prominence… she died! Hence, he once again took in another disciple,

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Chapter 341: Become One with the Darkness, Single Puppy

Everything happened too quickly, and not even seven minutes had passed. When they regained their senses, only the drizzling sprinkles of golden light remained in the sky.

"They disappeared…" People from the various sects that were present watched the entirety with dumbfounded faces. The scene earlier was simply too astonishing, and even now, they still could not figure out what just happened.

"It's Ling Tian. As expected, Ling Tian is a Devil. She disappeared along with the black holes."

"That's right. That must be it. Her disappearance appeased the anger of the Deities of the Higher Realm."

"The light earlier must have been the mystic arts of an incredible expert."

"See, I told you that Reverend Fan is the true Sect Master of Spirit Heaven Palace. She is the one who bears the fate of the heavens. That Devil Ling Tian truly deserves her death."

The crowd threw their opinions among each other, and the more they conversed, the more they ascertained their guess. They actually made it such that the phenomenon earlier was Ling Tian's deserved retribution. There were even some who were persuading Fan Zhishan to inherit the position of Sect Master as soon as possible.

"The heavens are watching over us! The Devil Ling Tian's death isn't even worth sympathizing over!"

"Shut up!" Zhu Yao grew even more furious as she listened, and she exploded out with a voice transmission enveloped with godly energy. In an instant, the crowd of practitioners in the sky could not resist against the pressure. Those with high cultivation levels puked out mouthfuls of blood, while those with low cultivation levels instantly fell off the sky.

Zhu Yao made her way out of the courtyard and towards the plaza at the center of the main hall. Her Gold Deity's divine energy circled around her, as she looked the pale-faced crowd who looked all honorable just earlier. She could not help but smile coldly. Ling Tian sacrificed her own life to save such a bunch of people. "I have seen stupidity before, but I have never seen people who are hopelessly stupid like you lot."

"You… Who are you?" The practitioners that were still in the sky all had frightened faces. A pressure that was as terrifying as hers was something none of them had seen before. Even a Demigod could not resist it. When did such an incredible practitioner appear in the cultivation world?

"Who am I?" Zhu Yao coldly laughed, the anger in her heart could not be suppressed no matter what she did. She turned to sweep her eyes across the crowd of self-righteous people in the sky. "Didn't you lot say that the phenomenon earlier was because of the wrath of the Deities of the Higher Realm? Then, I shall let you people witness, what a Deity's wrath really looks like."

The moment her voice fell, she let out her will. In an instant, tribulation lightning bolts descended from across the huge skies. Bolts after bolts of lightning struck down like spiderwebs, enveloping the entire earth. Lightning sparks filled the place, and every lightning bolt seemed to carry power that could destroy the heavens. The mountains and earth shook, and the light of the sun and moon could not be seen.

The lightning display was too astonishing, and even the tribulation lightning faced by a Demigod could not be compared to a tenth of the might exuded by a single one of these lightning bolts. Even though none of those lightning bolts struck them, this display had already shaken them to the core. Even the Demigod Pi Shi's arms could not help but lightly tremble. One bolt. Just any one of theses lightning bolts here definitely could definitely turn anyone here into ashes. This was something that no one would suspect. Power like that was basically not something mortal practitioners could achieve.

In an instant, everyone had the same answer in their minds. That person was a Deity. No one dared to speak, let alone dare to refute. They simply stood there stiffened, and they did not even dare to breathe too forcefully. They were afraid that the lightning bolts would curve due to a moment of the Deity's anger.

Zhu Yao struck down the lightning bolts for over fifteen minutes, before she was able to suppress the impulse to exterminate them, into the depths of her heart. She slowly retracted the encirclement of tribulation lightning bolts, but the surroundings of Grandhall Sect had long been destroyed beyond recognition.

The entire site was instantly enveloped in a strange silence.

Unexpected, the one who made the first move, was Bai Li who had been standing next to Fan Zhishan the entire time. He seemed to be in a slight daze, as he looked blankly at Zhu Yao who was on the ground, muttering. "Lo… Lord…" In an instant, he felt as if the blood in his entire body was crying out, the slightly uncontrollable desire to approach her was pouring out.

Fan Zhishan wanted to pull onto him on reflex. "Bai Li!"

However, he completely ignored her and immediately flew down, his face was a little red from embarrassment and fluster. Though, most of it seemed to be due to a strange irresistible conviction, as he unconsciously knelt in front of Zhu Yao. "Lord."

Zhu Yao simply gave him a cold glance. She did not have a good impression of this beastie. The reason why he was kneeling in front of her now, was merely because of her real body – the Sacred Dragon Scale, and the influence of the World Favourable Impression ability. The resulting suppression in bloodlines led him to think that she was of the Dragon Race.

"Bai Li, someone else will naturally come and settle some scores with you regarding your betrayal towards your race."

Bai Li did not retaliate. He simply prostrated with even more respect, yet his figure was trembling slightly after hearing her words.

"Bai Li…" Fan Zhishan called out worriedly, however, the other party did not respond to her at all. Her face instantly paled. Looking at the cold Zhu Yao, she suddenly had a bad feeling.

Among the shocked crowd, there were finally some who began to regain their senses. One of them spoke in a docile manner. "Hono… Honourable deity, you have misunderstood! We are not here to seek trouble with Grandhall Sect." This person saw that she appeared from within Grandhall Sect, and naturally thought that she was giving Grandhall Sect support. How could the cultivation world possibly offend a Deity? He had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain. "Regarding today's incident, it's simply because someone impersonated as the Sect Master of Spirit Heaven Palace, and we're here to capture the culprit."

"Impersonate?" Zhu Yao coldly laughed. She looked towards Fan Zhishan and said. "Are you saying she's the true Sect Master of Spirit Heaven Palace?"

"Yes, that is correct." That person hurriedly nodded.

"Open your stupid eyes and watch carefully!" Zhu Yao immediately threw a piece of spirit stone into the air. After a closer look, that was a normal Visual Recording Stone, the size of a regular palm. She chanted an incantation and instantly, that Visual Recording Stone emitted out a brilliant glow, shooting out an enormous holographic screen in the sky.

The scenes being broadcasted were something that people found unsightly, with their faces reddening and their hearts racing. In the scenes, three men and one woman was currently in intense interlock. Though there wasn't any sound, the obscene images still made everyone unconsciously turn their heads away. Not to mention, among the main actors inside the video, other than one who had already lost his life, the other three were all present on-site. This fact had made them feel all the more ashamed.

Pair-practitioner arts naturally existed in the cultivation world, so desires for the physical body were not something to be restrained. However, the masses had always respected relationships between one man and one woman, while this form of "mob" cultivation, was rarely seen in the world. Furthermore, every single person inside the video was a well-known practitioner, and this fact was enough to shock the masses. The crowd could not help but turn to look at the female lead Fan Zhishan and the troupe of male practitioners behind her. Their eyes gradually carried slight intents of disdain. Suddenly, they began to understand why Fa Yu had shouted those words.

"Honourable deity, you… this… what's the meaning of this?" Cao Qi finally could not help but speak up. He had a furious look on his face, however, he did not dare to go over the top either, to prevent offending her out in the open.

The crowd was doubtful as well. It would be understandable of she could not get used to Fan Zhishan's private affairs and simply wanted to expose her a little. However, they were clearly talking about the topic of Spirit Heaven Palace's Sect Master earlier. Though there were very few people in the cultivation world who had chaotic private lives, and especially so for female practitioners, it was not like there were none. After all, cultivation was a lonely path, and there would always be people who wished to find some fun. If it's just because of this point, it's not enough to prove that she was not the Sect Master of Spirit Heaven Palace.

"Shut up." Zhu Yao glared at him, and her pressure was once again released, rooting the crowd still. "Watch on!"

Probably because the tone she used was too cold, the crowd could not help but once again fixate their lines of sight on the holographic screen. In the beginning, everyone was still trying to dodge looking straight on. After all, they were not exactly beautiful sceneries. However, as they watched on, they realized something was amiss.

"Eh, what are those lights behind them?"

"Why are there such strange lights? All of them have them!"

"The other three only possess lights of a single colour, why does Reverend Fan's look so strange?"

"What's that strand linking them in the middle?"

"That strand comes from Reverend Fan's body. She's absorbing the lights of the others!"

"… Just what in the world is that mystic art?"

Zhu Yao swept her gaze at the stunned practitioners, and coldly laughed. "For the sake of a heretic practitioner that absorbs the luck of others for her own cultivation, you people furiously came here to exact justice. On the other hand, the saviour that sacrificed her own life to save this world from the verge of collapse became the Devil that you claimed her to be. With such inability to determine right from wrong, you think you people are actually worthy of becoming Deities!?"

Everyone widened their eyes. Absorbing luck! The light that they saw earlier was actually luck! There was actually a heretic practitioner in this world that could absorb people's luck! In an instant, the faces of everyone paled, as they all thought of the meaning behind this turn of events. Even the female lead's harem members had faces of utter disbelief as well.

Fan Zhishan's face had turned especially dark. The biggest secret in her heart was exposed in front of everyone here, and the evidence was even right there in the sky. In an instant, she felt her entire body turning ice-cold, as she truly felt that she had already lost this time. Even if she were able to somehow flee, she would not be able to escape the pursuit from all the clans and sects.

Gritting her teeth, she instantly regained her senses. Before the crowd could even react, she suddenly escaped Zhu Yao's pressure and flew straight towards her. With a flip of her hand, an enormous scythe-like weapon appeared and she swung it towards Zhu Yao. The three letters 'bug' that covered the entire weapon were especially evident. She no longer had any path of escape, so why not pull off a final desperate struggle? The moment this Deity appeared, she saw it. That special luck that Zhu Yao possessed was an unique-shaped luck that she had never seen before. Just by looking at it, Fan Zhishan could not help but tremble. For some reason, she suddenly had a feeling that as long as she could obtain that luck, she could do anything.

Zhu Yao basically did not dodge at all, instead, she flipped her hand and a weapon with the exact same looks appeared in her hand, just that the word 'bug' was not on it. With a swing of her arms, Zhu Yao instantly shattered the three letters in Fan Zhishan's hands.

Fan Zhishan was instantly deflected several meters away, and she puked out one mouthful of blood after another. Her eyes were widened, as she looked at Zhu Yao with a face of utter disbelief. "This… This is impossible!"

"It's strange that I can do it too, right?" Zhu Yao walked over. Ever since she saw that special bugged weapon that Fan Zhishan possessed, Zhu Yao knew that it was formed by a certain part of her body. Luck existed in everyone's body like how a soul did, yet, it was the most ethereal of them all. If one wanted to steal it, then only something similar or exactly the same could possibly slice off luck. She had always been trying to figure out what it was. Only when she was ousted out of Ling Tian's body by Fa Yu, did she figure out that it was divine sense! During her unlimited reincarnations, only the things in her divine sense had always accompanied her in her reincarnations. This was sufficient proof that divine sense was something at the same plane of existence as luck.

"Remember my words." Zhu Yao raised the weapon her hands. "When you come out to make a mess, there will always come a day when you have to pay for it all."

With a swing of her hand, she instantly swung down while relying on the positions of the spiritual energy in her memories. That weapon did not touch her body in the slightest, yet Fan Zhishan let out a heart-wrenching miserable cry.

"No!" Her face paled. She turned around in a fluster, as though she wanted to pick up something from the ground. She grabbed them several times, yet, as though the objects she picked up could flow away, she constantly tried to hold onto them firmly, her eyes were dyed in complete madness. No, no, no… My luck. They are all mine! Mine!"

Zhu Yao let go of the divine sense she materialized, and had it return into her body. With one hand, she cast an art and then slammed her palm towards the female lead's body. Her Dantian was instantly shattered, and all of her cultivation crippled. She had even casually left a seal in her body, preventing her from stealing anyone else's luck ever again.

All of the spiritual energy in Fan Zhishan's body instantly scattered, yet she looked as if she did not feel any of her injuries at all. She had already fallen into madness, as she crawled on the ground, desperately attempting to pick up the luck on the ground.

Zhu Yao's eyes sank, the anger in her the depths of her heart finally began to disperse. She raised her head and glanced at the sky, not a single one person dared to speak up for Fan Zhishan, and that included the men inside her harem. Their eyes were either dodgy or showed slight confusion, as if they did not understand why they were so infatuated with her before.

The moment the female lead's luck was destroyed, the feeling of bonds that was stolen from them naturally disappeared as well.

"I'm not going to kill you." Zhu Yao lowered her head and looked at Fan Zhishan on the ground. The hands of the crazed female lead paused for a moment, before she continued her earlier picking actions. Zhu Yao coldly laughed. "I'm not killing you because I'm different from you, but because everything that you have just suffered still isn't enough to make up for your past wrongdoings." She waved her hand, and just as she was about send Fan Zhishan sweeping across the sky…

A black figure suddenly appeared in a flash from behind her, grabbing onto the flying female lead. Then, he picked her up by the hair.

"Fa Yu!" Where did he appear from? She actually did not sense him at all.

"Of course she shouldn't be killed!" He suddenly smiled rather ominously, as he slowly raised the female lead up into the air. With her eyes facing directly his, Fa Yu's voice was ominously cold and piercing to the bones. "If you die, who else should I settle the debt with?"

His laughter grew louder, yet bits of red were beginning to dye his pupils. Black marks were actually beginning to crawl up from her face.

Devil's Marks!

"Fa Yu!" Zhu Yao's heart sank. He was about to sink into the path of a Devil. "Don't do anything rash. The reason why Ling Tian didn't want you to follow after her, was because she wanted you to live on well."

"Of course I will live on well." The black marks on his face grew further, and even the sides of his body were beginning to emit out a devillic aura. His voice seemed to be carried by the most ominous wind of all. "I will live on for the sake of avenging her, taking revenge on those people who harmed her, and the heavens that took her life!"

Zhu Yao had no choice but to cast an art with her two hands, attempting to stop him from turning into a Devil. However, she was still a step too late, as the devillic aura from his body instantly exploded forth, scattering to the surroundings. The sky and earth suddenly shook, followed by the withering of the surroundings trees and plants. Even the spiritual energy surrounding Grandhall Sect had all been scattered. A former blessed mountain was instantly filled with a hurricane of raging devillic energy.

She frowned. With a flip of her hand, she changed into forming a sealing incantation. As she circulated the godly energy in her body, an enormous gold formation appeared in the skies. Just as she was about to descend and seal Fa Yu who had already matured into a Devil…

With a flash of black light, all of the devillic energy suddenly disappeared. Even Fan Zhishan's and Fa Yu's figure had disappeared without a trace.

What remained was just the crowd's frightened faces, and also the debris that filled Grandhall Sect.

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Chapter 442: Awakening Notice

Zhu Yao was confused for a moment. She had finally dealt with a bug, yet was another one about to be born? Could she actually catch a break? Before she could even figure out how she should deal with this chain of events, a column of heavenly light suddenly descended, piercing through the layers of clouds and instantly shining upon this dark world.

Light of Guidance! Now!?

Her body lightened as her entire being flew towards the sky. She was only able to call out to Sesame in time and have it return to her divine sense. In the next instant, she ascended to the boundaries of the worlds, but just as she was about to cross, a familiar darkness descended. She had returned to that space once more.

The hell! I can never go through the standard process of becoming a Deity, is that it!?

A QQ chat window popped out as usual, and the entire screen was filled with exploding flowery fireworks.

Realmspirit: Welcome back, young maiden! Congratulations on splendidly fixing yet another bug! Even I am about to become your die-hard fan.

Zhu Yao looked at him with narrowed eyes. "Scram!"

Realmspirit: Ouu… Young maiden, you're so cold, so heartless, so nonsensical.

"Enough with the crap, just what happened this time? The beginning act was ridiculous, and the ending act was even more ridiculous? What happened to Fa Yu and Ling Tian?" Putting aside Ling Tian, Fa Yu actually turned into a Devil. Was a mortal able to become a Devil?

Realmspirit: Young maiden, I'm innocent! That world was about to approach all-round collapse in the first place, so there were many instabilities. So, it's understandable that you did not descend in the correct avatar. It's out of my control, after all!

(_) Doubtful gaze.

Realmspirit: It's true, it's true. Young maiden, that was the reason why I rushed you.

"Then Ling Tian…" Zhu Yao took a deep breath, as she still felt a stifling feeling in her heart. "Did she really…" have to die?

Realmspirit: Ling Tian is the patch for that world in the first place, and sooner or later, she would be needed to completely mend that world. That's also the reason why her aptitude and abilities worsened as she reincarnated over and over again. Theoretically speaking, someone like her who accidentally gained awareness shouldn't develop feelings of love in the first place. However, it's exactly because she accidently developed such feelings in this lifetime, which gave birth to desires within her. Thus, it caused the disaster she had in this lifetime, where she was on the brink of death before the right time, yet no longer possess the ability to enter the wheel of reincarnation.

"You mean, she's not a human in the first place?" Zhu Yao frowned.

Realmspirit: Initially, yes. But… Ever since her previous reincarnation, she became one.

If that was the case, it would have been better if feelings hadn't budded in the beginning. At the very least, it wouldn't have ended that way in the end…

Realmspirit: Yaoyao… Does her death break your heart?

"It's not to the degree of heartbreak, but more of sadness and sympathy." Zhu Yao took a deep breath. "I can't deny that Ling Tian is a full-fledged saviour of the world. She saved the entire world, and had even sacrificed her most cherished feelings. I sympathize with her, and also feel sad about her death. This is human nature, but not to the degree of a heartbreak."

Realmspirit: Then…

"But… she might be a great heroine and a good role model, or even barely be considered as a good girlfriend. However, I have never treated her as a good friend." She shook her head. "Since the beginning, she was never frank with me. She might have various reasons in doing so, but the fact that she had lied to me cannot be changed."

Realmspirit: …

"Feelings are mutual! Maybe, if we got to know each other a little longer, she might tell me the truth, and I will most likely become as furious as Fa Yu." She sighed. Probably because Ling Tian had forced her to stay within her body, Zhu Yao felt as if something was tying her heart down. However, now that she was dead, there was no longer a need to be frustrated about it. That was why, though she sympathized with her plight, she was not as sad as the time when she witnessed Ying Luo's death.

"Oh right, what happened to Fa Yu?" Zhu Yao suddenly recalled. "He had clearly become a Devil. Can mortals become Devils too?"

Realmspirit: Haah… Young maiden. All living beings carry the nature of Devils in their hearts. The only difference is whether they are willing to let that nature loose.

"The hell!? Wouldn't that mean there would be a never-ending amount of bugs?" Zhu Yao wanted to cuss out. Among the bugs that she had fixed, most of them were related to the Devils, you know? "Wait a minute… Fa Yu had clearly turned into a Devil, yet you pulled me back here. Could it be that he isn't a bug?"

Realmspirit: Congratulations, young maiden! Your IQ has logged on!

"Speak human."

Realmspirit: Uh… Actually, the reason why those ancient Devils that you faced in the past were bugs, was due to the fact they were initially out of the boundaries of the Three Realms. However, Fa Yu is different. He is a resident of the Three Realms in the first place, and even if he turns into a Devil, it's within the boundaries of the Three Realms.

"…" There were actually differences between ancient Devils and earth-born Devils. So was this racial discrimination? However, after pondering for a moment, though Fa Yu did indeed possess devillic energy, he seemed to be weaker than the ones she had seen in the past. Was that why he did not face her in a direct confrontation?

Whatever. Since Realmspirit said that he wasn't a bug, then why should she be frustrated over it?

"What about Fan Zhishan?" Zhu Yao continued to ask, as she felt that the female lead wasn't that simple. "She can't possibly be a regular person who has awakened to a hidden talent, right?"

Realmspirit: Young maiden, you're so smart! Actually, she's an accident too.

"What do you mean?"

Realmspirit: She was initially born with a soul that was fragmented due to the erosion of resentment, and she had to go through several lifetimes in order to restore her soul to completion. However, her resentment which was exterminated before had unexpectedly returned to the world of the living, and possessed her body. This caused a shift in time by a certain degree and made her possess memories which she shouldn't have, and thus developed a mutation of a certain degree.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. "Can you speak human?" The hell, she couldn't understand at all, hey.

Realmspirit: Ou, to put it simply, she thought that she had reincarnated.

The hell! Another reincarnation! It was no wonder her cultivation rose so swiftly. That mutation must have been her ability to see luck.

Zhu Yao raised her head and looked at Realmspirit's chat window. For some reason, a strange sensation rose in the depths of her heart. Luck, soul, and resentment. These were all ethereal things to practitioners and even Deities. However, Realmspirit could speak about them this casually.

Furthermore, no matter if it's Ling Tian or the River of Forgetfulness, to put it simply, they were all extraordinary existences themselves, yet they all trusted him to a irregular degree.

No, that's not right!

Rather than trust, they were all… abiding by his orders.

Zhu Yao was stunned as she took in a deep breath. She suddenly had an incredible thought in her mind.

"Realmspirit… Who in the world are you?"

The screen flashed a few times, and after a long while, a row of words appeared.

Realmspirit: Geez, I'm your friend, of course! Oh right, regarding the overtime work this time, your reward is a one-time vacation. Young maiden, do you want to use it now?

"Vacation?" Zhu Yao's eyes shone. "Is that true? Is there no need to fix bugs anymore?"

Realmspirit: Uuuu… Young maiden, how can you suspect my sincerity… my sincerity… sincerity… sincerity!

"You're blaming me?" She rolled her eyes. "Tell me, when have you ever been reliable?"

Realmspirit: It's true this time! Let's use it immediately!

A familiar loading screen suddenly appeared in front of her, and it was loading really quickly. Zhu Yao's figure flashed, and she instantly disappeared from this dark space.

A long while later…

Rows of red words popped out.

Notice! User's awakening has been detected!

Do you wish to activate it automatically?

Selected Choice: Hide information on awakening.

Awakening has halted.

The chat window flashed, and another row of words appeared.

Realmspirit: It's not time yet.

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Chapter 343: Curse of the FFF Inquisition

When Zhu Yao opened her eyes, she saw a familiar ceiling. It was really similar to the mass-produced straw cottage her master would make with his mystic arts. It was so simple and succinct that the ceiling was almost all the room had. Underneath her was a hard and solid bed, just that there was a little too many blankets covering her. From her estimate, there were over ten of them.

She seriously suspected if she had actually woken up because of the heat. After not being able to nudge them after a few pushes, she had no choice but to flip over and crawl out.

The door was blasted open with a bang as a white light flashed. A white figure stood tall and straight in front of the bed.

Zhu Yao's heart that was filled with bitterness instantly leaked out. Her nose began to itch as she reach out her two arms. "Master…" I request for hugs, I request comfort.

Yu Yan frowned. After sizing her up for a moment and realizing she did not have any problems, he let out a long sigh and stepped forward to embrace his stupid disciple. "Do you feel uncomfortable in any part of your body?"

Zhu Yao turned her head and buried it into his chest. It would've still been fine if he didn't ask, but the moment he did, she could barely control her emotions and felt like being childish for a moment. "I'm uncomfortable everywhere."

The moment he heard this, Yu Yan was stunned for a moment. He habitually reached out for her wrist and inspected her meridians seriously. After thoroughly checking her body back and forth, he was then able to feel relieved.

If her master was here, it meant that this was the Divine Realm. Realmspirit was finally reliable for once.

"You were unconscious for half a year."

"Ah!? Half a year!?" Zhu Yao was stunned for a moment. Half a year, wasn't that the time she took to complete the previous quest? Did her dandelion avatar from before succeed in her ascension? Just that what ascended was a bare machine without any software installed? With these thoughts, she tried to circulate spiritual energy to look at her facial features, only to realize her Dantian was empty. "Why?"

Yu Yan seemed to know what she wanted to know. With a wave of his hand, a water mirror was materialized.

She looked at the reflection, and her face instantly darkened. "Isn't this my initial looks? Could it be…" Even her hairstyle was modern. This couldn't actually be her real body, right? The one with zero battle power? Then how the hell was she going to play around in the Divine Realm!?

Yu Yan nodded, as he combed his disciple's short hair without a mind, the corners of his lips slowly raised. "You look… pretty good this way."

Pretty good? She quietly lowered her head. What was pretty?

Uh, no. What her master meant was she was pretty good to recognize, right? You're face-blind.

"Master, what is going on? Why did I return to my original body?" Logically speaking, when she returned from the modern era, her body should have been stored with Realmspirit.

"Your master isn't sure." Yu Yan frowned. "On that day, I waited for you at the Heavenly Door for a month, yet I didn't see you ascend to the Higher Realm. Thereafter, I suddenly sensed your presence, only to realize that your body has returned to Lightning Divine Palace. You have only woken up today since then."

So it was truly a bare machine that logged in first! It was no wonder her master did not look for her in the Lower Realm this time. Most likely, he was afraid that she would head back up right after he were to head down, and thus waited for her to wake up. Thinking about it, she sure had a sad story. She had after all kept her body's purity for so many years, and when she finally managed to find love, she was tossed to foreign lands. Her heart-aching tears could even fill the Three Realms now!

"Just what happened to you?" Yu Yan hugged her even tighter.

Zhu Yao had no choice but to inform her master the matters concerning Ling Tian in detail, including how Fa Yu became a Devil. "Realmspirit mentioned that he was a citizen of the Three Realms in the first place, and even if he does succeed in becoming a Devil in the Three Realms, he won't become a bug. I don't exactly know what kind of plans he has in store, but I kind of feel something is off?"

Yu Yan's expression sank. This was his nth time regretting not smashing his disciple's heavenly book (Laptop). The reason why her disciple would court deaths in such a manner, was all because of that person.

"Oh right, master. I have something important to discuss with you." Zhu Yao said with a stern look. "Do you think Realmspirit…"

Her words paused right in the middle, a hint of dazedness flashed across her face.

"Mn?" Yu Yan asked in doubt. "What about him?"

"He…" Zhu Yao's mind suddenly emptied, as she wondered why she had suddenly forgotten the matters she thought about. "Eh? What did I want to inform you of again?"

Yu Yan stroked her head. "If you can't recall it, then nevermind."

"Ou." Was it her imagination? Why did she feel something was off?

Realmspirit said that it was her vacation now, so naturally, there weren't any irritating bugs that she had to fix. She had nothing to do all of a sudden. Adding that her real body avatar had logged on, no matter what, she had do something meaningful.

For example…

"Master, do you remember the betrothal gift that you were preparing all those years ago?" Marry me, marry me, marry me!

A certain master who was presently preparing food suddenly stopped his hands. A thought quickly flashed across his face as he quietly responded. "Mn."

"Are they prepared?" Marry me now!

Yu Yan calmly took out the dishes and placed them in front of his stupid disciple. Then, he passed her a pair of chopsticks. "Mn, I have them prepared. Two of them."

"What, two!?" Zhu Yao leapt up in an instant, as she pounced onto her master. The hell, this old lady here hasn't even gotten mine from you, yet you're already thinking of scoring another one, and marrying two at one go? "Speak, who's the mistress?" I will kill her!

Yu Yan moved away the dishes on the table and then leaned his body backwards, letting his disciple feel more comfortable throwing herself across the table. Then, he held onto her waist and carried her down from the stone table, frowning. "Eat properly." She can't even stay still when eating, and not to mention she's a mortal right now.

"Eat my ass!" Her man was about to run off, how would she still have the mood to eat? "Explain. What's with the two sets of betrothal gifts?"

He glanced at her weirdly. "One dowry, and one trousseau. Naturally, two sets."

So it was like that, alright, I forgive you. I knew it. See, for someone who has late-stage face-blindness like master, picking me up is already a miracle. How can he possibly have sights for another woman? I must be the only one. Mn. Just thinking about it makes me a little excited.

The moment she's excited, she would have the thoughts of doing something a little bad.

"Master, I heard that around twenty-eight years old, it's the golden period for women. Such a coincidence! My real body is twenty-eight years old."

"Mn."

"Master, I heard that the stress being accumulated in modern society is rising, and the restrictions are rising too."

"Mn."

"Master, I heard that the Family Planning Commission just announced a new policy, and it's even stricter than before. It's about to be implemented too."

"Mn?"

"Master, I heard that the birth rate in the Divine Realm is near zero, and it's reaching new world-breaking lows every year in the Three Realms. I think that everyone has a responsibility to uphold the honour of the Divine Realm. We should change it a little."

"Mn…"

"Master, I heard that after becoming a Deity, abilities in… ahem… certain aspects will be restricted. Such a coincidence! I'm a mortal right now, and there's no such restrictions."

"… Eat your meal!"

"Master, eating my meal here would be a waste of this beautiful scenery, why don't we instead do some meaningful exercise?" Come, Little Red Riding Hood. Let this old grandma have a bite."

"Master, I heard you like monkeys…"

Zhu Yao felt that, since they were already about to get married, then they should prepare for their life after marriage as soon as possible. For example, taking the opportunity of vacations to bear a monkey or two? Thus, she decided to use all her charms to subdue him into agreement. Even if he were to disagree, she would come up with terms to force him into agreement.

However, she never expected that a certain master did not have the slightest intentions to reject his disciple's suggestion at all, just that he had to remind her about something in an extremely serious manner.

"Yu… Yao. You're in your real body right now."

"Ah!" Zhu Yao was startled for a moment. "I know."

"Since it's your real body, then you're human. Only monkey demons can bear monkeys."

"…" She actually had nothing to refute with.

Yu Yan looked at his disciple's earnest eyes." If you really like one, why don't your master catch you one?"

"The hell." Who wants you to catch one? This old lady here wants to bear kids for you! As expected, when conversing with her master, she should not even make a single detour. She directly pounced onto him and pressed against those irreproachable lips of his. With a twist of her arm, she directly pulled apart the waistband from the side of his body. Since she couldn't converse in words, then she should express her intentions with actions.

Strangely, he was unexpectedly cooperative, just that he was stunned for a few seconds when she came pouncing at him in the beginning. After that, he actually did not resist her in the slightest, and had even hardworkingly explored the side of her body for her waistband. He pulled hers off almost at the same time as her, while his other hand began to hug onto her even tighter. Probably because men were born with natural talents in this area, even though a certain master did not have sufficient experience, he was able to take the dominant role in an instant. As expected of a genius.

With a slight shift of his body, he easily had Zhu Yao pressed beneath him.

She simply felt her eyes blurring as a ray of white light flashed past…

Late in the night.

Zhu Yao sat at the bedside. She wanted to cry, but tears weren't falling.

Yu Yan pulled the blanket over for the person lying on the bed, as he looked at his disciple on the bedside silently.

The person lying on the bed was her! To be exact, it was her body, while the person on the bedside was her soul.

Recalling what happened earlier, Zhu Yao still could not collect all of her calm.

Just earlier, the atmosphere was perfect, with flowers in full view and moonlight shining down. The scenery was beautiful, enough to feast one's eyes on. When she thought that the two of them could already be considered an old married couple, she could no longer hold back and bit him with an "ahm~". The scene went from first base to second base, and then from second base to third base, and finally… a miss.

When she was just a foot away from the door, she felt her body turning light as her soul flew out… flew out… out… out!

When she regained her senses, she was already floating the air.

Was this a curse from the FFF Inquisition?

The hell, I'm to be blamed for others being single?

"Master…" I really want to cry.

Yu Yan sighed. Looking at the translucent disciple, a hint of red flashed across his face when he recalled the scene from earlier. He lightly coughed and said. "Your master doesn't know why your soul would suddenly fly out." His eyes swam around for a short moment before he continued. "Don't move about, I will bring over the Floor Master."

After saying that, his figure flashed and left. No matter how she looked at it, he seemed to have fled.

In less than fifteen minutes, he brought back a man wearing a silk robe.

"Yo, little little grand disciple, long time no see. Congratulations on recently…" Yu Jin waved at the person lying on the bed. Before he could even finish, he then saw the other Zhu Yao on the bedside and flinched. His pair of amorous eyes squinted. "Her soul flew out!"

"Floor Master…" The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Is that supposed to be how people congratulate others?

"What happened?" And here he thought that he was invited to drink celebratory wine for their marriage.

"Her soul suddenly left her body. I used a soul escorting technique, yet I was still unable to send her back in." Yu Yan explained.

Yu Jin frowned. He stepped forward to check the pulse of the body lying on the bed, and then reached out to tap on the soul-state Zhu Yao's forehead with his two fingers. Yu Jin retracted his cynical smile, replaced by a slightly imposing look. He turned to look at Zhu Yao. "Your life isn't severed, nor is your living soul scattered. There are no problems on both ends, so this shouldn't happen… What did you do earlier?"

"Uh…" The master and disciple duo stiffened. Their eyes met, and then they silently turned their heads away. Could she say that she was moralised after being unsuccessful with a slightly immoral act? "Umm…"

"Dinner!" Yu Yan instantly interrupted his disciple's words, and replied with a what seemed to be stern and serious look, if not for his blood red ears.

The single puppy Yu Jin naturally did not notice the two's little erratic behaviours. The upright citizen Floor Master, with his great morals intact, asked about the dishes in detail and had even tested them personally. The entire investigation lasted till dawn, yet they were still unable to figure out the reason behind Zhu Yao's soul flying out of her body.

"This matter is mysterious." Yu Jin frowned. "It's most likely just because her soul had left her body for far too long before this, and her soul has not gotten used to the body yet. We can only wait and see."

To summarize: I don't know either, you guys deal with it yourselves. Maybe she might even return on her own after waiting for awhile longer.

What happened to the promised upright citizen Floor Master? -Faints!-

"Oh right!" He suddenly recalled something. "I remember there's a Soul Attracting Pearl in the palace's treasure pavillion. For souls, it's…"

Before he could even finish, a white figure flashed. Yu Yan had already disappeared.

The corner of Yu Jin's lips twitched. He hadn't said anything about lending it out yet! Where's the most basic respect for the Floor Master?

He turned to look at Zhu Yao, and earnestly said. "I say, Jadeflower! You best not learn from your master."

"Your sister's Jadeflower!"

"Haah…" Great, it's too late. She's already been brought up bad! He wore a pained expression on his face. Suddenly, as though he had recalled something, his eyes sparkled. "Oh right, Jade… Uh, little little grand disciple, are you two really planning on getting married?"

"That's right." Do you have an objection?

"Hoho." He suddenly revealed a chrysanthemum smile. "Since you two are already husband and wife, they you're naturally no longer his disciple. Once this personal succeeding mark disappears… Are you interested in becoming Floor Master?"

He hasn't given up yet!

"Not interested."

"Come on, don't decide so quickly!" He continued to persuade her. "Look, you now only possess the body of a mortal. If you wish to cultivate into a High Deity, you will need to spend a long time to do so. This cultivation path is extremely dry and bland, are you certain you don't want to take up the role of Floor Master for some fun?"

"No need." Zhu Yao strongly shook her head and seriously said. "I have master!" Why would I be bored?

"…" The single puppy received ten thousand damage.

The corner of Yu Jin's lips twitched. His resentment meter shot up at high speeds, instantly breaking out of the charts. "Little little grand disciple!"

"Mn?"

"Flaunting love will only lead to fast break ups!"

"Heh, at the very least, I am able to flaunt. It's better than only having a right hand to flaunt."

"…" You're heartless, alright!

"Let us discuss the problem about your soul leaving your body instead." Yu Jin gritted his teeth and took a deep breath. He took a step forward, attempting to check on her soul's condition once more. Just as he reached out his hand…

Suddenly, Zhu Yao's soul suddenly shook like rippling water. Her translucent figure flashed, and in a blink of an eye, she disappeared without a trace, as though she never existed in the first place. Even the slightest bit of her presence could no longer be sensed.

Yu Jin: "…"

Suddenly, he had a bad feeling, as though he was about to be bashed up by a certain person. He wondered if it was too late for him to run?

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Chapter 344: Stupider Than an Idiot

This was a room. There were very dim rays of light seeping through, and occasionally, ashes would fall from the ceiling. There were several large chains all around, intersecting and straightened, filling up the entire room. Though countless broken divine weapons filled the ground, there were still faint traces of them emitting out minuscule amount of divine energy. This seemed to be a weapon storage, and looking from its degree of tear-and-wear, it had already been a long time since someone came.

Zhu Yao blanked out for exactly ten seconds. Where was she? She tried touching her strangely heavy body. Did she change avatars again? The hell, what happened to the promised vacation?

Before she could even figure out the situation, a loud bang was heard. The stone door in front slowly rose and the entire room began to shake. Following after a few crackling sounds, lines of cracks began to appear and dusts began to fly around in the room. Eye-piercing rays of sunlight shot in, blinding her in an instant.

A man came running in. He had a fatigued look, and his entire body was covered in dirt and soot. His right arm seemed to be injured as well, as it was currently dripping fresh blood. He anxiously looked around, as if he was looking for something. Suddenly, his line of eye fixated on her.

"Yo! Good morning!" Zhu Yao greeted.

The man was stunned for a moment. A strange luster instantly shone from his eyes right after as he exclaimed. "Swuack!"

"…" The hell, is he cussing at me?

The man suddenly charged over.

"What are you trying to do?" Zhu Yao's heart shook. That man however ignored her, and with a turn, he actually stood behind her. Just as she was about to express her anger, he actually balled up and squatted down.

What's this for?

"Where is he?" A few furious voices could be heard from outside, and there were even some cusses mixed within.

"We clearly saw him heading this way, how did he disappear?"

"He must be nearby. Search carefully."

So he's actually hiding.

However…

"Why are you hiding behind me?" Was it really fine to deceive himself like this? "It's not like they are blind, they will notice right away, you know? Also, who are you?"

As expected, in the next instant, three Deity practitioners, two men and one woman, appeared at the doorstep. They looked as if they were possessed by the gods of fury, and all three of them were Gold Deities.

Great! She immediately surrendered. "Hi~ If I say I'm just a passerby, will you guys believe me?" I'm not related here, I don't know anything.

The three of them furiously walked in, their eyes fixated on her, and then… moved away.

"Why isn't there anyone? This tattered stone building is the only thing around this place."

"We can look through this place with a single glance. He's not here. Let's head back and look again."

Thus, the three of them turned around… and left… left… left!

The hell, there are actually people who are that blind!

When the three people left, the man behind heaved a long sigh of relief. He sprawled on the ground like mud, and then turned to look at her. On his face that was filled with dirt, a smile surfaced. "Thank you."

"…" No, you should be thanking those three people for being blind.

The man sized her up for a moment, the luster in his eyes grew even brighter. "I knew that you would be a good swuark."

"The hell, who are you cussing at?" Zhu Yao was instantly enraged. "You're a swuark, your entire family are swuarks!"

The man laughed out loud and then suddenly reached out for her.

"What are you doing?" Zhu Yao's heart sank. She wanted to dodge on reflex, only to realize she could not move her body at all. She was stuck?

She actually did not have the slightest bit of energy to resist, and could only watch as he raised her up. Then, she was held up by his two hands, as he swept his eyes across her. He flicked his finger at her, emitting out a clear and crisp ring. "It's actually a second rank. I knew you would definitely be a peerless divine sword."

Eh?

What did you say?

Zhu Yao was stunned as she looked into his eyes. What reflected within those sparkling pupils was a pitch-black second rank divine sword covered in rust. The "stup" from the word "stupid" was even engraved on the hilt of the sword.

The hell!

Hello everyone, I'm Zhu Yao. Just a few hours ago, I was still enjoying my perfect vacation. I sipped on divine wine, ate a lovely meal dedicated to me, and even picked up a handsome guy. Just as I was about to do something embarrassing to develop our feelings further than just friends, and had even stripped down our respective pants, I died.

Then, I turned into a low-grade second rank divine sword with a stupid front. Furthermore, I was even picked up by a male Earth Deity even stupider than her.

The idiot had most likely never seen the vastness of the world, as he held onto her like treasure and quickly flew out of that dark room. Fortunately, he had his own flying sword, otherwise, even if she was beaten to death, she wouldn't want him stepping on her.

He flew very quickly, exiting that forest and passing through two small cities in short while. Only when the sun was about to set did the idiot stop by a small riverside. He began to size up Zhu Yao thoroughly, and the more he looked, the more excited he became. He looked at the blade over and over again, and even his breathing was becoming a little ragged. Growing a little impatient, he cast the Dirt Removal Art.

Zhu Yao simply felt her body turning light as the rust that were stuck on her blade began to peel off inch by inch, revealing a bright and pure-white blade, along with the numerous ancient yet simple marks: Stupstupstupstupstup…

Zhu Yao seriously wanted to retort: Heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck…

"This sword definitely possess an ability to conceal presences." The eyes of the man shone. "Great, I finally have my own weapon from now on."

"Hey, who says I'm going to become your weapon?"

The man gazed at the blade a little agitatedly, his eyes were filled with the luster of excitement. Great! It seems he can't hear me at all.

His excitement grew as he looked at the sword, and he unconsciously pulled up the corner of his robes and rubbed it a few times. Because of that… her entire face was now plastered with mud.

The hell, if you know how to use the Dirt Removal Art, don't you know how to use it on yourself? As I thought, this person must be an idiot, right!?

The man was stunned for a moment, as though he had realized he had instead dirtied the sword. He immediately cast a Dirt Removal Art, but still decided to use it on the blade first. Seeing that the dirt that stained it had all disappeared, he then moved to tapping on himself.

"With this, on this day, I will definitely…"

"Definitely what?" A dark and solemn voice suddenly rang behind him.

The man's body shook, and even the mystic symbols on his finger had all scattered. He stood rooted to the ground while the colours on his face drained, tightening the grip on the sword hilt.

"I never expected that you would actually return alive!" That voice continued. "Not bad."

Though they were affirmative words, there was not the least bit intent of praise within them.

The man tightened his grip on the sword further as he began to slightly tremble and grit his teeth. A moment later, he took a deep breath and bent down, respectfully greeting the incoming person. "Master."

"Mn." That person coldly responded.

Only then was Zhu Yao able to see his face clearly. He was an elderly dressed in a long, navy-blue robe. He looked extremely skinny and deep wrinkles filled his face, exuding a gloomy and unkind demeanour.

"What's that in your hands?" The elderly narrowed his scornful eyes at the man.

The man frowned for a moment, his hands continued to tremble. Finally, he took a step forward, dragging his hands up, he passed it to the person in front of him. "I hope master can forgive me, this disciple failed to find the Divine Spiritual Herb during my trip to the Forest of Separation this time. I merely found this divine sword by accident."

With a flip of his hand, the sword that was once in the man's hand was now held by the elderly. "Second rank divine sword?" He frowned, a hint of scorn flashed across his eyes. He suddenly struck out a palm at the man, instantly blowing him a few meters away, and he landed merely an inch away from the river. "Useless thing! I told you to look for divine herbs, yet you brought back something tattered like this. A mere second rank divine sword has actually made you giddy with excitement? To the point where you would ignore the mission your master has given you?"

The man crawled up from the ground, and evidently, he had received grave injuries. Yet, he still knelt down with head close to the ground. "Master, please forgive me. This disciple knows his wrongs."

"Hmph!" The elderly snorted. "Continue with your search." After saying that, he no longer cared about the man on the ground, as he summoned out his divine sword and flew off. Yet Zhu Yao, the divine sword which he claimed to be tattered, was held onto by him, with no intentions of returning to the man.

It seemed like these two did not have a good master-disciple relationship! Wasn't the Forest of Separation the place that connected the Demonic Immortal Continent and Deity Continent? The level of danger there was far from norm. Zhu Yao could not figure out the identities of the two people.

That elderly brought her to a celestial realm, a place filled with divine mountains that were as tall as the sky, enveloped by auspicious clouds. He flew straight towards the peak, and the place was actually filled with solemn looking pavilions and mansions.

He flew straight down and then made a right turn towards the side mansion. Zhu Yao faintly saw the word Thisthower written on the mountain gates.

As the elderly made his way to the side mansion, the nearby several disciples dressed in the long same navy-blue robes would bow down and greet him.

"Greetings to Pavillion Lord Fan."

"Mn." The elderly seemed to have instantly retracted his cold gaze and was actually responding with smiles. He walked straight towards a cave residence and stopped at the front door. Glancing at the divine sword in his hand, he then turned towards the courtyard at the back, pulled open a door, and threw Zhu Yao in.

Zhu Yao felt her body turning light and her vision blurring. With a few clanging sounds and a few rolls, she then crashed into something and stopped. After having a closer look, she realized this was a weapon storage. The place was filled with various divine artifacts, from the first to fifth rank.

Zhu Yao suddenly felt like crying. Was she going to be to stored here? Wouldn't it be better to be with that idiot from earlier then? At the very least, she would be able to go to different places. She couldn't move at all right now!

Master… Where are you? Your disciple has fallen off!

"Hey, you're pressing on me." Suddenly, a grumble was heard.

Zhu Yao was shocked. She looked around, but she couldn't see anyone at all. Was she hearing things?

"Hey, I'm talking to you, newcomer!" That voice once again sounded.

"Who?"

"Here, here! Below you."

Zhu Yao lowered her head to take a look. Pressing beneath her blade was a fourth rank hammer-shaped divine artifact.

"You can talk?" Zhu Yao was utterly stunned. It turned into a spirit?

That hammer flashed with a divine glow for an instant. "If you can talk, why can't I? Hurry and roll off this great one's body."

"Uh…" The hammer sure had a haughty attitude.

"Enough, Skybreaker! Stop bullying the newcomer already, can't you see it's just a second rank divine artifact? It's already tough enough for her to talk." A female voice sounded from the side. Zhu Yao turned to the source of the voice, and it was actually a wooden comb.

"Hmph!" The hammer snorted. The divine glow from its body grew brighter, and then, it flew while lifting Zhu Yao off it. It then flew onto a weapon rack and no longer spoke.

"Don't be afraid, newcomer." The wooden comb kindly said. "We are all neighbours now."

"That's right, that's right. Newcomer, are you a sword?" The dagger at the side said.

"We have very few swords here, you're the only one here right now." A fan divine artifact said.

"That's right, you're the first sword I've seen since I came out of the furnace." A silk veil divine artifact said.

"Sword, what's your name?"

"Sword, I'm Saber. What's yours?"

"You dummy. She's a sword, so of course she's called Sword."

"…" You guys are swuarks, your entire families are swuarks!

"Hi Sword, I'm Spear." The long red spear at the entrance said.

"Hi Sword, I'm Flute." The flute on the rack said.

"Hi Sword, I'm Fan." The fan on the rack said.

"Hi Sword, I'm…" The black rock at the corner said. "Material!"

Zhu Yao: "…"

Can anyone let me know what's going on with this room? Why are there so many weapons and even materials here that can talk? Did I unlock some sort of unique ability again?

"Sword, ignore Skybreaker. He has a bad temper like that." Seeing that she wasn't talking, the wooden comb softly consoled.

The other divine artifacts began to follow up as well.

"That's right, that's right. He's just jealous."

"Our names have such nice rings to them, he's the only one which is slightly irregular."

"That's right. He's actually called Skybreaker. It's extremely terrible to hear, you know."

"It's not as pure as my name 'Club'."

"Uh…" The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. "It's pure alright!"

"Isn't it, isn't it? I think so too. Your name 'Sword' sounds really good too, though it can't be compared to mine, it's already pretty decent."

"…" Why, thank you!

"Enough!" Skybreaker which was on the rack suddenly flared up. It leapt down and then roared its lungs out. "Skybreaker is the name that old man came up with, my real name is Hammer! Hammer! I'm a hammer!"

Zhu Yao: "…"

The divine artifacts seemed to have already gotten used to the hammer's roars, as they continued to chat up the newcomer Zhu Yao with zeal.

The dagger flashed and spoke. "Sword, do you like to emit light? I like to emit light the most. Let us be friends."

"No…"

The dagger was stunned, and in an instant, it dimmed quite a bit. "Why?"

"Have you never heard of this?" Zhu Yao nobly said. "Do not mess with swords."

Zhu Yao blanked out in the divine artifact storage for an entire day. Other than the various divine artifacts which wielded otherworldly common sense, she did not spot a single human figure at all. She suddenly grew a little anxious, as she wondered how her master was doing. She tried to take in divine energy like how she did when she was a divine jade back then, only to realize that she couldn't cultivate at all. Forget about taking in divine energy into her body, she couldn't even sense any divine energy at all. She then tried to bathe in moonlight, yet she realized it was still ineffective.

In a few moments, she lost all motivation. How was she going to play now?

Could it be that she had to stay here, till someone takes her away or till her master finds her?

From the looks of the Deity practitioner with the surname Fan, he seemed to scorn a second rank divine artifact like her. Furthermore, he he was a stingy person that would not let go of a single cent, seeing how he would even snatch away his disciple's weapon. The possibility of him gifting a weapon to someone else was basically zero.

What to do?

Suddenly, an extremely soft creak sounded from the door. A black figure entered in a flash. He looked around anxiously, and then, his line of sight landed on her. In an instant, his eyes shone.

Idiot! Why is he here?

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Chapter 345: Barrierless Two-Way Switch

Idiot did not idle for too long. After he found his target, he walked over, picked Zhu Yao up, and left. Along the way out, he cautiously avoided various disciples. He wondered if it was because of his incredible luck, as he was actually able to leave Thisthower Mountain successfully. When he reached the mountain gates, he then daringly took out his flying sword and fled at high speeds. After flying for over an hour, he arrived at a piece of wilderness plains.

The man then panted heavily and stopped.

Looking at the sword in his hand, a joyous smile surfaced on his face, making him look even sillier than before.

Zhu Yao could not figure out this person's thoughts at all. He might be simply unwilling to let go of his divine artifact and thus stole it back during the night. However, there were so many divine artifacts in the weapon storage room earlier, and he could easily scoop up a huge bunch that were all ranked higher than her. Yet, she was the only one that he took. This was simply too abnormal.

The man looked at the divine sword in his hand, and then turned to look in the direction he came from. His brows furrowed as he lightly muttered to himself. "With this, I can definitely…" His words stopped halfway once more. He took in a deep breath, as if he had just made some sort of resolution.

Before Zhu Yao could even figure out the situation, he had already impatiently began to chant an incantation and cast an art. He had even used divine energy to scratch his finger, mustering out a drop of blood and had it drip onto Zhu Yao.

This was the mystic imprint for a divine artifact to recognize its owner, and he was even freaking using his own blood to guide the flow of the incantation. When that drop of blood landed on her blade, she suddenly felt as if someone was stuffing her mouth with a bunch of things, and they even carried the taste of blood. It was especially disgusting, and she spat it out without a moment's hesitation.

The mystic imprint on the man's hand shattered resoundingly as well.

"Eh?" The man was stunned. Looking at the drop of blood that was deflected, his face was filled with doubts. "Before, it could conceal my presence, so it should be an ownerless artifact. Why would my mystic imprint be rejected then?"

He investigated front and back, but did not notice anything strange. His brows furrowed even further, and something seemed to have flashed across his eyes. He had no choice but to give up for now. He pulled out a storage pouch from his side and opened it.

The hell, this idiot can't possibly be thinking of putting me in the storage pouch, right?

As expected, in an instant, the man stuffed her into that pitch-black pouch.

Yamete, return me my fresh air!

She simply felt her vision darkening, and in an instant, the senses of her entire body disappeared. Her consciousness began to swim in the next instant, and she suddenly felt an incredible headache. She instinctively raised her hand to knock at her head, and only then did the pain disappear.

This was really strange. She was a sword, so why would her head ache?

Wait a minute!

She just raised her hand!

Zhu Yao forcefully opened her eyes, and what entered her vision was not darkness but a familiar cottage. She was currently lying on the bed, and the blanket was neatly covered over her. Next to the pillow was a spherical bead that was presently emitting out a gentle silver glow, making her feel extremely comfortable.

Did she… return?

Zhu Yao hurriedly sat up and looked around. As expected, it was her master's cottage. Where was her master?

Suddenly, thunders rang through the clouds, frightening her. Where did the thunders come from? Logically speaking, though there were lightning formations all around Lightning Divine Palace, there was an isolation formation within, so sound shouldn't be able to seep through.

She deftly crawled down the bed. When she opened the door, all she saw was a sky filled with tribulation lightning bolts. White and red bolts mixed and flashed. Other than the several dozen meters of area surrounding the straw cottage, the place was filled with lightning flashes and roaring thunder. The flowers and trees were burnt and destroyed, and charred smell filled the air.

In the sky, two figures, white and red, were moving at speeds that could not be seen with the naked eye, and they were rather focused in their fight.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Why were the two of them fighting again? Putting aside how they would occasionally fight outside the palace and harass the indigenous people in the past, why were they now fighting in their own home?

"Master…" She could not help but call out.

The tribulation lightning bolts in the sky suddenly stopped, and all of the lightning sparks instantly extinguished. In the next instant, Yu Yan, dressed in red robes, appeared first before her.

"Yo, little little grand disciple, you're finally awake." If you had stayed unconscious any longer, I would have died an innocent death. "Come, let your great great grandmaster have a look."

Just as he was about to step forward, a white figure descended from the skies and kicked him away. He hugged onto Zhu Yao extremely quickly and she fell back a few steps.

Yu Yan held onto Zhu Yao with one hand, and a sword emitting out lightning sparks in the other. It felt as if his body was enveloped by a block of ice that had lasted for over a thousand years, infecting the surrounding air with an icy chill.

"Little Yanyan, you were basically bullying your ancestor. At the very least, I am still your master's master's master, you know." Yu Jin barely avoided his kick, as he kept his slovenly attitude. "Though our cultivation level is the same, you actually used your life artifact to attack me. Now that, is something that you shouldn't have done."

Yu Yan simply ignored his complaints, as he checked the disciple in his embrace over and over again. "Do you feel any discomfort?"

"No… nothing." Zhu Yao shook her head. She glanced at the two people back and forth. Just what happened to these two?

"Haah, I already told you I was innocent. The disappearance of little little grand disciple's soul was really unrelated to me, yet you still didn't believe me." Yu Jin shook his head as he looked at the surroundings with a pained look. In an instant, he restored his role as the Floor Master and denounced Yu Yan's behaviour. "See for yourself… Just how much of the millions of years of foundation of Lightning Divine Palace have you destroyed?"

He sounded as though he played no part in its destruction.

"Floor Master…" The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. "Before saying that, can you retract that expression that looked as though you're enjoying this moment?" Can you not bully my master for not being talkative!?

Yu Jin's face stiffened. Should someone even strip an elder's dignity like that? "Little little grand disciple, let's have a chat!"

"Sure, but before that… Can you please wear something to cover your lower half?" She wanted to mention it for a long while. What was with wearing a robe that had its lower half burnt away? Did he want to see his leg hair sway with the wind?

Only then did Yu Yan realize that the bottom half of the other party's robe had been burnt off, revealing a pair of snow-white hairy legs. He quietly turned his disciple's head away. Mn, his disciple was his. He definitely wouldn't lend her away to another master to look at his leg hair.

"…" Yu Jin's heart stopped. A buff named "Dignity of the Floor Master" instantly dispersed as he received a 1000 reflective damage.

Yu Yan had already kept his weapon and pulled up his disciple's hand to check her meridians a few times. As he probed, he asked. "What happened? Were did you go?"

Zhu Yao had no choice but to thoroughly explain how she turned into a sword earlier. The longer she explained, the deeper his frown became. Even the Floor Master Yu Jin who had a slovenly attitude just earlier, had a heavy look on his face.

"This situation…" Yu Jin pondered for a moment, and then solemnly said. "Doesn't seem to be due to the instability of the soul."

Yu Yan's expression turned heavy. Carrying his disciple, he headed into the straw cottage. "Return to the cottage first!"

He carefully checked Zhu Yao, from outside her body to inside it, yet he still could not find any anomaly. Yu Yan's frown grew deeper.

"Most likely, it's because she doesn't possess any cultivation." Yu Jin guessed. "Without the slightest bit of cultivation, if her soul is unstable, then there's no divine energy suppression present, which thus makes her soul easy to drift away. But…" He glanced at Zhu Yao and solmenly said. "There are many cases where the souls of humans will possess another human body. Cases where one would possess a sword, as mentioned by little little grand disciple, is however rarely heard of."

"Then what should I do?" She wouldn't be swapping back and forth often, right?

"Stabilize your soul." Yu Yan picked up the Soul Attracting Pearl and placed it on her hand. "Remember that this object must not leave your body."

Zhu Yao nodded. She did not want to become that idiot's sword again.

"By my estimates, the Soul Attracting Pearl isn't enough by itself!" Yu Jin waved his hand at her with a kind look. Little little grand disciple, come over here."

"What?"

"What's with that expression? Do you think this Floor Master will harm you?"

"That's right!"

"…" His heart felt stuffy.

Yu Jin flipped his hand and then pulled out a pile of items from his storage ring. "When it comes to divine treasures that can maintain souls, I have a lot of them. Come come, hurry and pick one."

"What's the condition?"

"Aiyaaa, how can you see me as such a person? As long as you…"

"I won't take over the role of Floor Master!" Zhu Yao immediately interrupted him.

"My master won't take it either."

"…" Yu Jin took suffered two gunshots in consecutive succession. As expected, this pair of master and disciple was too hateful. "Fine, fine. I will just give it to you for free this time, with no strings attached, alright!? Come and pick one." He kind of felt that he was making a loss here.

Only then did Zhu Yao put down the Soul Attracting Pearl in her hand and doubtfully walk over.

"Little little grand disciple, you see how good I am to you?" Yu Jin did not forget his insistence to brainwash her. "How can you find such a good Deity like me anywhere else? How would I possibly harm…"

Before he could even finish, just as Zhu Yao wanted to reach out for the divine artifact on the table, her vision darkened. A familiar headache assaulted her as she immediately fell down.

Yu Jin who was caught in the act: "…"

He quietly raised his head and looked towards a certain someone who was already beginning to overflow with lightning sparks. "If I were to tell you I'm not related to what just happened, would you believe me?"

In an instant, thunders from tribulation lightning bolts once again rang out in the broad skies.

Ouch, the other side of my bottom half…

In just a blink of an eye, a white light flashed and the scenery in front of her instantly changed. She once again could not move her body.

The hell! Why did she turn into a sword again!?

Zhu Yao looked at the idiot male near her, and she suddenly felt like cussing out now. Presently, he was currently holding onto her, with the blade flat in front of chest, forming a preparatory posture for offense.

The hell happened?

Zhu Yao turned to look at the other side of the idiot. That's right, as a sword that looked the same from the top and bottom, the only benefit she had was her three hundred and sixty degrees vision with no blind spots. After looking from the top, she could look from the bottom, and vice versa.

Standing in front of him was two men and one woman, and after a closer look, they were even familiar faces. They were the three people that were chasing after the idiot.

"And here I wondered what it was?" The woman among the three coldly laughed, a hint of disdain flashed across her eyes. "So it's just a second rank divine artifact. Only someone like you who barely passes as an Earth Deity would treat it as treasure."

Idiot didn't reply, and simply gripped on the sword in his hand even tighter.

"Junior-martial sister, stop talking crap with him already." The man on the female Deity's left took a step forward, and he said with a furious tone. "Miao Bo, if you understand your position, then hurry and hand over the Meal Devouring Herb that you stole from us back then. We will then consider if we should spare you."

Idiot Miao Bo glanced at the three people and his eyes sank. "I have long used the Meal Devouring Herb, where am I going to find another one!?"

"You!" The female Deity was instantly enraged, her teeth noisily gritting. "You're courting death!"

Following after, she summoned a rain of countless swords and attacked Miao Bo. The other two male Deities threw out fire-type and ice-type divine arts as well.

Miao Bo dodged and deployed barriers to defend himself with all his might in the beginning, but how could he possibly match three of them? In an instant, he was injured by them, and wounds appeared all around his body. The female Deity took this opportunity to summon her divine sword and slash down at him. Miao Bo simply did not have time to react at all.

Zhu Yao simply saw a pillar of blood spewing out in front of her. One of Miao Bo's arms fell off and half of his body was stained in blood. This was basically an instant kill.

Miao Bo dragged his dilapidated body and immediately flew several meters back, his face was already miserably pale.

"Hmph, you overestimated yourself!" The female Deity's face turned cold as she walked towards him. "Today, I shall let you know the type of people you shouldn't offend."

Miao Bo had a pained look, and just as he was about to flee, two thorny vines suddenly broke out of the earth, restraining his two legs. Blood flowed incessantly from his legs, and he could no longer move an inch. Miao Bo was close to kneeling down onto the ground, yet he still forced himself to stand straight.

He held onto the sword in his hand tightly. Gritting his teeth, he circulated the divine energy from his entire body and poured them all into the divine sword in his hand. He was planning to unleash a final attack containing all his might.

Zhu Yao simply felt a large amount of divine energy pouring into her body. It carried a berserk and frantic aura, and she instinctively wanted to expel the excessive divine energy, releasing out ten bolts and nine circulations of tribulation lightning on reflex.

In an instant, lightning sparks appeared from the entire blade, accompanied by several roars of thunder. Ten bolts and nine circulations of tribulation lightning struck towards the Gold Deity at the front, and before she could even react, her chest was torn through with a large hole. She instantly fell onto the ground, blood flowing incessantly.

"Junior-martial sister!" The other two male Deities were shocked. They immediately went forward to hold the female Deity up and hurriedly sealed the several meridians and protect the Nascent Spirit in her body. They then looked towards Miao Bo. Compared to their earlier haughtiness, the looks on their faces were now replaced with fright.

"Lightning-type divine arts!" The two men exchanged glances, their eyes were filled with fear. "We never expect that you would actually be related to the Lightning Divine Palace. You best be thankful that luck is on your side today." As one of them said that, the two hurriedly flew off with the unconscious female Deity, not daring to stay for a moment longer. How could they possibly offend the Lightning Divine Palace?

When the three of them left, Miao Bo could not hold on any longer, immediately blacking out and falling onto the ground.

"Hey, idiot, are you alright?" Even if you want to faint, don't press me against a pool of blood! It's really disgusting, alright? People will misunderstand that I have just experienced the most brutal auntie in history, ok? Zhu Yao called out twice, yet he didn't react at all. Only then did she recall that no other human could hear her words. She sure had a bad life!

Zhu Yao however was not worried about the idiot's injuries. After all, they were not familiar, and not to mention he was still an Earth Deity. With the quality of a divine body, he wouldn't just die because of a loss of an arm. The reason why he had fallen was because of exhaustion from pouring out all of his divine energy into her body. In just a few hours, it was guaranteed that he would be alive and jumping.

Recalling the situation from before, Zhu Yao was a little confused now. Logically speaking, she was just a divine artifact, and strictly, she would simply be a tool. Even if the idiot were to pour all of his divine energy into her body, in usual situations, he should have been the one guiding the divine energy to unleash an attack. In the end, weapons had to be wielded by people to be usable. However, the nine circulations of tribulation lightning earlier were clearly unleashed by her. The idiot was not involved in the entire process. This was akin to the weapon charging out to slash at someone before the user even moved.

This was not logical at all.

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Chapter 346: I Dare You to Try Being Impudent

The idiot Miao Bo was unconscious for a full hour, and Zhu Yao bathed in blood for a full hour as well. Just as the fresh blood was about to coagulate, he slowly regained consciousness. He struggled to crawl up, gritted his teeth and sealed several meridians on his body. Then, he sat in a lotus position and began meditating.

The hell, at the very least, pick me up! What's with plastering my face with blood?

Miao Bo meditated for half a day before finally opening his eyes. After recovering a little divine energy, he looked around, stood up, and left.

It can't be? You're throwing me away because I'm dirty now?

Miao Bo walked about two steps and stopped, as if he had recalled something. Then he turned around and picked Zhu Yao up.

Phew, at least this brat has a conscience.

Though his legs were still a little wobbly, he walked quickly and stopped right where his severed arm was. He placed Zhu Yao at the side and then sat down again. This time, he did not meditate for too long. After recovering a slight amount of divine energy, he cast an art that connected his severed arm back to his body.

This was the first time Zhu Yao saw an art that reattached limbs. Though she knew the art herself, she had never used it before. After all, she did not have a hobby of severing her own limbs.

The part where his arm was sliced shone, and then, he pressed his arm into the joint. The sliced area began to heal on its own, and in just a few moments, the joints were connected. Not even a single scar could be seen. Zhu Yao could not help but applaud the medical techniques of the Divine Realm. They were more technologically advanced than any modern medical techniques, and they were available to all citizens as well.

Miao Bo tried moving his reconnected arm, and it moved no different from before. He turned to look at Zhu Yao on the ground, cast an art to clear off the bloodstains on her body, and then sized up the blade for a moment. With a smile on his face, he said. "Fortunately, I had you."

Mn, I feel the same way too!

"I must hurry now." His expression sank. Taking a deep breath, he ignored the injuries on his body, forced himself up and summoned his flying sword.

Is he about to head on a long journey? Zhu Yao glanced at the storage pouch by his side. She recalled that before she returned to Lightning Divine Hall, she was placed in the storage pouch. Most likely, if she was placed back in, she could return once more. She instantly felt a little excited. Hurry and put me in, hurry and put me in.

However… He did not do it.

She wondered just what was Miao Bo thinking this time around, as he simply carried Zhu Yao along as he flew. He did not have any intentions of storing her at all.

The hell!

Though his wounds were healed, his divine energy were still not completely restored, so he was flying very slowly this time around. However, he did not have any intention to stop at all, as though he was rushing to a very important location. Feeling bored, Zhu Yao looked around, only to realize a familiar forest was right below her.

Wasn't this the Severed Forest from before? Why did he return here?

Miao Bo flew into the depths of the Severed Forest. Four hours later, he then stopped above a cave. He placed a concealment talisman on himself before descending into it.

Only then did Zhu Yao have a clearer look. It was a humongous cave entrance reaching dozens of meters high. Though it was extremely broad, it was pitch-black inside, and there were faint traces of a revolving formation. Sharp stalagmites were hanging in the ceiling of the cave entrance.

Rather than a cave, it was more like a gigantic mouth.

"Who is it?" Suddenly, a loud roar resounded, and the cave entrance slowly closed. Two eyes with the size of wells appeared right above where the cave entrance initially was.

The hell, it really was a mouth!

The two eyes above the cave emitted out two red light rays, scanning the front of the cave like X-rays.

Zhu Yao simply felt Miao Bo tightening his grip on her hilt for a moment. He was even dripping with cold sweat as a he stood there unmoving.

The red light swept through their bodies and then retracted, as though no anomaly was discovered. Immediately after, the pair of eyes closed and its mouth began to widen once more, restoring its former cave look. This x-ray vision technology can't make it at all. It's clearly not as good as infrared sensors.

Miao Bo felt his entire body turn loose, and only then did he carefully moved into the cave with his hand tightly holding onto Zhu Yao. He walked extremely lightly, without making use of a single divine art, as he moved into the cave.

The insides of the cave were not as dark as Zhu Yao thought it would be. Instead, red and white glows of formations were everywhere. Various types of formations filled the cave. Zhu Yao took a closer look, and discovered that there were several offensive formations among them, encompassing various types. Tripping one of them would ignite all the others.

Miao Bo cautiously scanned his surroundings and did not activate a single formation. He seemed to be looking around for something in particular. Suddenly, joy filled his face as he walked towards a small inconspicuous formation at the right corner.

It seemed to be a teleportation formation, though it seemed to be mixed with some sort of spatial arts. Miao Bo walked directly into that formation, yet did not activate it straight away. Instead, he observed his surroundings for a moment first. Then, he heaved a deep sigh of relief, before circulating all of the remaining divine energy in his body, activating the formation in an instant.

A bright red light flashed. Everything within the cave suddenly underwent a change. What seemed to be stiff and hard rocks earlier, suddenly turned into fibres of muscles. The cave shone bright, as the surrounding stone walls turned into walls of meat. Traces of dripping liquid could be seen as well, as the ground turned into a large and soft meat which began to move a little.

This was actually really the mouth of a beast!

This idiot came here to serve himself as food?

"Who!?" A furious roar resounded all around.

Miao Bo directly inserted his last strand of divine energy, and the formation activated at the same time as well. The scenery in front of them changed, and they arrived at a room lighted up by candles. Miao Bo's legs gave way, as he fell and sat on the ground. His head was drenched in cold sweat and his face was miserably pale. His expression was filled with fear.

He panted for a long while before finally regaining his senses. He looked around, and then, he suddenly laughed. His laughter grew louder, and his expression was slowly replaced with excitement and joy.

"Finally… I've finally entered!" He spread out his four limbs as he laid on the golden floor tiles. After a long while, he managed to suppress the madness in him, stand up, and walk towards the front.

Only then did Zhu Yao finally regain her senses. She finally understood why this person wanted to hold onto her all this while. He must had known that there was something he wanted here right from the start, but the entrance just had to be that rock-like monster's mouth. Coincidentally, she seemed to have a concealment ability, and he was then able to infiltrate in while using her to conceal his presence.

So the idiot isn't stupid at all. This plan of his sure is well thought out.

Miao Bo rested for a while, before he began to search the place. He seemed to be aware that this place did not pose much danger to him. He did not conceal himself at all as he moved forward. The place was huge, and though the place was really extravagant, it was very empty. He turned to the right in an instant and walked deep in, where he opened an ancient and exquisite door.

The furniture set-up inside was extremely simple, with just a single square-shaped table. A bottle with a green jade bottle within was placed on top of it.

Miao Bo's eyes shone, his face was filled with ecstasy. He hurriedly walked forward and grabbed onto that bottle.

"Divine Will Condensing Dew!" He exclaimed out, his hand held tightly onto the bottle.

The hell is a Divine Will Condensing Dew? I've never heard of it!

Miao Bo had already lost all patience as he pulled out the bottle cap and gulped down the content. He then immediately sat on the ground in a lotus position, meditating and adjusting himself. The divine energy around his body began to condense, while at the same time, a few impurities were expelled out.

It was actually a medicine for purifying the body and condense one's divine will. Zhu Yao finally understood. In the beginning, she was wondering just why was Miao Bo's divine energy so scattered despite being a Earth Deity. He did not seem to have experienced the refinement of the lightning tribulations, and was incredibly weak.

There was only one possibility under such circumstances, and that was… he snuck up here! He did not experience the refinement of the lightning tribulations. This could explain why he had such a low standing here. Furthermore, to regular Deities, they would have no use for this "Divine Will Condensing Dew", yet he desired it so much. Most likely, he simply wanted to use it to expel out the impurities within his body, and become a true Deity!

Wait a minute!

Expel impurities…

She recalled the Dirt Removal Art she learnt in the beginning. It had the same effects as well. And usually, the way to cleanse a body was… take a crap! Miao Bo isn't going to take a crap too, right!? There isn't a toilet here, hey! Is he going to deal with it right here and now?

No! Her entire blade felt uncomfortable all over.

She did not have any interest in spectating others 'picking flowers'! She was just an innocent and naive sword, please let her go.

Gururu…

A soul-consuming background noise rang out.

Here it comes…

Miao Bo's expression changed, as though he had just thought about this serious physiological problem. He held onto his stomach and looked around, his face was filled with anxiety. Realizing that his surroundings were clean and spotless without a single tissue to be found, the background noise from his stomach rang out even clearer. At that moment, he could no longer care about anything else and charged right out of the room.

Fortunately, he did not pick her up. Zhu Yao heaved out a sigh of relief, when suddenly, the door was slammed open again.

The hell. Warrior, why are you back here?

Miao Bo's face was already green from holding back. As he walked in, with every step he took, a sound, that could only be made when a pungent odor were to leak out of a human body, would ring out. Pupupu. They rang out as clear as ever.

At that moment, Zhu Yao even had the thought of dying. The hell is this idiot trying to do? He can't possibly want to take her along even when he's picking flowers, right? Is there a need for such heavy tastes!?

Miao Bo had a complicated look as he looked around, a mist of shamelessness floated within his eyes. The intervals between each unique background noise grew shorter. He finally gritted his teeth, turned towards a corner of the room, and then… swaaah! He pulled down his pants!

He actually stripped his pants! He actually stripped his pants without a hint of internal struggle to speak of!

Eh! His buttocks are rather white… Ah pui! The main point was, he actually chose to deal with it in this room for real!

Uncle Policeman! There's a ruffian here!

An intensely venomous chemical gas instantly filled the room. Zhu Yao held her breath with all her might. She was wrong, she shouldn't have left that weapon storage room right from the start. She shouldn't have helped him defeat those three Gold Deities. Otherwise, she wouldn't need to encounter such a dangerous biochemical weapon.

Zhu Yao risked her life to hold her breath, and her heart began to turn a little stuffy. Finally, her vision darkened. She pushed herself too hard…

When she once again opened her eyes, Zhu Yao saw Yu Jin's irritating face. She instinctively blurted out, "Buttocks!"

Yu Jin who was still carrying a smile on his face earlier, instantly darkened.

"What did you say?" He instantly flared up. "You actually said this face with world-class beauty looks like a pair of buttocks? Which part of it looks like a butt to you?"

Uh… She didn't say his face look like one though?

Zhu Yao pushed his face away and sat up. She looked around, realizing that she had once again returned to the straw cottage at Lightning Divine Hall. "Where's my master?"

Yu Jin summoned a water mirror and seriously checked his face. Mn, it's still beautiful! Only then did he feel relieved and reply her. "Little Yanyan went to look for you."

"Look for me?" Zhu Yao was stunned.

"Mn. Didn't you say you turned into a sword previously? He went to look for the object that you possessed." Yu Jin nodded. He sized her up for a moment, and then a hint of doubt surfaced. "I say, little little grand disciple! Is there something special with your soul? Why are all of the soul suppressing objects and techniques ineffective on you?"

"Special?" Zhu Yao rolled her eyes. "It's especially weak, does that count?" She gets disconnected like how often backend servers do.

"When is master going to come back?"

"When he finds the sword that you're possessing, he will naturally return." Yu Jin reached out his hand, wanting to stroke her head. However, his hand was slapped away by Zhu Yao in disgust, and he sighed. "Oh right, how did you return this time?"

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. She didn't want to talk about it!

"Let's not bring up the past."

"Uh…" What did she mean? "Oh right, before Little Yanyan left, he left behind a voice transmission talisman. If you have urgent matters, you can try sending him a message with the talisman." He passed her a golden talisman paper.

Zhu Yao joyfully received it. Just as she was about to insert spiritual energy, she suddenly recalled this body of hers had zero levels, and she immediately returned it. "Activate it."

"…" Why do I feel as though I have turned into this master's and disciple's follower!? I'm clearly the senior here!

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Zhu Yao nudged him in disgust.

Only then did Yu Jin reached out and tap it. The voice transmission talisman released out a white glow.

"Master." She immediately called out.

Yu Yan's voice instantly rang out. "Yu… Yao. You've returned?"

"Mn." She nodded. She suddenly recalled that this was a phone call and he could not see her at all, so she continued. "I just woke up. Master, where are you?"

"Thisthower Mountain."

Thistower Mountain Sect Master Feng Jin deeply felt that this was the definitely the most exciting day he had since he started cultivation a few tens of thousands of years ago. A hundred years ago, he felt that his cultivation had crossed the bottleneck and had signs of making a breakthrough. He finally chose this very day to make a breakthrough into a Heavy Deity, and had resisted all eighty-one tribulation lightning bolts. The moment he officially rose into a Heavy Deity, he felt his divine energy had all turned golden and sparkly.

He decided right at that moment that he would host a celebratory event of some sort, and invite those old farts from all four great continents, so that he could gloat in front of them for once. However, the moment he crawled out from the lightning tribulations, before he could even express that joy of his, a white-robed man, who was releasing a chilling aura that enveloped the entire three hundred and sixty degrees of his surroundings, appeared next to him.

"Thisthower Mountain Sect Master?"

When that person spoke, it was as if his voice could form ice. It was so cold, Feng Jin could not help but shiver for a moment.

Who is this? How dare he talk to me in such a manner? He instantly grew a little furious. As a Sect Master who was a rather renowned expert in the Southern Continent, how could he possibly endure being belittled like this?

"How dare you! Who are you?"

However, that white-robed man did not even look at him, and simply selfishly said. "I want to investigate all of the divine artifact storage rooms of Thisthower Mountain."

Divine artifact storage rooms? Is this person here to seize the divine artifacts of Thisthower Mountain? And his first request is even all of the divine artifact storage rooms.

Feng Jin immediately refuted. "Impudent!"

Then… That person really showed him what impudence really was.

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Chapter 347: Heaven or Hell, Look for My Disciple I Shall

Lightning bolts that were even more terrifying that the Heavy Deity tribulation lightning bolts that Feng Jin just faced came striking down. The sky was filled with oppressive might that could almost stop one's breath. Feng Jin could not even have a good look before he was struck back down to the surface, sinking deep into the earth's crust, along with that once proud heart of his.

The terrifying lightning bolts did not all land on his body. Most of them flew towards Thisthower Mountain. The Thisthower Mountain that was claimed to be the backbone of the Divine Realm, instantly shattered with a bang.

Shattered… Shattered…

Thisthower Mountain, the number one divine mountain in Divine Realm, actually shattered just like that.

No, no, no. This can't be real. There must be something wrong with the way I opened my eyes.

Feng Jin turned into a Spartan. Wasn't he just here to ask for directions? Was there a need to be this ferocious? Trembling, he reached a hand out of the crater, and pointed in a direction. In a flash, that white figure disappeared without a trace. Only then did three words flash across the depths of Feng Jin's mind. Lightning Divine Palace.

Why would a High Deity of Lightning Divine Palace make an appearance here? What happened to the promise that the members of Lightning Divine Palace did not show themselves outside easily?

Feng Jin spent tons of effort before he was able to pull himself out of the crater.

He suddenly felt that it was great to be alive…

Turning his head, he looked in the direction of Thisthower Mountain. He suddenly recalled the sheer number of divine artifact storage rooms in Thisthower Mountain. Not to mention every single one of them was assigned a guard. There would definitely be some who would be blind and attempt to stop him…

His Thisthower Mountain's millions of years of foundation!

"High Deity, wait! Do you need a guide…"

Promise me, leave me half of the mountain, please?

This time, as expected, Zhu Yao did not stay for too long. In a blink of an eye, she once again returned to that stupid-looking sword. As a worthy cause for celebration, she was no longer in the room filled with "venomous gas" from before. Miao Bo was currently strolling all over the place with her in hand. The divine energy in his body was much richer than before. It seemed that his cultivation of an Earth Deity was already stable. He successfully removed that 'stowaway' brand of his, and officially became a legal citizen of the Divine Realm.

Miao Bo was evidently really happy, as he leisurely strolled this strange place. Smiles were plastered all over his face the entire time. Zhu Yao wondered if it was because his cultivation had risen, or because he was feeling refreshed after all of the poison were expelled. In any case, compared to seeking the "Divine Will Condensing Dew" being his one and only goal earlier, he was simply having a blind stroll right now.

He turned into a long hallway, the two sides were filled with one room after another, and every single one of the doors had a different colour from the rest. Deep and profound formations were even placed above the doors, and behind them, rich divine energy could be felt leaking out. Furthermore, the deeper he went, the richer the divine energy.

Miao Bo stopped at the first doorstep, and looked at the formation above the door carefully. Looking at his frown, he did not seem to be familiar with its activation method at all. He looked around, and he suddenly spotted a concave bottle-shaped slot on the side of the door, above where the candle holder was.

Why did Zhu Yao feel like it was a mechanism?

Naturally, Miao Bo thought that way as well. After pondering deeply for a moment, his eyes brightened. He pulled out the jade bottle, the one where the "Divine Will Condensing Dew" was stored in earlier, and placed that bottle into the slot. It was a perfect fit.

The moment he released his hand, the formation on the door instantly disappeared, and the door opened with a creak. The place inside was once again an extremely simplistic room, with the exact same square-shaped stone table placed at the very center. A jade bottle was placed on top of the table. Though there was an additional bed on the right side of the room, and it made the room look like a cave residence for closed-door training.

Miao Bo entered. Just as he picked up the bottle, the door closed with a bang. Miao Bo grew worried, yet no matter what he did, he could not open the door. He had even used arts of various types, yet the door did not budge in the least.

He frowned. He could not help but look at the bottle in his right hand. When he pulled out the cap, a rich divine aura came assaulting him. Miao Bo instantly grew excited. When he poured the bottle down, a Melissin… Ah pui! A divine pellet laid on his palm.

Miao Bo became a little hesitant. The divine pellet did not look simple at first glance, but because he had never seen it before, he did not dare to try it out so easily. After hesitating for quite a while, he finally gritted his teeth, sat down on the stone bed, and ate the pellet.

Zhu Yao seemed to have witnessed the divine energy in his body expanding rapidly in an instant, as though there was an incredible force leaking out endlessly from within his body. The force drilled into his meridians, causing his expression to be filled with pain and sweat dripping down. His face grew even more distorted with pain, and when his meridians started spitting, blood began to flow out. In a few moments, the clothes on his body were dyed with fresh red blood. His loss of blood looked like it was caused by his aunt. It seemed like that pellet was a divine pellet that accelerated one's cultivation. It carried a rich amount of divine energy, but unfortunately, it seemed to have a rather high dissolving rate, and Miao Bo clearly could not suppress it. He was about to explode.

As a sword with no movement capabilities, Zhu Yao suddenly had a bad feeling.

As expected, Miao Bo could not even maintain the art he was using while meditating, and puked out a large mouthful of blood. His hand unconsciously fell onto the ground next to him as support, and he directly pressed onto Zhu Yao's blade. In the next instant, boundless divine energy came charging into her.

The hell! Your grandfather!

Zhu Yao felt uncomfortable all over.

The sudden excess of divine energy was like a dam opening up to release flood water, gushing into her body. She could faintly hear her blade cracking, yet the divine energy continued to pour endlessly.

She really wanted to shoot out lightning bolts to release the divine energy, but because this room was enclosed, she might destroy the infrastructure and bury themselves alive if she did. No, I can't release them.

She suddenly recalled her method of refining artifacts, where spiritual energy was needed to be inserted. When she thought about it, divine energy was rather similar as well.

Right now, she could only try it out. She immediately guided the divine energy, arranging and making them flow steadily into the blade, using the artifact refining method.

Strangely, the moment she made the attempt to guide, the chaotic divine energy earlier suddenly quietened down, as they orderly entered the blade.

"Eh?" Miao Bo was stunned, as though he had just realized that it could absorb his excess divine energy. With a glowing face, he finally sat down properly and placed the sword on his lap. Taking up a good posture, he then continued to raise his cultivation.

After a long while, when Miao Bo finally no longer had any excess divine energy in his body, he and his sword finally stopped the absorption of divine energy. Miao Bo's cultivation instantly rose that of a Profound Deity, while Zhu Yao who was once a second rank sword… was still a second rank sword. Just that the XX marks on the blade had suddenly turned into YYYY.

Uh… What did this mean?

Creaak. The door that Miao Bo could not push open earlier even with all his strength, actually opened on its own.

Yo. This secret room actually has a time limit? A renewal fee needs to be paid to open the door again, is that it?

Miao Bo did not continue staying either. He cast a Dirt Removal Art on himself and then got out of the room with Zhu Yao. Just when he returned to the hallway, the door of the neighbouring room opened automatically with a creak.

The room inside was exactly the same as the previous one. A bottle was placed on the stone table, and there was nothing else except for a stone bed.

Zhu Yao suddenly thought of a phrase – "Training Rooms". These rows of rooms here can't possibly have a rule like that, right? A bottle of pellets on the table, and then, you will rank up based on your level. After ranking up, you can then enter the next training room.

Miao Bo evidently thought of this point as well, and this time, he walked in without a shred of hesitation. He picked up the bottle on the table, poured the pellet onto his palm and ate it. Then he turned around and sat on the stone bed, beginning to meditate. His divine energy once again expanded rapidly…

Zhu Yao was once again treated as a buffer.

Your grandfather!

-flips table- Why do I have to witness the entire history of someone raising his level?

Unsurprisingly, every single one of the rooms here was the same, just that the divine pellet placed on each table held even richer divine energy with each subsequent room. The amount of divine energy Miao Bo absorbed grew, and it was as if his cultivation was riding on a rocket. His cultivation surged from a mere early-stage Profound Deity to a late-stage Profound Deity, to a Gold Deity, to a middle-stage Gold Deity, late-stage, Paragon… While the marks on Zhu Yao's blade changed with each room as well. From XXYY, to SSOO, and then to CCDD. It was as if all the letters in the alphabet were about to be used up, when finally they stopped at BBBB.

Zhu Yao: "…"

Miao Bo finally reached the final room, and the divine energy in that divine pellet was even denser than the one right before. Zhu Yao clearly could sense him breaking through something with all his might, as the colour of his face swapped between green and purple. The marks on Zhu Yao's blade as well, would occasionally turn into SSS and then back to BBB.

When the rich divine energy finally began to shrink and condense, Miao Bo's aura changed. His breakthrough into a Heavy Deity was successful!

He's a winner of life! He reached the summit so quickly.

Zhu Yao sighed in awe, with the letters SB carved on her blade.

Miao Bo was really excited as well, laughing out loud. In an instant, the entire space resounded with an audacious laughter. "Heavy Deity… I actually cultivated into a Heavy Deity!" He took a deep breath, as though he was suppressing the excitement in his heart. Suddenly, his eyes sank, as if he had just recalled something. He coldly said. "Fan Jian, it's time you pay the debts that you owe me."

Fan Jian? Who? He actually has such a refreshing name. (Bitchy)

His expression turned cold, and in an instant, even his entire being had turned gloomy. "Master, once this disciple returns, I will definitely treat you well."

So this Fan Jian is actually his master! Then isn't it that Pavillion Lord Fan from earlier?

It seemed like his resentment had piled up really heavily!

Miao Bo stood up, picked Zhu Yao up and left, heading in the direction they came from.

He immediately returned to that strange cave where the teleportation formation was. This time, the cave was closed, and what appeared beneath his feet was not hard rocks, but a gigantic tongue. Most likely, after he entered, this cave was closed right away, in order to capture him.

However, Miao Bo was no longer the same as before. He was already a Heavy Deity, and this cave could not stop him at all. With a twist of his hand, he materialized millions of spiritual swords, striking them downwards. With a loud bang, a hole was blasted open, and he immediately flew out.

He turned to look at the large mouth where blood was flowing out endlessly from. With a cold laugh, he swung the sword in his hand.

Zhu Yao simply felt a wave of divine energy entering her, forming a fire type formation. Just as the formation was about to be fire…

He wants to kill that cave guardian beast!

Zhu Yao's heart skipped a beat. The formation that was about to released earlier was now suppressed by her.

Miao Bo who had now risen to a Heavy Deity, was completely different from the idiotic-looking man from before. It was as if he had suddenly expelled out all of his weakness and self-loathing, turning openly impudent. However, his expression was filled with hostility, his entire being was covered in gloom.

She did not like this Miao Bo a little, and she unconsciously birthed to a hint of rejection towards him.

"Eh?" Miao Bo was stunned for a moment, as though he was really displeased that the sword did not release out the attack according to his wishes. A hint of scorn even surfaced in his eyes. He was no longer the person that treated a second rank divine artifact as treasure.

He glanced at the sword in his hand, and then looked at the severely injured cave guardian beast once more. With a disappointed look, he got onto his flying sword and left.

Zhu Yao looked at the direction they were heading in, and they were moving straight towards Thisthower Mountain where they departed from. It seemed like he had returned to get his revenge on Fan Jian.

In less than fifteen minutes, he flew out of the forest and arrived above a beach. Miao Bo once again looked at Zhu Yao in his hand. Frowning, he muttered. "As expected, is the rank too low?"

After saying that, he actually flung out his hand without the slightest strand of sentimentality. Zhu Yao drew an arc in the air, before landing in the sea.

Your sister!

Miao Bo believed that all his misfortunes were caused by Fan Jian. Back then, he was still a Nascent Soul practitioner in the Lower Realm, a considerably respected individual. Yet, Fan Jian took a fancy to him, and when he ascended, he forcefully absorbed Miao Bo into the Demigod Bead, and brought him along into the Higher Realm.

He unexpectedly achieved a divine body, but because he did not experience the refinement of the lightning tribulations, he could only be barely considered as an Earth Deity, taking in the countless taunts of others. Though Fan Jian had taken him as his disciple, he had never cared about Miao Bo's life and death. He merely wanted someone who would willingly work for him. Furthermore, because of the scattering of divine energy, Miao Bo's cultivation could not rise no matter what. After thousands of years had passed, Fan Jian had already achieved the cultivation of a Gold Deity, yet Miao Bo was still a lowly Earth Deity. Not to mention he had many times dove deep into dangerous grounds to locate various treasures.

He could not accept this! Just why could Fan Jian rise to even higher heights, while he was stuck here as a speck of dust? By chance, he received a secret scroll, and it was detailedly recorded within it that there was a mustard seed dimensional space containing "Divine Will Condensing Dew" inside the mouth of the strange beast. At that moment, he understood that his chance had arrived. Thus, he had countlessly entered the Forest of Separation to search for that place, and unexpectedly, he obtained a divine sword that could conceal presences.

Thus, unnerved, he entered that mustard seed dimensional space. There, he successfully tempered his divine body and became a true Earth Deity. However, the surprise did not end there. He actually discovered divine pellets inside that could raise one's cultivation. They were actually able to raise his cultivation to a Heavy Deity in an instant.

What's a Heavy Deity? Even Thisthower Mountain Sect Master, located in one of the four great continents, merely had a single Gold Deity Paragon practitioner. The number of Heavy Deities in the Divine Realm could be counted with fingers alone. No one in Thisthower Mountain could possibly block him.

Thus, he wanted revenge! He wanted blood! He wanted to tear him apart!

The more he thought about how he should settle these evil deeds, the more he felt that Fan Jian would deserve his death, and subsequently, he began to grow excited, becoming overly complacent by the minute. It was as if he could see that terrified face that Fan Jian would have the moment he realized that Miao Bo was already a Heavy Deity. He definitely had to settle these debts.

The corners of Miao Bo's smile curved upwards into a complacent smile, while his heart was filled with hatred towards Fan Jian. However, he was not aware that with his aptitude in the Lower Realm, there was no guarantee that he could ascend.

Ha accelerated his flying sword. The route that he initially took a day and a night to travel, could now be cleared with just a few flashes. He had returned to Thisthower Mountain. With a heart enveloped with vengeance, he simply did not notice Thisthower Mountain's anomaly. With the might of a Heavy Deity in full force, he flew straight towards Fan Jian.

As he had wished, he was able to see that person's shocked expression. Walking a step at a time, it was as if he was a life-taking Death God, someone that could take away the life of an ant on a whim.

Just when he was just a few meters away, a white light suddenly flashed in front of him. He suddenly felt his side turn chilly, as an ice-cold voice resounded.

"Where's my disciple?"

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Chapter 348: The Hell is a Female Sword?

Disciple? What disciple?

Miao Bo frowned. He was extremely furious at this reckless chap who suddenly appeared. His mind was filled with revenge, and when his enemy was just right in sight, he was stopped by someone unrelated to this entire situation. It was natural for him to be enraged.

"What does your disciple have to do with me!? Scram!" He charged out. "Those who stop me, shall die!" Without even thinking, he flung out a mystic art. He was a Heavy Deity, and yet there was actually someone who was blind enough to dare stop him. He needed to let this chap know his place.

In the next instant, he truly understood his place.

Before Miao Bo could even react, he was bombarded silly by the tribulation lightning bolts that rained down from the sky. Like fried fish, he was zapped at the front and the back, three hundred sixty degrees with no dead angle to escape to. His entire body was completely numbed. When he regained his senses, he, a Heavy Deity, was zapped back to his original form – an Earth Deity. Like a pile of carbon lying on the ground, he no longer had the strength move.

However, he wasn't the saddest person here.

"High Deity…" Thisthower Mountain Sect Master Feng Jin hugged onto Yu Yan's leg with tears and snot coming out from his nose. "What happened to the half of the mountain that you promised not to touch?"

Only then did Yu Yan stop the tribulation lightning bolts that filled the sky. With the same icy tone, he asked. "Where's my disciple?"

The moment she was flung out, Zhu Yao finally understood what the idiom "tearing the bridge apart after crossing it" meant. When Miao Bo was still an idiot back then, he would still bring her to look at the stars and moon, and even call her little sweety. Now that he had become successful and rich, he actually threw her away without a shred of hesitation. Thinking about this, Zhu Yao's sword heart received ten thousands damage.

Zhu Yao had already made the preparations to enter the waters. Just as she was falling straight down and nearing the surface of the sea, she heard a dull thud. That's right, it was not the splash from entering waters, but a thud.

"Aiyo!" Immediately after, a pained cry sounded. "Which bastard threw at me?"

"Eh? It's a divine sword." In the next instant, she was grabbed and raised in the air. The person who appeared before her was a blue-robed man wearing a jade crown on his head. His face was presently filled with anger. He looked up into the air and searched around. Then, he immediately cussed out. "Your granddaddy! Which bastard schemed against me and dared to assassinate me with a sword? If you have the guts, come and fight this granddaddy here in a fair match. What kind of a man are you by hiding yourself? Come right out here! Scram out in front of this granddaddy! Don't you hide and keep your mouth shut. I know you're there! Come out, come out, come out here!"

"The hell. Are you Aunt Xue?" His lines were exactly the same.

The man was stunned for a moment, and then he stared at the sword in his hand. "You can talk? There's actually a divine sword that can talk? It can't actually be the true form of some sort of spirit, right? Oh right, how did you know I'm Xue Yi?"

"The hell, you're really called Aunt Xue, hey!?" Zhu Yao and her avatar were utterly stunned. "Wait a minute, you can hear me?"

"This daddy isn't deaf, so why wouldn't I be able to hear you?" Xue Yi glared at her, and then shook her about by the hilt. "Hurry and speak, who's your owner? Why did he throw you at me? Hurry and call him out. If he has the guts, then come and fight me in a fair match."

"Uh…" This guy is actually a violent maniac. "It's not that someone threw at you, rather, I was thrown away by someone. When I fell, I bumped into you."

"Lies!" Xue Yi instantly flared up. "This daddy has been in closed-door training for several hundred years, and I have never been discovered before. How could there be such a coincidence where you could land on me in a single throw?" He snorted, looking all cool and tyrannical. "Hmph. A second rank divine sword like you actually thinks of tricking me? Furthermore, a barrier has been placed on this sea floor. Your owner must have used some sort of method to throw you down here."

As he spoke, he walked towards the transparent barrier that separated the seawater and pointed at it. With a proud look, he said. "I personally set this barrier up. Even if a late-stage Heavy Deity might not even break through it, let alone a terrible divine sword like you." He then swung her towards the barrier, as though he was trying to prove the quality of his formation.

Zhu Yao's blade slashed towards the front. Then, a crackling sound could be heard. It was the sound of something being slashed apart.

In the next instant, large amount of seawater gushed in as the barrier shattered resoundingly. It quickly flooded the entire isolated area.

A few moments later…

Above the boundless sea, the intense winds swirled into dark clouds, and between the dark clouds and the surface of the sea, Haiyan… ah pui! A human head popped out, with one hand clutching onto a floating log and a second rank divine sword with the other, his face was filled with shock!

He raised the sword up. A human and a sword silently stared at each other for ten seconds.

Something called 'resentment' began floating in the air.

"Uh…" Zhu Yao gave him a few seconds of silence. "I already told you, I was thrown down here." If you don't listen to the words of a divine sword, you will regret it, young man!

Xue Yi's expression darkened. He gritted his teeth, and then stubbornly replied. "This granddaddy believe you!"

He cast the Light Body Art, and then leapt up from the wooden log. He moved quickly across the water surface, heading towards the northern side.

Wuaah, he's using qinggong to float atop the water! At that moment, she felt that this unfortunate youth was pretty cool.

Xue Li leapt across the sea like a waterfly for half a day before arriving on dry land. The place he stopped at was an island.

"Why don't you fly on a sword?" Zhu Yao asked.

"He turned to glare at her ruthlessly. "Do you think this daddy doesn't want to? This daddy's belongings are all in the water, alright?" It's not like he did not want to fly on a sword, he had no swords to fly on!

"…" That's what you get.

Xue Li rested for a short while, and then looked at Zhu Yao. "Hey, just what in the world are you? Clearly you're a second rank divine sword, yet you're actually able to break my barrier."

"Uh… This is a tricky question." Let her think of something to muddle her way through. "Actually… I'm not a sword."

"Mn?" Xue Yi sized her up for a moment. "You can't possibly be trying to tell me you're a sabre, right?"

You're the sabre, your entire family is made of sabres.

"I mean, I'm not a weapon at first."

"Then what are you?"

Zhu Yao sighed, as she used all of the acting skills that she had learnt throughout her life. "Actually… I'm a princess…" Then she altered the 'princess and the frog' fairytale into a 'prince and the divine sword (PS: a second rank one)' story, and narrated it to him affectionately and enthusiastically. "So… As long as I can find the kiss of true love, I will be able to return."

Xue Li's face was like this: (_)

"It's true, young man. You must believe divine arts!" Zhu Yao continued to brainwash him.

The corner of Xue Li's lips twitched, and then asked seriously. "Is there the word 'idiot' written on my face?"

"Uh…" She hated intelligent people the most. When she was in the modern era, not a single one of the little brats on the street wouldn't believe her.

"I think you must have been struck with a soul assimilation art right?" Xue Li analyzed. "And then, you were sealed in this sword?"

"Eh." He sure made a precise guess.

"You want to return to your main body?"

"That's right, that's right, that's right."

"You want me to send you back?"

"That's right, that's right, that's right."

"Not going!"

"Hell." Then why the hell did you lead me on just now!

"Why do I have to send you back? There's no merit for me at all." He stretched his waist and said with a slovenly expression. "Furthermore, you were the one who destroyed my barrier. I don't even have a place to stay in now."

"…" You were clearly the one who slashed at it with your itchy hand.

"There were a good amount of treasures inside, you know? They were all there to prepare myself for the future. Even if you return to your divine body, you wouldn't be able to pay… Wait a minute!" His words halted there, as though he had just thought of something. He turned to look at Zhu Yao on the ground, and then pointed at her with his trembling hand. "You… Y-Y-You're a female sword?"

The hell is a female sword? Zhu Yao rolled her eyes and asked back. "You're a male human?"

Xue Li did not reply, his entire figure was rooted to the ground. His entire body was stiffened tight, and that bronze-coloured face was beginning to be dyed with a strange red, which spread all the way to his ears.

"What happened to your face?" Zhu Yao asked.

However, it was as if he was startled, leaping up all of a sudden. He took a few steps back, and his eyes began to swim around. He glanced to the left and looked to the right, but he did not dare to look at the sword on the ground. "N… N… N-N-N… Nothing."

"Why are you stammering now?"

He grew even more flustered and decided to turn around with his back facing her. His two hands crossed, and his two thumbs twiddled between each other. Female type. She's actually the female type that mother spoke of. What should I do? I'm so anxious. This is the first time I'm interacting with their kind this close. Will she love me at first sight? She must definitely like my muscles, right? She definitely will.

"Hey!" When you're muttering to yourself, don't let me hear you, hey! What's a female type? And who the hell likes your muscles?

"I… I… I…" He finally turned around, yet he was still stammering his words. "I will… s-s… send you b… ba… back."

"No thank you!" She had a bad feeling.

"N… N… N-No need to be courteous."

"…" Who wants to be courteous with you?

Heheh. She might like me after we develop our feelings on this journey.

"Who will like you? I have a man already, alright? Also, those inner thoughts of yours, can you please keep them to yourself?"

"W… Where do you want to g… go?"

"Don't act like you didn't hear me, hey! I don't want to go anywhere!"

He however had already walked over to her. He wanted to reach out to hold her, yet he figured that it wouldn't be prudent enough. He tore out half of his long robe, placed her on the fabric, and then carefully tied her up.

"Is… Is… Is it… to the east?" He held up Zhu Yao with a shy face. Then, he once again circulated the Light Body Art, and headed in the eastern direction.

Zhu Yao: "…"

She seemed to have been kidnapped by a single puppy.

"Divine sword maiden, there's a divine city over there. Shall we snatch a house and stay there for a while?" Xue Yi said to the sword in his hand fawningly.

"Snatch?" Are you a bandit?

"Don't worry, I came here before." Xue Yi explained with a serious look. "The houses here are really easy to snatch."

"…" What did you do in the past?

As Xue Yi spoke, his figure flashed and arrived at the gate to the divine city. In order to prove his words, he enthusiastically greeted the Deity practitioner protecting the gate. "Yo, long time no see!"

That Deity practitioner's face instantly paled and he immediately ran into the city, as though he had just seen a ghost. As he ran, he shouted loudly. "Hurry and run! That bastard surnamed Xue is back!"

The city that was still bustling with activities earlier instantly quietened down. In the next moment, every single person did the same thing. They took out their flying swords, rose into the air, and fled wildly in all directions. Not a single one of them turned around to have a glance.

In just a few minutes, not even a single human figure could be seen in the small city.

This escape speed they displayed was even faster than a regular evacuation drill.

Zhu Yao glanced at the person next to her. "Please hold onto your chest and tell me, just what did you do to these people?"

"Nothing much." Xue Li said innocently. "I've only came here thrice. During the first time, I wanted to stay in the city lord's residence, but he didn't let me, so I beat him up. The second time, I wanted to try some wine, but that person said to pay him divine stones for it, so I beat him up too. The third time, they didn't allow me to enter the city, so… I beat up everyone in the city. Just like that. I didn't really do much either."

"…" Don't treat beating people up like eating a meal, hey! If that isn't much, just what in the world would he do if he put in a little more effort?

"Divine sword maiden, which house do you want to live in? Pick whichever you want!" Xue Li spread out his arms. At that moment, it felt as though he was possessed by a tyrannical CEO and the entire divine city was his territory.

Is this guy in the mafia? Can I resign please? "Aunt Xue, I'm a divine sword, I don't need to rest."

"Ou!" He lowered his head in disappointment. So unfortunate, mother told me that if I give a female type something, she will like me, love me, and desire me!

"… Call your mother out, I want to talk to her about life." I already told you many times not to speak out your inner thoughts! Don't think that I can't hear you without those quotation marks!

"Then, divine sword maiden. Let's replenish some of our necessities, and then continue on our way."

"…" Did you activate the 'Automatically Shield Off Anything That I Don't Want to Hear' ability?

Xue Yi walked into a divine artifact store and glanced around. He took away a fifth rank flying sword from the most sealed cabinet that was furthest away from the store entrance. Then, he leisurely returned to the lobby and casually took away all of the fourth rank, third rank, second rank… and first rank divine artifacts.

Before he left, he even took away the storage rings inside the counter's drawers.

Zhu Yao silently lit a candle for the store owner.

Zhu Yao had thought that he would fly on his sword and leave the city, but he instead made his way into a pharmacy on the left, the talisman store on the right, and the formation store in the opposite street. Finally, he even entered a material store. Like sweeping away the autumn leaves, he swept everything into the storage rings in his hands. Only when he was no longer able to store them in, did he stop with a regretful look.

He stroked the rings in his hand. "Haah, it's lacking a little."

"…" Zhu Yao really wanted to cuss out in place of the residents of this divine city: Your sister!

"Divine sword maiden, we can leave now." Xue Lin found a white divine yarn handle, and hung her on his body. It was not on his back, but right in front of his chest. It looked especially stupid. "Oh right, where do you want to go?"

"East!" Zhu Yao had already given up all form of resistance, after all, he would automatically shield away anything that he didn't like to hear. She thought that she might as well go along with him until she return to Lightning Divine Palace.

"Alright!" Xue Li summoned the fifth rank flying sword he stole. Just as he was about to leave, a Heavy Deity pressure suddenly assaulted in their direction. Xue Li wasn't able to stabilize himself, and he ended up kneeling onto the ground.

"Shameless heretic Deity, you actually dare to act so wantonly here." A mighty voice resounded from above their heads.

Aunt Xue(雪姨): She is a character in Romance of the Rain, a Chinese drama filmed in 2000. The character's full name is Wang Xueqin, a devious and power hungry woman. The pun here is that the Chinese for aunt(姨), Yi, sounds the same as 衣 in Xue Yi's name 雪衣.

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Chapter 349: Let Me Quietly Get Zapped

The person was a middle-aged man wearing a long robe that alternated between white and black colours. With a slender and tall figure, between his sharp brows and starry eyes, an expression filled with rage could be seen. He ruthlessly glared at Xue Yi and the pressure on his body turned heavier. "Today, this throne shall exterminate you, tyrant."

The moment his words fell, a rain of swords fell on Xue Yi. Just as he was about to be pierced into a bloody hedgehog, Xue Yi gritted his teeth and dodged, retreating a few meters back. He then summoned a weapon and charged at the enemy.

That person was a late-stage Heavy Deity, while Xue Yi was just a Paragon Gold Deity. With the suppression from the level difference, he was already a talented individual seeing how he was able to escape the pressure control so quickly. However, a Heavy Deity's cultivation level wouldn't be so simple. Before Xue Yi could even approach him, he was already stopped by the enemy's formation. Immediately after, a sky full of icicles came flying down. Xue Yi did not dodge, instead, he swung his sword and slashed them down. In an instant, six human-sized icicles were slashed apart, and thenafter, he smashed another one into pieces with his fist. Using the momentum of his body, he charged towards that person.

Wuaah… (o)

It was rare to see such a direct charging method. Zhu Yao was a little stunned. Usually, because most people use spiritual energy to cultivate, human practitioners would all be very good long-range fighters. They were of a class with low HP and high MP, and it was very seldom to see them fighting in close-combat. Though everyone's HP increased after becoming a Deities, their MP bar grew even thicker as well. In the end, they could not get rid of their habits of throwing long-range attacks.

However, Xue Yi directly charged forward, and it was evident that he was more used to throwing fists than slashing swords. He could already be considered as a irregularity among the Deities.

That Heavy Deity instantly materialized two ice dragons and threw them at Xue Yi. Wherever the ice dragons went, layers upon layers of ice would fill the area. Xue Yi's nimble figure immediately leapt over the back of one of the dragon and once again swung his fist at its body. However, he did not expect that not only did he fail to shatter the ice dragon, his hand was instead encapsulated by layers of ice. Furthermore, the ice was spreading towards his body.

His expression changed. Just as he was about to retract his hand, it was already too late. The spreading ice had already linked him to the dragon body, and he was unable to break free. The other ice dragon had already turned around, its mouth wide open and ready to bite him.

Even Zhu Yao was able to sense the bone-piercing chill from that dragon, enough to make a frail second rank divine sword like her feel as though she was about to shatter apart.

Xue Yi did not hesitate to swing the sword in his right hand, instantly chopping away the other arm. He then retreated a few meters back and hurriedly sealed the surrounding acupoints, stopping the flow of blood in his arm.

(o) Why do people like to chop down their own limbs in this day and age?

That Heavy Deity snorted. "Xue Yi, don't you even think about leaving this place alive today. Die!"

The atmosphere around him changed at that moment. A thousand kilometer freeze was released. In an instant, the air was as cold as ice, and large amount of snowflakes floated about. Ice began to grow all around the city, inch by inch. Layers of glaciers encapsulated the entire city. Xue Yi turned around and retreated, yet he was unable to move faster than the freezing ice. Very quickly, he no longer had any ground to stand on. He had no choice but to fly on his word and charge out of the divine city. However, the encroaching glacier did not stop, and instead grew faster. The snowflakes in the air would turn into ice the moment they land on the ground.

Xue Yi barely maintained his defensive barrier, yet the moment those snowflakes landed, layers of ice began to appear above the barrier. If this were to go on, even if he wasn't sealed in ice, he would be dragged down by the snowflakes.

"Xue Yi, take me out and insert your divine energy into the blade." Zhu Yao could not help but speak out. If this were to go on, not just him, she would be frozen as well.

"No!" Xue Yi strongly shook his head. He had his own principles. "How can I possibly let a female type do the job!? Don't worry, I will protect you. "Heheh, there might be a chance that after she sees my courageous figure, she would immediately revere me, love me, and desire me."

"…" What courageous? What hour do you think it is right now? Can you please stop muttering out your inner thoughts?

The ice on Xue Yi's barrier grew thicker, and then, it could no longer maintain itself and felt apart. Zhu Yao simply felt that his aura had instantly disappeared, and even his body temperature was beginning to disappear. His heartbeats and breaths were gone as well.

The hell, it can't be, right? He died just like that? Zhu Yao's heart sak.

Only then did the snowflakes in the sky stop falling, and that Heavy Deity had already flown over on his sword. Taking a few steps forward, he glanced at Xue Yi who was sealed in ice, and snorted heavily. "You overestimated yourself!" He waved his sleeves, and just as he was about to turn around…

Xue Yi who had lost all signs of life earlier suddenly moved. His broke through the layers of ice with his fist and struck directly onto the Heavy Deity's chest. In an instant, fresh blood sprayed in all directions, his skin was torn and his flesh ruptured. If he hadn't retreated quickly, his chest might have been penetrated through.

"You… swindler!" The Heavy Deity retreated, as he hurriedly sealed the meridians on his body. He carried a furious expression that looked as if he could not wait to pounce on Xue Yi and give him a few bites.

"I simply changed my battle tactics, who knew you're that stupid?" Xue Yi flew out from the glacier and smiled irritatingly.

"Shameless little brat!" He cussed out.

"Whatever you say." Xue Yi shrugged. "It seems like you won't be capturing me today. It's a pity about that city that was sealed in your ice… Haah, I rather liked a few of them, you know?"

That Heavy Deity grew even more furious, his face was already reddened from anger and the veins on his hand were protruding out. The gnashing of his teeth was loud and resounding. He took a deep breath, as though he was suppressing the anger that was on the verge of breaking out, and coldly said. "Hmph, do you think you can escape so easily?"

He turned around and looked at Xue Yi's remaining arm. "Do you think you will be fine after shattering my ice?"

Xue Yi was startled for a moment. When he turned to look, there were still a few remaining pieces of ice on his right arm.

"Ice Seal, activate!" The Heavy Deity once again cast an art.

In an instant, large number of ice began to crawl his arm, spreading throughout his entire body. The ice was just about to occupy his chest area. This time, Xue Yi was truly anxious. He couldn't possibly give up another aram again, and it was already too late right now in the first place.

Just as he was about to sink within the deep glacier, Xue Yi frowned, gritted his teeth, and immediately fell onto the ground to meditate. In an instant, the ice on the ground crawled up his legs.

"Courting death?" The Heavy Deity snorted.

Zhu Yao thought the same as well. If this kept up, with how there were even more ice on the ground, the spread would be even quicker.

In the next instant, Xue Yi released his divine sense. At that moment, the divine energy in the air began to rapidly concentrated at where he was. Winds blew and clouds gathered.

"Forbidden art!" That Heavy Deity was stunned, his eyes widened as he looked at Xue Yi with utter disbelief. "You're thinking of forcefully raising your cultivation, and charging into the realm of a Heavy Deity!?"

As expected, as though they had been attracted by something, the divine energy in the surroundings rapidly poured into Xue Yi's body. His initially torn-down body was instantly slashed with cuts after cuts of blood. As the intense winds blew, the ice sheets that were dyed in blood cracked and shattered apart as well.

Even that Heavy Deity had to take a good few steps back. "Lunatic, you lunatic!" In the path of cultivation, one would always speak of it being a step-by-step process. It was not as simple as taking in divine energy. The divine energy in the Divine Realm was rich and dense, but guiding them into the body and into the Dantian was extremely difficult. It was really easy for the divine energy to deal a rebound, where meridians would be shattered and one's Nascent Spirit would be damaged. The Nascent Spirit was akin to the existence of a soul. If the Nascent Spirit was damaged, even if it's a Deity, it wouldn't be possible to heal it. Those with good luck simply would not be able to advance in their cultivation, while those with bad luck would be exterminated. Yet Xue Yi was actually using the forbidden arts to guide in a large amount of divine energy to forcefully raise his cultivation! How was this any different than suicide?

Xue Yi did not have any intentions to stop at all. Instead, his rate of absorption grew even faster, as he forcefully took in divine energy into his meridians. Within a few meters around him, divine energy turned into a enormous vortex, blocking off everything outside. The sky darkened and dark clouds rolled about, blotting out the sun. His skin was already torn and his flesh was exposed, almost becoming a bloodied body.

Zhu Yao grew a little anxious as well, yet she was not in the position to stop him. He was presently at a critical juncture. If he was interrupted at this moment, he would most likely end up losing his life.

This outburst of divine energy lasted for exactly an entire day, and even those people who left the city returned to watch this spectacle. Zhu Yao silently looked outside the vortex of divine energy, at the "citizens gathering around to watch how that bad person is going to die" lively scene. She silently lit a candle for Xue Yi. Look, this is what you get for not being a good person! At this moment of crisis, there will always be people wishing to see you die.

All of the Deities thought that Xue Yi was undoubtedly going to die. All of the Deities thought that no one would be able to suppress such a huge outburst of divine energy. All of the Deities thought that the bad person would definitely die! However, everyone was shocked that Xue Yi was actually able to walk out of that outburst of divine energy completely unharmed. Not only did his severed arm grow back, even his cultivation level had leapt to that of a Heavy Deity.

He succeeded!

The Heavy Deity and the gathered crowd were all stunned.

Xue Yi chuckled as he released his pressure as a Heavy Deity. Other than the late-stage Heavy Deity, the gathered crowd slammed onto the ground.

He did not release it for too long, instead, he pulled up the corner of his bloodstained clothes and swung it. In an instant, several hundred blood-coloured wind blades flew towards the crowd. The place was in utter chaos. Some erected barriers, some retreated, and some dodged.

It was completely a drama where the main protagonist settled his debts after autumn with a domineering counterattack!

Looking at the chickens fly and dogs jump, Xue Yi laughed irksomely. He held onto Zhu Yao tightly, summoned his flying sword, and shouted out loud. "Run!" He leapt up and then flew in the opposite direction. Zhu Yao simply watch as streaks of light flashed across her eyes, and she no longer saw the crowd of Deities.

"…" What happened to the promised domineering counterattack?

Xue Yi flew out several kilometers till he felt tired. Then, he sat flat on the ground, panting heavily. "Fortunately, I ran really quick!"

He suddenly thought of something, as he raised Zhu Yao up and stared at her silvery white blade. With sparkling eyes, he said. "Divine sword maiden, did you see the battle earlier? I suddenly broke through into a Heavy Deity. Wasn't I really incredible, domineering and cool!?" And really worth to be entrusted for life?

"… I only saw how incredible, domineering and cool you were when you were fleeing! Also… " Entrust your sister! "I have a partner already."

Xue Yi's face reddened, and he immediately activated his automatic word shield. "Aiyaa, if you praise me like that, I will feel embarrassed!"

Who praised you, hey!? You clearly ran because you have just risen to a Heavy Deity and can't beat your opponent, right?

"It's rare to find someone like me who doesn't like to fight nowadays!"

"…" Can you be even more shameless than this?

Xue Yi stood up with a satisfied look on his face. He investigated his surroundings for a moment, and then he established a barrier at a rather concealed spot. After that, he placed Zhu Yao inside.

"Divine sword maiden, wait here for me."

"What are you doing?" Zhu Yao asked.

Xue Yi raised his head and looked at the sky, frowning. "I forcefully pushed my cultivation into the realm of a Heavy Deity, so the tribulation I'm about to face will definitely be a little stronger. You're just a second rank divine sword right now, and you won't be able to endure by my side. I will first put you here, and I will pick you up after I finish facing my tribulation."

"Ou."

Only then did he walk away and found a place to settle down. Then, he did not forget to turn his head around and worriedly instructed her. "You must be obedient, alright? Don't run around, alright?"

"…" Zhu Yao rolled her eyes. She had to have the ability to run first!

Eh? Wait a minute!

Tribulation? Lightning tribulation!?

She raised her head. Dark clouds were already gathering densely, thunders roaring…

The hell, young man! Chotto matte!

Boom!

A bright tribulation lightning bolt shot out from the clouds and struck straight down… and then… it twisted!

Your sister! This old lady is already a sword, and yet you still don't let me go!

"Divine sword maiden…" Xue Yi was stunned as well. Why did the lightning bolt strike her? He hurriedly sprinted over. With a self-blaming look, he said. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have placed you here. Let me help you change location."

Thus, he moved her several meters back.

Boom! Another lightning bolt…

Once again struck Zhu Yao.

"Sorry, sorry! Let me change your location again."

The third strike…

"Don't be anxious, I will switch it again."

Fourth strike.

"There's a cave here, it's definitely safe here."

Fifth strike.

"… I will switch again!"

"Young man!" The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. "No need to switch anymore. Please let this sword quietly get zapped, alright?"

Once, Zhu Yao had seriously pondered about her problem of being zapped by lightning every so often, though she could never find an answer. However, on this day, she finally understood. It was because… she had already gotten used to it.

All eighty-one tribulation lightning bolts, without a single exception, landed on her blade. Fortunately, Xue Yi placed her on the ground, so most of the electricity had all seeped into the earth instead. She was a qualified lightning rod, as there wasn't a single crack on her blade after that. The only change was that the letters on her blade actively swapped around again. From a single row of BBBBs to a single row of SSSSs, and finally back to a mix of SBSBs. The blade had gone through every single combination of letters, and finally when there were no more unique letter combinations to be made… symbols came out…

Zhu Yao looked at the scrambled mess on her blade: *—……%

Zhu Yao felt uncomfortable all over. Did her programme crash from being zapped too much?

"Divine sword maiden…" After the lightning tribulation, Xue Yi immediately popped out and looked at her worriedly. "How are you? Does it hurt? Why don't you…" He hesitated for a moment. "Drink a little more water!"

"…" Drink your sister's water? Can drinking water cure a hundred illnesses? Also, how can a sword like me drink water!?

"Don't you worry, I am now a Heavy Deity. I will definitely protect you." He patted on his chest and guaranteed with an arrogant look. "If anyone dares to bully you, I will bite him!"

Are you a dog?

"Thank you very much…" The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched as she was filled with hundred and twenty percent doubt. "Bring me to the east, thank you!" She simply wanted to return to her master's side immediately. The world outside was so terrifying.

"Alright!" He nodded. Just as he picked her up and was about to fly off on his flying sword…

A furious voice suddenly sounded.

"Xue Yi! I finally found you! Forfeit your life!"

The hell, again!?

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Chapter 350: I Have Just Hit Menopause, I Want Some Peace and Quiet

Zhu Yao deeply felt that she must have destroyed the Milky Way in her past life, which resulted in her meeting such an unreliable person. Ever since she was picked up by him, there were neverending number of incidents occurring. Occasionally, people would appear to settle debts with him. Some of these people once had their divine treasures robbed, some had their cultivation cave residences taken away, while many of them were once heavily injured by him. Every single one of them hated him to the very core, as though they wanted to swallow him alive.

In any case, not a single one practitioner that they passed by on the way wasn't acquainted with him one way or another. This was the first time Zhu Yao had seen someone who had such a wide aggro range. Almost every short distance they covered, there would be people charging out to fight him. Some came alone, while some came in groups of three to five. She was rather shocked in the beginning, but she had already become completely calm at the end.

In any case, every so often, there would be people leaping out and shouting:

"Evil Deity, return me my treasures!"

"Evil Deity, return me my cave residence!"

"Evil Deity, return me my…"

And other things along those lines, until a delicate Profound Deity that looked like a frail scholar pop out. "Evil Deity, return me my wife!"

Zhu Yao silently glanced at Xue Yi. "Yo, I never expected your private life to be this fulfilling."

Xue Yi was stunned for a moment, as though he never expected that he would utter such a thing either. At that moment, he grew anxious. "Nonsense! Who stole your wife?"

"What does this have to do with me?" Why are you giving me an explanation?

"To tell you the truth, I'm…" His face reddened and he shyly turned his head away. He tapped his fingers together and said. "I'm… I'm… I'm still a virgin!"

A moment later.

"Ou…"

How is this my business!? -flips table-

"You still dare to lie." That Profound Deity was immediately enraged. He pointed at Xue Li with a pained expression and accused. "If you hadn't forcefully broken into my wife's closed-door training location in Cloudspill Sea, would she have died from self-implosion!?"

"Cloudspill Sea?" Xue Yi was dazed for a moment.

"That's right." The man gritted his teeth and said. "It's that cave residence at the bottom of the sea.

Bottom of the sea? Wasn't that the place where she was picked up by Xue Yi?

"My wife and I spent a thousand years to build that cave residence. I never expected…" That man denounced him with a pained look. "You greedy beast! You took the opportunity while I wasn't around, to my wife… You made her die from self-implosion! Today, I shall take your life and help her take revenge!"

What did he do to your wife? Speak clearly, hey. How can you leave out the most important details?

"I didn't." Xue Yi forcefully shook his head and said in a serious tone. "I robbed that place off a male Deity. I am a Deity with principles. How can I possibly attack a frail female type? You can wrong me, but you can't insult my tastes."

Zhu Yao; "…" The hell does this have to do with your tastes!?

The man snorted. With a wave of his sleeves, an illusory figure appeared in the air. That person had a burly figure, with tiger-like back and a bear's waist. Even the black hair could not conceal those firm and thick muscles, which looked as though they could explode at any moment. That person looked like a professional bodybuilder. "Evil Deity, do you recognize this person?"

"Eh!?" Xue Yi looked carefully, and blurted out. "Isn't that the person who wouldn't move out of his home in the seafloor even in death?"

The man's anger peaked, shouting out. "This is my wife!"

Zhu Yao: "…" There's actually such a delightful woman in this world.

Xue Yi: "…" So a female type actually looks like that. It's no wonder I can never find a partner.

"My wife and I… our feelings are as deep as the ocean, and we had always relied on each other since the times we were in the Lower Realm. We never let each other go." He said with a pained expression. "Now, i'm the only one left living in this world." His eyes reddened. As though he had dove into some memories, his face was filled with despair and yearning. "It's all because of you! From now on… there will never be anyone else who will keep the candle on for me late in the night, there will never be anyone else who will sleep on the same bed as me, there will never be anyone else who will hug me tight. No one will ever again smack my body with a whip, and no one will ever again use the candles to… Uh, in any case, I want you to pay with your blood!"

The two people in front of him: "…"

They seemed to have just found out something incredible.

This person is a masochist right!? He must be, right!?

"Give me your life!" That male Deity raised his sword and hacked it towards Xue Yi.

Unexpectedly, Xue Yi did not directly attack him with simple brute strength like before. Instead, his figure flashed, dodging his attack.

"You really killed her?" Zhu Yao could not help but ask.

Xue Yi's feet stopped, and then nodded a while later. "Mn, back then, I was in dire need of that cave residence." He pondered for a moment, and then added. "I really didn't know the person living there was a female type."

"…" Zhu Yao did not reply. She had a vague feeling in her heart, where she faintly felt that the key problem here wasn't about differentiating between man and woman.

That man after all was still just a Profound Deity, and he was basically unable to injure Xue Yi even the slightest bit. With a light wave of his sleeves, Xue Yi easily deflected his attack. Frowning, he shouted out loud. "Hey, seeing that you have lost your partner, I can give you ten moves. After these ten strikes, don't blame me for being rough."

"Don't act arrogant!" That man trembled from anger. Gritting his teeth, he unleashed all of the divine energy in his body and attacked Xue Yi without a regard for his life. He even threw out all of his talismans, treasures and divine artifacts. "In the past, because you altered the formation in the sea depth, I couldn't do anything to you. Since you came out here today, don't even think I will give you the opportunity to hide again."

Loud booms resounded. The place was filled with the sounds of divine talismans and divine treasures activating, their might shaking the sky.

As he had declared, Xue Yi did not resist and simply dodged all of his attacks. While doing so, he carefully counted his opponent's moves. "One, two, three, four…"

With the absolute advantage from the difference in levels, the man was basically unable to harm Xue Yi at all. Just a short while later, he was already panting out heavily, while Xue Yi was not even scarred at all. The man's expression turned severe. With a swing of his hand, he sliced his own arm and used his fresh blood to condense a formation.

"Blood Condensing Formation." Xue Yi was stunned. He took a few steps back and immediately erected a defensive barrier. At the same time, a bloody divine sword that enveloped the sky and earth came attacking him. Even the barrier that he had erected was beginning to show lines of cracks. Finally, the barrier shattered resoundingly. Earlier, the man failed to even touch him, but now, the bloody divine sword drew lines across Xue Yi's body, and there were even times when Xue Yi's vital points were almost struck. However, the Blood Condensing Formation was after all a unique formation that made use of one's essence to activate. In other words, if it was used to harm a thousand, then eight hundred would be sacrificed.

In just a few moments, the man could no longer hold it up. His figure shook and then he fell with one knee on the ground. His face instantly became as pale as paper. He had a frail scholar appearance in the first place, and yet now he looked as if he could be scattered apart with just a small breeze.

Xue Yi then shouted out the final number at this moment. "Ten."

With a wave of his hand, he summoned a divine sword and walked towards that person a step at a time. He had a cold look on his face, instead of the silly expression he had just before. In that pair of sharp eyes, lingered true killing intent. Zhu Yao felt her heart tremble, and she unconsciously shouted out. "Xue Yi!"

His feet stopped, as though he was asking her what's wrong.

She knew she had no basis for this, but she still could not help but call out. "Can you… not kill him?"

Xue Yi frowned, and determinedly shook his head. "Impossible!" He said as he approached the man. "If I don't kill him today, my death might come another day. I can't leave behind any snake in the grass."

He stopped three steps away from the man, and with the sword in his hand raised, he was just about to strike, when that man suddenly raised his head. He had a smile on his face. Xue Yi's heart shook, and a bright white light suddenly glowed in the surroundings at this moment. When he dodged to the side, he saw a ray of white light shot towards the sky, instantly breaking through the clouds.

"Do you think that I will come here alone without being completely prepared?" That man suddenly laughed out loud. "I know that I'm not your match, but so what if your cultivation level is high? There will naturally be someone capable of defeating you."

Xue Yi looked towards that pillar of light. He had a bad premonition, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on Zhu Yao's hilt. "What mystic artifact is this?"

"You actually don't recognize the Disciplinary Order!?" That man coldly laughed, his eyes looked as though he had been freed. With a long sigh, he said. "Well, whatever! Evil Deity, you have done many vile acts, and it's now time for you to pay the price."

That white light grew brighter as the surrounding talismans shone. A figure slowly appeared from the center, and the person grew clearer. Boundless pressure assaulted Xue Yi and he was unable to maintain his stance, kneeling right down and puking out a mouthful of blood.

The white light scattered. In the middle of the formation, a sloven-looking man appeared. He was dressed in a red robe and wore a jade crown. With a pair of sword-sharp eyes, he held onto a jade-mounted red fan in his hand. That person was first stunned for a moment, as he looked at Zhu Yao in front of Xue Yi's chest.

Zhu Yao was stunned, and she could not help but leak out. "Great great…" The person in front of her hurriedly raised his fan to cover his lips, hinting her to keep quiet. She had no choice but to alter her words. "… tonic water."

"What?" Xue Yi lowered his head in confusion.

"Hohoho… I have just hit my menopause, and I need some peace and quiet."

Zhu Yao was a little confused.

When did the Floor Master become someone else's summoned beast? Why did he appear here? What happened to the promise of helping her master to protect her body? Was it really alright for him to appear here?

The sorrow in Yu Jin's heart could already form a river. He didn't want to be here either, but why was there still people who would look for a Disciplinary Order? And why did the Disciplinary Order have to be linked with the Floor Master's divine imprint?

A second earlier, he was still protecting his little little grand disciple's body, and in a blink of an eye, he was here in this ghastly place. He even patted on his chest and guaranteed that he would look after his little little grand disciple well, before he was finally able to escape Little Yanyan's demonic claws. Now that he had left his post, he was going to be zapped to death, right? It will definitely happen, right!?

The problem here was that his little little grand disciple was being held captive there too. My heart aches, I feel so hurt, I really want to bully people!

Yu Jin swept his cold eyes around, an indescribable tyrannical might could be felt. His usual leisurely and casual demeanour could no longer be found. "Who activated the Disciplinary Order?" Come out here and let me smack you for a bit.

"High Deity of Lightning Divine Palace!" The Profound Deity stumbled about as he bowed towards Yu Jin. "This person is a Evil Deity who has been wrecking havoc in the Divine Realm…" Thus, he began to list down all of Xue Yi's crimes. When he brought up his wife, his words were filled with even more indignation. Finally, he added. "This lowly one unhesitantly risked everything to find this Disciplinary Order. I hope High Deity can judge this vile Xue Yi for his crimes, for this lowly one and for the people of the Divine Realm!" As he said that, he knelt down.

Yu Jin frowned. He turned towards Xue Li on the other side. Though Lightning Divine Palace was a place that governed the order of the Divine Realm, it had been a long time since he maintained justice or whatever! Putting aside how unfamiliar with the work he was, this Disciplinary Order was something he made for fun because he was bored to death a few tens of thousands of years ago. In addition, he put out the word that as long as the Disciplinary Order was found, the user would be able to have the Floor Master of Lightning Divine Palace to exact justice and punish evil.

To put it simply, it was just something he did on a whim. He had been a Floor Master for so many years and had long thought of quitting. Yet, he was unable to find a successor to succeed him. That was why he intentionally linked the Floor Master's divine imprint with this item. His goal was to secretly toy with the next Floor Master. In the end, he failed to make fun of others, and ended up toying with himself.

To summarise: If you don't court death, you won't die!

Haah! He clearly hid this Disciplinary Order at such a deep place. How did this person find it? Could he have some peace as a Floor Master for once?

He had long cussed out in several hundred different ways in his heart, yet he had no choice but to keep up that proud and cold demeanour. With a stern look, he asked. "Is what he said all true?" Even if he had to cry, he had to bury this own hole that he created to the very end.

"Yes, I did them." Xue Yi admitted it really straightforwardly. "I don't see myself as a good person, but this world is as such in the first place. I believe that whatever I've done, has been done by every single person in the Divine Realm. In order to expand a territory, stealing one needs to be done, and when in conflict with others, it's natural to fight. When it comes to people that can't be beaten, it's either run, or face death. This is the laws of this world in the first place."

Expand territory? Conflict? Zhu Yao was stunned for a moment. Why was this tone familiar…

"In that case, I will accept this Disciplinary Order today." Yu Jin reached out his hand. The divine imprints that was still shining earlier on the ground began to rise and converge, before disappearing within his palm. The might of a High Deity was fully released, and the sky above was instantly filled with dark clouds and rumbling thunder.

White a flash of white light, a bolt of heavenly lightning struck down.

The hell, Floor Master, you're doing it for real!

Xue Yi gritted his teeth as he desperately used all of the divine energy in his body to push back the High Deity's pressure. In a flash, he left his former spot. However, that lightning bolt creaked and split itself into halves, where one of it came chasing after him. He had no choice but to block it with his divine sword. A fifth rank divine sword turned into ashes under this incredible lightning might.

He had no choice but to pull out a new one, as he fought and retreat. He fled for about dozens of kilometers, yet he was still unable to escape the lightning flashes that enveloped the sky and earth. Fortunately for him, he scavenged quite a bit of divine artifacts from that divine city earlier, allowing him to expend so many of them as consumables. However, his stock of divine artifacts was after all limited. In the beginning, he could still pull out fifth rank ones. Immediately after, he took out fourth rank ones, and finally, he had no choice but to pull out the third rank artifacts.

A fifth rank divine artifact could not even block it, let alone a low grade artifact. He watched as another lightning bolt came striking at him, immediately destroying the third rank divine artifact in his hand, however, it had only resolved a fifth of the lightning bolt's original lightning power. Just as the lightning bolt was about to strike his chest, it suddenly twisted and struck heavily onto his body.

A hint of doubt flashed across Xue Yi's face. However, in the next instant, he felt his blood tumbling, the meridians in his body breaking apart, and his Dantian felt as if it was about to shatter.

"Divine sword maiden…" He suddenly pulled her out.

"What is it?"

"I don't know why, but I realized… that person seems to be avoiding you intentionally. He must be afraid of you for some reason."

"Uh… You're thinking of using me to face the enemy?"

"No!" He shook his head. "I want to…"

Before he could finish, Yu Jin's figure appeared in front of him in a flash. He looked at the sword in Xue Yi's hand and said. "Xue Yi, give me that weapon and admit defeat. This Sovereign can consider letting you live."

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Chapter 351: Floor Master's Dignity Recovery Plan

Yu Jin sounded calm, but his heart felt as it had been scratched by a cat. He didn't know how his little little grand disciple ended up in this person's hands. He somehow managed to force him into a place like this where no one else was around. Hurry and return my little little grand disciple, so that I can at least negotiate terms with Little Yanyan!

"What!?" Xue Yi was instantly enraged after hearing this. "You're telling me to give divine sword maiden to you? In your dreams! I finally managed to find a female type, and she's the partner that I've decided on! We love each other and will never be apart! You want us to separate? You will have to kill us!"

"Partner!?" Yu Jin was stunned. He silently turned to look at the sword. Little little grand disciple, do you still remember Little Yanyan of Lake of Great Splendour?

"The hell, who's your partner!? Speak clearly." Zhu Yao grew anxious. "Can you please cure your delusions?"

"Divine sword maiden, don't worry." His automatic word shielding ability once again activated, and with affection and no regrets, he said. "At this moment, I finally recognized my true feelings. I won't allow him to harm you even the slightest bit. We will be together forever."

"Together my ass. Who wants to be with you?" Zhu Yao wanted to zap him herself now. "Don't mind me, please zap him to death. Immediately. Right now."

"Divine sword maiden…" Xue Yi was however moved, and he was this close to crying tears from joy. "You actually want to elope with me!"

Zhu Yao: "…" Heartaches always occur so suddenly.

Yu Jin: "…" () Little little grand disciple actually has a change of heart.

Xue Yi sniffled, and then his expression turned cold. In an instant, he resolutely stared at Yu Jin and said. "Come with all your might! We will never separate!"

"Don't say things that will cause others to misunderstand, hey!" I want to die so much. Oh my master who's in the faraway Mars, please come and save this disciple's morals.

"As you wish." The lightning clouds in the sky gathered once more.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Are they really going to fight? "Please let me finish what I have to say!"

Unfortunately, no one listened to her, as the two began to fight once more in the sky, as though they were addicted to fighting. It was evident that Xue Yi was on the disadvantageous side, while Yu Jin seemed to be toying with him. His only goal was to snatch Zhu Yao back from Xue Yi's hands.

Xue Yi saw that he was unable to beat him and suddenly cast an art. He sliced his palm and drew a blood formation. Zhu Yao's entire blade suddenly began to shine with a white light. Large amount of divine energy entered her body as she slowly rose into the air.

Zhu Yao's heart clenched. "What are you trying to do?" She suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Divine sword maiden, I will take you in as my Life Artifact. We will have the power to fight him that way."

"What? Life Artifact!" A portable summoned beast?

After binding her to my life, maiden will then be able to appear in my divine sense. Our feelings will bloom after a long period of time, and we will then get married and give birth to monkeys. Just thinking about it makes me a little excited!

"Excited, my ass!" Please don't speak out your inner thoughts at a moment like this. "Wait, no! I don't want to become your Life Artifact, stop!"

Her rejection was instantly ignored by a certain someone.

"Little little grand disciple!" Yu Jin was stunned as well. He saw through Xue Yi's plans as well and his expression instantly changed. If he allowed Xue Yi to succeed, then it would spell trouble. If Little Yanyan's wife gets binded to someone else? I will definitely be burnt to ashes, right!? At that moment, he regretted wasting so much time earlier.

He immediately summoned tribulation lightning bolts in an attempt to stop him. However, it was already too late. The formation was about to be completed, Zhu Yao was about to turn into a ray of white light and enter Xue Yi's forehead.

A white bolt of light suddenly tore through the sky and blew across Xue Yi's forehead, instantly interrupting the cast of the art. Xue Yi simply felt an immense might directly assaulting the center of his forehead and his divine sense was in intense pain. It was as though someone had sliced him apart alive. No longer able to maintain his stance, he knelt with one knee on the ground.

He unconsciously searched for Zhu Yao and when he raised his head, he saw another person in the sky. With an upright posture in the air, he wore a white robe and had an ice-cold look on his face. In his hand was that second rank divine sword.

"Masteerr…" Zhu Yao was about to cry. Oh my loved one, you're finally here!

Yu Yan glanced at the sword in his hand and ascertained that it was his stupid disciple. He then looked at the person who was half-kneeling on the ground and recalled that scene earlier. In an instant, a chilling aura filled the place. The air seemed to have fallen to extremely cold temperatures, as every word he spoke felt like it create ice out of thin air. "You actually want to take her into your divine sense!?"

Yu Yan had never felt as furious like right now, as he felt like he could decimate the earth and destroy the sky at any moment. He had searched for so long, had ended up empty-handed so many times, and even right before this, he was just about to flip the entire ocean over. When he finally managed to find his stupid disciple, he discovered that she was just about to be taken into someone else's divine sense and become his Life Artifact.

A Life Artifact was linked to the divine sense, and the moment the bind was formed, it could never be removed. They would be linked forever. He hadn't done it himself, yet this brat that came out of nowhere actually dared to touch his disciple! At that moment, the pressure in the air alone seemingly felt like it could suffocate people to death.

Xue Yi was receiving a rebound from the failure of his art in the first place, and now, he was this close to lying flat on the ground. Though it was said that a difference in level could suppress one to death, he had never seen something this terrifying. Unable to sustain any longer, his vision darkened. He had gorgeously fainted.

"Uh… Little Yanyan." Yu Jin could not help but call out. If this were to go on any longer, that person would be pressed onto the ground to death. "Umm… Calm down."

Yu Yan turned to look at him, the ice shards in his eyes changing their target.

"Uh…" Yu Jin silently took a step back, and then another step back. Little Yanyan looks so scary, even my little heart is shivering. "As you were. I didn't say anything." He immediately retracted his statement.

He suddenly felt that the Little Yuyan that he competed with above the Lightning Divine Palace back then, when compared to right now, was as gentle as a light drizzle.

"Master…" Zhu Yao called out in time. Though Xue Yi wanted to take her in as his Life Artifact, his initial goal was to save her. Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen a second rank divine sword as his Life Artifact. "Let us return."

Only then did Yu Yan turn to look at the sword in his hand. He retracted the chilling aura, and then, gave Yu Jin a 'I will settle scores with you later' look, before making his way back to Lightning Divine Palace with his disciple. After such a long search, he finally found her. He had to hurry and return his disciple's soul back to her body, otherwise, there would always be bastards wanting to snatch his disciple away!

Yu Jin was thus left behind. Lowering his head, he looked at the living corpse on the ground and helplessly sighed. He grabbed him up and then followed after them. Looking at the faraway figure, Yu Jin felt a little sour in his heart. Why did he feel that his status as a mighty Lightning Divine Palace Floor Master, was falling lower and lower with each passing day?

He pondered for a moment. When did this situation begin? Mn. Back then when Little Yanyan just ascended, though he was still as cold, at the very least, he was a good child who respected his elders. However, ever since his disciple appeared, he grew even more terrifying. Every single day, he would pull out his sword at a moment's notice! Especially after that, when he requested instructions from that disobedient grand disciple and decided to marry little little grand disciple, Yu Jin's dignity as a Floor Master had completely turned into mush.

So, the conclusion was because of some unspoken rules with his disciple?

Mn… Maybe, I should consider taking in a female disciple or something? Then, I can logically escape being single, and maybe I can raise my social status a little too!

The longer he thought about it, the more he felt that it all made sense. He felt that he had just found the key to the recovery of his dignity. Now… the only problem he had was to find out where he could find an obedient female disciple that he could take in.

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Chapter 352: The Promised Blissful Life

She was finally legally retrieved by her master. Zhu Yao thought that her sad exile in the Divine Realm was about to end, the next step was to bind herself to her former body, and from then on, with her master, live a shameless and immoral… Ah pui! She meant living a blissful and lovely life with her master. However, when they returned to Lightning Divine Palace, she realized her thoughts were truly naive.

Her soul returned, but… her avatar had disappeared!

"Where's my body?" Did she had to go through something so saddening?

"There's no traces of living people around." Yu Yan released his divine sense and searched through the entire Lightning Divine Palace. However, he did not find his disciple's body at all.

They both turned their heads back and with eyes that were as sharp as blades, looked at a certain someone who left his guard duty.

"Uh…" Yu Jin was dumbfounded as well, and then he weakly took a step back. "She was here just earlier." It was not even an hour since he left, how did his little little grand disciple's body disappear? "The formation outside has no traces of being activated. Logically speaking, others are unable to enter this place either. It's impossible for it to disappear."

"So you're saying I disappeared into thin air?" The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. I'm an ethanol! I must have vaporized!

"Little little grand disciple, don't be anxious." Yu Jin smiled and said. "I placed a tracking formation on your body. As long as I activate it, we will naturally know where your body is."

He threw Xue Yi down and then cast an art that materialized a water mirror that had the height of an adult. He brushed his palm against the surface of the mirror, and after a flash of light, what appeared slowly within the mirror was… a mass of white fog.

Zhu Yao: "…"

Yu Yan: "…"

What happened to the promised security footage? Your wireless technology clearly can't make it, hey!

"Uh…" Yu Yan's face stiffened, and then chuckled in front of them. "Hoho… This is a miss… Umm, I suddenly recalled that I was still barbecuing the corn in the backyard! Let's meet up again later." After he said that, he ran off, leaving a trail of dust clouds.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Where's the promised trust between people in the same sect?

"Master…" What to do?

Yu Yan frowned. He carefully placed his disciple on the table and glanced at the water mirror that was still as foggy, to the point that nothing could be clearly seen. With a sunken voice, he said. "The water mirror is unable to display the location, which means that the formation is in a place with extremely great security. This person who has the ability to infiltrate Lightning Divine Palace, bring your body away and leave unharmed, is not simple either. There's a need to look at this from a long-term perspective."

"Then do I still have to stay as a sword?" Zhu Yao felt like crying.

"That's not the case." Yu Yan lightly sliced his finger, squeezed out a drop of blood and had it drip onto the blade.

"Master?" In an instant, the smell of blood once again filled her senses.

"Don't resist."

Just as Zhu Yao was about to puke it out, she stopped. She had no choice but to fight back the discomfort and swallow it. In an instant, the discomfort disappeared. Instead, familiar divine energy began to pour into her, and she felt that her blade had lightened quite a bit.

Yu Yan cast an art, causing a formation to flash past. The row of symbols on her blade suddenly began to gather, slowing converging at the bottom of the hilt. When the light of the formation finally scattered away, a familiar lightning cloud mark appeared. It was the mark of Lightning Divine Palace.

"What is this?" Just as Zhu Yao was about to ask, the blade suddenly emit out a white light. She felt that her entire being was floating up, and when she regained her senses, she was already standing next to the table, while the sword was still on the table. She subconsciously wanted to touch the sword on the table, but unexpectedly, the moment she touched the blade, her fingers passed through it. "What's going on?" Did she return to the soul state?

"Yu… Yao. This sword is not your main body." Yu Yan spoke up solemnly.

"Not my main body!" Zhu Yao was stunned. "Then, I was possessing this sword?" When did a second rank divine sword become so incredible? It actually had the capabilities to lure in souls.

Yu Yan shook his head. "No, you're a part of this sword."

"What?"

"You're just a sword spirit of this sword right now." He glanced at the sword on the table. "The reason why you weren't able to leave the sword earlier, was because you had insufficient divine energy, thus you weren't able to maintain your appearance. Earlier, I inserted divine energy into your body, which aided you in manifesting your corporeal form."

Zhu Yao pondered deeply for a moment. This was actually quite plausible. Back then when she was picked up by Miao Bo, he couldn't hear her talk at all. After that, she was thrown into the sea and suddenly others could hear her, and right before that, she had indeed taken in a lot of divine energy that leaked out of Miao Bo's body in that mysterious Secret Realm. In the end, the reason why people couldn't hear her was because she had insufficient battery.

Eh? Wait a minute…

Zhu Yao pointed at the mark belonging to Lightning Divine Palace on the blade. "Master, since I can make an appearance when divine energy is inserted, then what's with this mark?" Was there a need for the sword to recognize a master first before inserting divine energy?

Yu Yan stiffened for a moment. After blanking for two seconds, he suddenly stood up. "Your divine energy right now is still unstable, and you can't manifest your corporeal form for a long period of time. Your master shall first bring you to the Lightning Abyss Pool to stabilize your divine energy."

"Ou…" Why did she feel something was off?

Yu Yan immediately held his disciple and flew towards the mountain peak. Stamping his disciple in order to prevent her from being taken away, was a very common thing to do, wasn't it?

This was already the second time Zhu Yao had entered the Lightning Abyss Pool. Compared to the first time she came here as a rock, it was clearly much better this time. Putting aside how she wasn't feeling any pain, she had a family member keeping her company for the entire process.

She bathed in it for exactly ten days before the divine energy in her slowly started to stabilize. She could finally maintain her corporeal form for twenty-four hours a day without a single interruption. However, she still couldn't hold onto the sword, as a sword spirit was a part of the divine sword in the first place. Strictly speaking, the sword was the main body, while she was just an accessory. Thus, she naturally could not control the sword. Furthermore, she could only appear in half a kilometer radius with the sword at the center. Any further than that and she would return to the sword.

There were still no news on her body. Her master had reinforced the formations surrounding Lightning Divine Palace. Those dense layers of formations were enough to make Zhu Yao a little dizzy. Even a fly would most likely fail flying in here, let alone a human being.

As for the culprit great great grandmaster, fellow comrade Floor Master Yu Jin, on the very first day she entered the Lightning Abyss Pool, he reported that he would personally search for her body. After leaving behind his greetings, he hurriedly left Lightning Divine Palace. No matter how she saw it, it seemed like he was desperately trying to flee.

However, with that somewhat unreliable personality of his, Zhu Yao did not harbour any hopes at all.

Though she was used to having her avatars changed, the one that was misplaced was the original version! She had to find it and get it back no matter what.

"Master, are there many places where great great grandmaster's formation isn't able to track?" Zhu Yao crawled out of the Lightning Abyss Pool as she asked.

Yu Yan pondered for a moment. "Not more than three." The Floor Master had the cultivation of a High Deity Paragon. The number of things that could escape his tracking art was extremely few.

"Let us head to those places to take a look then?" Zhu Yao suggested.

Yu Yan did not reject her idea. With a wave of his hand, he cast an art on his disciple and on that divine sword, removing the excess lightning energy in her body. He then held onto his disciple on one hand, and then grab the sword with the other, before flying into the air. Her master was a High Deity, so he didn't need support from any mystic artifacts to aid him in flying in the air. In just a flash, the two had already left Lightning Divine Palace.

When she turned back to look, lightning clouds shrouded over the place, as the dense layers of formations began to close.

Eh? Why did she feel as though she had forgotten about something?

She couldn't recall anymore…

Haah, whatever. Most likely, it's not that important either.

Foot of the Mountain of Lightning Divine Palace

A certain someone that was unconscious for ten days slowly awakened. He looked at the surroundings blankly, only to find out that the place was covered in dark, scorched earth.

"Where is… this place?"

Zhu Yao thought that she could find her avatar very quickly. However, she never expected she had hit another miss. The three places that her master brought up did not have any traces of her avatar at all. Yu Yan had his divine sense filled more than half of the Deity cultivation continent, and he meticulously searched for about five days, yet he still did not find any leads.

This was illogical! Could Realmspirit have retrieved her avatar? He couldn't have not greeted her before doing so, right?

Wait a minute! She suddenly recalled that before this, she could switch between the two avatars. However, in these few months, the phenomenon where she would switch her avatar in real-time had completely stopped. Could there be a unique set of rules for this switch to occur?

She carefully recalled the experiences with the two avatar switching incident. During the first time, she seemed to have returned after being placed in the storage pouch. On the second time… she seemed to have suffocated quite badly. If there was any similarity between these two incidents, then… the switch occurred when she was completely devoid of divine energy!

Zhu Yao simply felt a bell ringing and a candle lighting up in her mind. She hurriedly tugged her master. "Master, I know how I can return to my original body. Hurry and place me inside the storage pouch." She meticulously explained to him whatever she had thought of.

Yu Yan however frowned and was clearly rejecting her proposal. "Though the method you proposed makes sense… even if this method works, we don't know where your body is right now? If you were to wake up, and if there was any sort of danger, you will be held in a disadvantage."

"Don't worry, master. I will be careful." Zhu Yao patted on her chest and guaranteed. "It won't take long. Just place me inside your storage pouch for a while should be fine. At the very most, you can pull me out fifteen minutes later. After that, my soul will naturally return. Isn't the problem solved now?"

He hesitated for a moment. He was still completely rejecting such a risky endeavor. Zhu Yao uttered out all of her excuses and persuaded him for a long while, before she was finally given a bare pass.

"Remember, do not move recklessly." He instructed her repeatedly. "Only act after discussing with your master when your return. Just in case, I will just put you inside for three breaths of time.

"Ah! That's a little too short a timeframe, right?" Three breaths. In other words, it was only three seconds. How could she possibly see anything through with such a limited timeframe?

"Mn?"

"Alright then!" You're the boss.

In a flash, Zhu Yao's figure returned to the sword. Yu Yan held onto the sword tightly as he still harboured a hesitant look. A short while later, he finally opened the storage ring on her palm, and Zhu Yao instantly turned into a ray of white light and entered the ring.

One second…

Two seconds…

Time's up. She could be retrieved now. With a wave of his hand, Yu Yan had the second rank divine sword once again appear on his hand. On the pure-white blade, the lightning cloud mark was especially eye-catching. She hurriedly called out in a solemn voice.

"Yu… Yao."

"…" There was no reply.

"Yu Yao!"

"…" There was still no reply.

"Reply your master."

"Yu Wang!"

"…" Complete silence.

On Yu Yan's former light and bland face, dark clouds began to surface. The dark clouds turned cold, and finally brought down a hail…

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Chapter 353: The Worries of Beasties

After entering the storage mystic artifact, Zhu Yao's vision darkened. In the next moment, the howling of the winds brushed past her ears. When she raised her head to look, she saw the great blue sky and white clouds were moving behind her at incredible speeds.

She was flying, and next to her were three pairs of large bat-like wings. Their dullness looked rather familiar. Reaching out beneath her, she felt a leather-like hardness.

She had initially held her breath on purpose, so that she would not expose herself. Yet, he cautious heart instantly sank right down.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Then she ruthlessly stomped her feet and sat right up.

"Sesame!"

"Eh…" Sesame who was still in the midst of flying was stunned for a moment. Excited, an enormous beast head twisted back and it looked at her with hot and teary eyes. "Mistress, you're finally awake… Aiyo!"

As it did not watch where it was flying, it instantly crashed into a cliff with a loud thud and fell down. Fortunately, it instantly remembered about its mistress who was right on its back and curled its body, in order to use its belly to shield Zhu Yao.

Seeing that she had landed on the ground safely, it then flashed with a bright white light and took up its human form. It hurriedly hugged onto Zhu Yao's legs and cried out loud. "Mistress… You frightened this beastie. The moment I woke up, I saw you lying over there motionless. I searched the entire Lightning Divine Palace yet I was unable to spot the Sovereign at all, so I thought… Uuuuu, this beastie's heart received a great shock."

"You were the one who brought me out of Lightning Divine Palace?" Zhu Yao tried to shake it off her legs, but to no avail.

"That's right. Beastie's little heart was this close to jumping out, you know?" It had a pitiful look as it rubbed against her thighs. "Do you know how frightening it was just now? Your heart wasn't beating and you didn't carry any aura. Beastie wanted to look for the Sovereign, but I did not find him. I then looked for the Floor Master, but I didn't see his figure either. I had no choice so I brought you here to look…" It stopped right there, and then cried out even more forcefully than before. "Fortunately, you're awake now, mistress. Otherwise this beastie would have become a child without a master. Uuuu…"

Child… Am I your mother?

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. It was no wonder Floor Master and her master was unable to find out where her body was. Sesame was her spirit beast, so when it flew out of Lightning Divine Palace with her body, the formation outside naturally did not stop it.

"Let go of my thighs first." Why are you, a big man, hugging onto someone's thighs? Don't you feel any shame? "Let's have a proper chat."

"No way…" Sesame shook its head wildly, completely unaware of what shame was. "Mistress, don't you know what kind of shock my frail and young heart has received? You completely frightened this little beastie. Promise me that you wouldn't let me become a child without a master."

"Scram!" This old lady don't have such a huge child.

Zhu Yao turned and looked at the surroundings. The place was covered in huge mountains and dense forests. Huge boulders were erected all around, and the scenery was incredibly mystical. She had never seen such a scenery even after being in the Divine Realm for so many years. Recalling Sesame's words, she could not help but ask. "Where is this?"

"This is the continent of Demonic Immortals." Sesame replied.

"What!?" Demonic Immortal Continent. "Why did you bring me here?" It was no wonder that they couldn't receive any signals from her body on the other side of the Divine Realm then. She had actually stepped out of the map. Without data roaming activated, how were they going to track her?

Sesame paused for a moment, and then shamelessly continued to tightly hug her thighs, as he rubbed his snot and tears on them. "I couldn't locate Sovereign and the Floor Master, so I wanted to return to the Demonic Immortal Continent to find out if there was anyone who could save mistress."

"Wait a minute." Zhu Yao became a little confused. "You mentioned that you woke up in Lightning Divine Palace?"

"That's right, that's right." He nodded. "I was in your divine sense the entire time, and had only woken up just earlier. In the end, when I came right out, I saw mistress lying on the bed. I thought that something might have happened to you which caused your resurrection to fail."

"Uh…" Should she mention about her completely forgetting about Sesame being in her divine sense? She didn't bring it along for several missions in the past, so she had long forgotten that it was bundled up with her this time. "Ahem… There isn't anything wrong with my body. The reason why I wasn't awake was because my soul flew out."

She explained to it about the situation of her turning into a second rank divine sword.

As Sesame listened to her, its expression instantly crumpled. It looked so pitiful, as though it had been abandoned. "Mistress actually forgot to let me out…" Its beastie heart shattered. It was angry! It wanted to vent!

"Uh…" Why did she feel as though she was a trashy woman? She couldn't help but stroke its head. "About that… It's not that I didn't let you out. Look, after my resurrection this time, I'm just a mortal. I don't have divine energy nor do I have any cultivation, how can I let you out of divine sense then? You're so obedient, the one and only good beastie in this entire world. You definitely understand your mistress, right?" Mistress still loves you~

Sesame pondered for a moment, its face seemed to have brightened a little. Mn. I'm such a good beastie alright.

"Was your lack of cultivation truly the reason?"

"Really really! You must believe me, my good beastie?"

Alright, its glass heart had been repaired. "Then… Then what about now?"

"I don't have any cultivat… The hell!" Zhu Yao circulated her divine energy out of habit, and a purple lightning spark actually appeared from her palm. Even she herself was shocked. "How?" She carefully sensed her body, and realized that the cultivation level of this body had actually risen directly to that of a Profound Deity. This was a little too illogical, wasn't it? Was sleeping her body's secret art for cultivation?

"Mistress?" Sesame which was waiting for comfort saw her being dumbfounded all of a sudden, and could not help but nudge her. Continue praising me~

"I suddenly possess cultivation." Zhu Yao frowned. When it came to situations like this where a pie had fallen from the sky, she felt that a trap was definitely laid out at the back. "This matter is too strange. Let's first return to Lightning Divine Palace and ask my master." Zhu Yao wanted to fly on a sword out of habit, only to realize that she did not have any transportation tools on hand. Thus, she pulled Sesame up from her thighs. "I don't have any mystic artifacts so I can't fly. Turn back into your original form and bring me back."

"Ou." Sesame turned into that six-winged demonic beast in a habitual manner, and with Zhu Yao on its back, it flew up.

Eh, wait a minute!

Where's the promised comfort?

When it c

Sesame bringing her out was like kicking an own goal, and she had no idea why her body suddenly possessed cultivation. It was a coincidence that Sesame woke up the moment the unreliable Floor Master was taken away by the Disciplinary Order. Seeing that Zhu Yao stayed unconscious the entire time and there was no one in the Lightning Divine Palace, it grew anxious and called 120… Ah pui! It brought her to the Demonic Immortal Continent. This matter was really easy to settle. Since she was brought out, then she just had to be brought back.

However, when they arrived at the borders of the continent, the two of them were dumbfounded.

"What's that?" Zhu Yao said as she pointed at the large amount and densely compacted wind blades, that were even more concentrated than infrared sensors. Her face darkened.

"Realm Tide." Sesame felt like crying as well. "The Realm Tide will appear once every hundred years between the Demonic Immortal Continent and Deity Continent. Anyone who enters it will be injured by the wind blades and be sliced to the point where their corpses and bones wouldn't even be left intact."

"Then what about defensive barriers?" Zhu Yao continued to ask. Since they were wind blades, they could be blocked, right?

Sesame shook its head. "These wind blades are different from the rest. They are materialized from the aura emitted by the Presenceless River. Barriers are basically ineffective."

"What do you mean? Speak human." The hell's the Presenceless River?

"Presenceless River is the heavenly river that separates the two continents." Sesame said with a bitter look. "Above the Presenceless River, all divine arts or divine techniques will disappear, that's why the wind blades can render divine arts ineffective too. No divine arts can be used against them."

That incredible? They're basically the DEL button.

"Then when will this wind stop?"

Sesame raised one finger.

"An hour?"

Sesame shook its head.

"One day? It can't be a month, right?"

It still shook its head and weakly said. "One year."

"The hell." Zhu Yao became irritable. "As expected, it's more reassuring to keep you in my divine sense."

"… Mistress." Its glass heart shattered once more. "How can you say that to me…"

Its nose began to itch and its eyes were reddening. The acting skills of a moviestar were unleashed in an instant. Just as it was about to cry and complain, it was startled all of a sudden. Looking towards a certain direction, its expression instantly changed, becoming miserably pale. In a flash, it suddenly returned to her divine sense.

"What's wrong?" It really returned just like that? When did it become so obedient?

"Mistress, hurry and retract your aura as a Deity! Hurry!" Sesame's hurried voice resounded, carrying an anxiety that she hadn't seen before.

Zhu Yao frowned. Though she did not know what was going on, she still retracted it as told. Immediately after, two astonishing pressures came assaulting in an overwhelming manner. Even she could not help but hold her breath, and had almost sat on her butt.

Two figures instantly appeared before her. After having a closer look on their faces, the corner of her lips could not help but twitch. One red and one yellow. The red one was bright red, and even his hair was red. The yellow one was light yellow, and even his fingernails were yellow.

These two were Demonic Immortals at the Heavy Deity level.

"Why a Deity?" The red Demonic Immortal was stunned for a moment. He looked straight at Zhu Yao, his gaze grew even more focused as time went by. The longer he looked, the brighter his eyes grew, and the more he wanted to lean closer to her.

"Hi~" Zhu Yao could not help but raise her hand and greet them.

That red Demonic Immortal exhaled a little, and even his face reddened. He awkwardly tugged onto the corners of his robe and then pulled his sleeves a little. His voice instantly turned a little lower, and he even began to stammer. "It's… It's even… a little… a little sister."

He turned to look at the yellow Demonic Immortal at the side and nudged him a little. "Hey, what do you think we should do?"

"Ah!?" When that yellow Demonic Immortal was nudged, his legs wobbled and he almost fell. Only then did he regain his senses. He suddenly stepped forward and said with a stern look. "Little sister, hello. I'm Yellow Qi. My original form is the Despis Beast from the feathered races, a Realm Protector of the Demonic Immortal Continent. I'm of the fourteenth rank with the cultivation level of a Heavy Deity. I have three cave residences with beautiful sceneries and boundless divine energy. I can be considered as someone with achievements to my name. I even have the special authority to freely enter the Demonic Immortal Palace. Why don't we… first become friends?"

"…" What's with this feeling of being in a blind date?

"I'm Red Qi!" After hearing Yellow Qi's words, he immediately added. He had a look filled with regrets. Why did he forget to do a self-introduction earlier? What a pity. He actually lost the initiative! He quietly shot daggers at his little companion with his eyes.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. It seemed like the absolutely evil World Favourable Impression ability was effective on Demonic Immortals too!

"The hell, you two bitches! Let go of my mistress. She only belongs to this beastie." Sesame began to wildly scratch on the screen inside her divine sense. "I want to! Immediately! Right now! Beat these two blind beasts up!"

Come right out then, what's the point in shouting in my divine sense? Zhu Yao had a dark expression.

"Oh right, Deity little sister!" Red Qi was still looking at her with a pair of shining eyes. "Why are you here? Are you lost? Where do you want to go? Do you want this big brother to send you there?"

"Uh…" Zhu Yao quietly took a step back. Please retract that perverse look of yours first, alright? What happened to the promised conflict between Deities and Demonic Immortals? "Hoho, fellow great Demonic Immortals. I'm just here to look at the scenery. I'm done now, bye."

She raised her leg and was just about to run, when the two Demonic Immortals finally regained their senses. They first exchanged glances, and then in a flash, blocked her paths as expected. "Little sister, you can't leave."

"Fellow big brothers, is there anything else?" Zhu Yao tried her best to maintain a friendly expression.

"Little sister, I'm sorry for forgetting to mention this. Deities can't traverse freely on this side. Big brother Red isn't trying to make things difficult for you." Red Qi looked at her a little embarrassingly. "It's just that this is an order from the king. Of course, we are certain that you're not a bad person. However, we have no choice but to first bring you back."

"Little sister, don't be afraid." Yellow Qi immediately added. "I shall bring you somewhere else to live for a few days, and simply ask you a few questions. Once the questions are done, if you want to see the sceneries, big brother can bring you around."

As expected, they were here to capture her! It seemed like though the effects of the World Favourable Impression ability were incredible, they were still not as effective as the times in the Lower Realm. Though these two people were courteous to her, they were not treating her well for no reason.

Left without a choice, Zhu Yao could only follow them. She did not dare to do anything in another person's territory either. Furthermore, she was just a Profound Deity while those two had the cultivation comparable to Heavy Deities. They could turn her into dust whenever they wanted.

"Oh right. Little sister, have you seen a six-winged Demonic Immortal with a pitch-black body?" Yellow Qi suddenly asked.

Zhu Yao was stunned for a moment. Sesame?

"He looks like this when transformed into a human." Seeing her dazed look, Yellow Qi materialized the man's image in the air.

As expected, it was Sesame. Her heart trembled a little, and then she calmly shook her head. "I've just arrived here, I've never seen it." Seeing the two of their frowns, she casually asked. "Who is this beast? Why are you two looking for it?"

A disgusted look instantly flashed past Yellow's and Red's face, and Red Qi even let out a cold snort as he ruthlessly said. "This beast is simply the shame of our Demonic Immortal Continent. He's the model of betrayals! Our princess loves him so dearly so, yet he actually discarded her and fled the wedding in front of everyone. That's why our great king issued an order to the entire Demonic Immortal Continent to capture him and judge him for his sins!"

"Ou…" Zhu Yao nodded, and then she intentionally made her voice heavier. "Discard huh… That's truly a scummy beastie." She never expected that Sesame had such a honourable status.

"Of course not!" Sesame grew anxious, as it began to bounce up and down in her divine sense. "This daddy here basically doesn't like her, alright? I don't want to marry a two-legged beastie."

Yellow and Red began to exchange condemnations on him as well.

"Right? Our princess is the number one beauty of Demonic Immortal Continent, you know? Yet he still could make the heartless decision to abandon her. Just by this point alone, we can't endure it at all!"

"That's right, that's right!" Yellow Qi responded as well. "It doesn't even want the number one beauty. How can single puppies like us live then?"

"Does he think it's easy for beasties like us to find wives!? This daddy here has cultivated for hundred thousand years since my time in the Lower Realm, and I have yet to touch a female beastie's paw. On what basis did he reject her!?"

"You've only cultivated for a hundred thousand years. I've already cultivated for more than a few hundred thousand years. Let alone a beast paw, there's barely been any opportunities for me to strike conversations with one."

"Haah, I really wish to find a female beastie to chat about life and talk about my ideals with."

"Haah, I really wish to find a female beastie and bring her home for the holidays and the New Year's!"

Zhu Yao: "…" So the beast world was actually facing a serious single population problem.

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Chapter 354: Sesame is Trash

It was the second day since Zhu Yao arrived at Demonic Immortal Continent, and only then did she realize that she actually hadn't turned back into that divine sword yet. Logically speaking, since her master had explicitly said that he would only place her inside the storage mystic artifact for three seconds, one and two seconds were fine, but he definitely wouldn't go past three seconds. However, right now, let alone three seconds, three hundred, three thousand, and even more than thirty thousand seconds had passed. Yet, she was still staying in her body live and well.

This could only prove that either her guess was incorrect and had played herself, or… she was too far and the signal had been cut off. In any case, she wouldn't be returning to that sword anytime soon. She did not know if this was good news or bad news, but being locked here definitely wasn't good news in any way. After the two Demonic Immortals brought her to the Demonic Immortal Palace, they simply threw her into jail. What happened to the promise of becoming friends!?

"Little sister, after the investigation is over, we can see each other again~" Leaving those words, the yellow and red Demonic Immortals waved their sleeves and left, leaving their beloved behind.

cao！

The hell!

Zhu Yao stayed in the jail that was filled with formations for two days, yet no one came to investigate her. It wouldn't do if things kept on like this. She had to get out. Though she wouldn't be able to leave the Demonic Immortal Continent, she should still send her master a message and report about her wellbeing.

"Sesame, have you studied this formation before?" She looked at the surrounding formations for a long while, yet she was still unable to determine their properties. Left with no choice, she sought Sesame, who was familiar with the terrain, for help. That's right. She wanted to break out of prison.

"Mistress, Sesame doesn't know either. However, the formations of Demonic Immortal Palace are very unique. Even the strongest of Demonic Immortals won't be able to break out of them." Sesame replied, its voice faintly carried a small amount of pride.

"Are you certain?"

"Of course. I heard that the formations here were all constructed by the former Demonic Immortal Palace's Demon King, and they're run with bloodlines. No one… Ehhh!?" Before he could even finish, Zhu Yao stood up, patted off the dust on her robes, and walked straight out. Easily, and without any pressure at all. Sesame looked like he had just seen something illogical. "Mistress, how did you get out?"

"Didn't you say that all Demonic Immortals aren't able to get out?" Zhu Yao clicked her tongue. "I'm not a Demonic Immortal." What does formations that are placed down with bloodline restrictions have to do with me!?

"…" The Demon King is going to cry in the toilet.

Though Zhu Yao had gotten out, she did not dare to leave the prison gates so casually. The formations inside were all duds, but the entrance was being tightly guarded by large number of troops. Before she even release her divine sense, she sensed the might of Gold Deities standing on the left and right of the entrance. Charging out with brute force was not an option. Furthermore, the Realm Tide would only end a year later, so even if she got out of here, she wouldn't be able to return to Lightning Divine Palace. For a moment, she did not know what to do.

"Mistress, go south then." Sesame suddenly suggested.

"Why?"

Sesame paused for a moment, before he gently said. "Because… I have a friend over there. He's incredible. He might know of other methods to enter the Deity Continent."

"Really?" Zhu Yao felt suspicious.

"Of course it's true."

She sized up Sesame who was in her divine sense. "A beastie like you has a friend too?"

"… Mis… tress!" Though this one doesn't have any morals, I still have the rights to make friends, alright!? "How can you be so unconfident of your beastie, I'm after all still…"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhu Yao immediately interrupted it. "Let's first figure out how to leave."

Zhu Yao felt a little troubled. When comparing martial strength, she definitely wouldn't be able to defeat them, and her reinforcements were even a few thousand kilometers away. Not to mention, this place was the Demonic Immortal Palace, which had the most concentrated numbers of Demonic Immortals. Unless she activated hacks, she shouldn't even think of leaving.

Ting!

A conversation window suddenly popped out.

The hell, he's actually truly thinking of giving me hacks, hey!?

The words on the conversation window this time were rather simple and written nicely: Friendship Hack Concealment System (Trial Pack). Activate, or Cancel?

"Concealment!" Zhu Yao grew excited and she immediately tapped on the 'Activate' button on the screen.

In the next moment, her body began to fade inch by inch. From her legs, to her waist, and then slowly, her entire body disappeared. After that… poof. Sesame was thrown out.

Zhu Yao: "…"

"Mistress… what's going on?" Said the flustered Sesame, unaware of situation.

Uh… She didn't know either! She tried and realized that she wasn't able to put Sesame back into her divine sense at all. Could this be the limitation of the trial version? The features were too limited, weren't they?

Before she could figure everything out, Sesame's cry lured in the guards at the entrance.

"Who is it?" The two Demonic Immortals charged in. They saw Sesame on the ground, and looked as if they had just seen a ghost. "Your highness!"

The hell's with this 'your highness'?

While she was in doubt, Sesame had already been neatly tied up like a dumpling.

"Release me, hurry and let me go! I'm a beastie with a master!" Sesame struggled for a long while, yet to no avail. With the two Demonic Immortals holding onto each end of its body, Sesame was carried out.

Since it was after all her family's beastie, Zhu Yao had no choice but to follow after them.

Because of her concealment hack, she was not discovered along the way. The two Demonic Immortals happily carried Sesame into the highest temple of Demonic Immortal Palace. As they walked, they even shout out their lungs to announce to the entire world. "Hurry and inform the princess! Your highness Sesame has returned!" It lured in a crowd of spectators.

Sesame's entire face turned green and its struggle grew stronger. "Release me! What are you two greedy beasts going to do to me? I will never go along with it!"

"…" Can you please not drop your morals at a time like this?

However, no matter how it shouted, its cries had no effect. The two Demonic Immortals joyously carried it into a large hall, threw it on the ground, and then knelt to pay their respects. "My king, we discovered your highness Sesame in the heavenly prison earlier, and so we brought him here."

"Mn." A mighty voice sounded from above. "Well done. You two may leave."

Only then did the two Demonic Immortals stand and make their way back, leaving behind Sesame who was tied into a dumpling. Zhu Yao raised her head and saw an elderly with white hair and white beard sitting at the throne above the tall stage. He wore a dark robe, and blood-coloured patterns could be seen embroidered on it. His cultivation level was hard to discern, it was most likely above that of a Heavy Deity. He should be the Demon King that the people spoke of.

He lightly swept his eyes towards the "dumpling" on the ground. Even though she was under concealment, Zhu Yao could still feel the pressure emitted from his body. She could not help but feel worried that he was going to do something to Sesame.

"Stinky brat, you're finally back…" He lightly spoke up and then walked down the stage. An unseeming smile raised from the corners of his lips. "It's the second time now."

"The hell, if you have the guts, then release this daddy!" Sesame struggled like a fish that had been washed ashore. "Old man, give up. I will never marry that precious daughter of yours."

The Demon King's expression darkened, frowning. He raised Sesame up and furiously said. "You've already gone done to the Lower Realm twice, yet why can't you just learn how to be obedient? As long as you agree to marrying Gong Lan, this position of the Demon King would be yours."

"You sound as though I really want it." Sesame rolled its eyes. "This daddy doesn't like her, and so I don't want to marry her. I like to be unrestrained and free."

The Demon King's expression sank, but he patiently continued to persuade Sesame. "What's bad about Gong Lan? You two grew up together since young, and you two even ascended together. Just how is she unworthy of you?"

"Everything about her is unworthy of me?" Sesame continued to be stubborn. "I don't want to marry a two-legged beastie."

"You…" The Demon King became furious. "Gong Lan is of the feathered race! Have you ever seen a feathered race with four legs?"

"I don't care!" Sesame said with a shameless look. "I don't like two-legged people. I only want to marry a little sister of the same race…"

"You… You're basically being heartless, unreasonable, and nonsensical!"

"You're the heartless, unreasonable, and nonsensical one!"

"No matter how heartless I am…"

Uhh… why are things developing in such a strange direction, hey?

Wow! Looking at these two's informal manner of talking, their relationship isn't that bad as I thought? It seemed like she was worried for nothing.

"Your race is hard to come by in the first place. Since you really want to find someone from the same race that much…" The corner of the Demon King's lips twitched, and it looked as though he wished he come bash him up at this moment. He panted heavily and said. "Then find me one!"

"I found one." Sesame's eyes instantly shone.

"What?"

Sesame signaled him to release its bindings. The Demon King hesitated for a moment. Seeing that it wouldn't play any tricks in front of him, he released his bindings with a wave of his hand. With a flip of its hand, Sesame instantly brought out an enormous egg next to him.

Zhu Yao was stunned. It was that Spirit Guiding Beast's egg from the Lower Realm. The chap Sesame really brought it to the Higher Realm.

Hugging onto it like it was treasure, Sesame said with shining eyes. "Look, old man! This egg has the same aura as mine. I found it in the Lower Realm. It definitely is of the same race as me."

"An egg like this!?" The Demon King frowned. Just as he wanted to comment further, a Demonic Immortal entered and reported. "My king, Princess Lan wishes to see you."

Zhu Yao clearly saw Sesame trembling for a moment. Its two hands that were initially tightly holding onto the egg even loosened a little, as though it subconsciously wanted to hide. Is the female lead about to make her appearance? Zhu Yao became excited. After realizing that the Demon King did not have ill intentions for Sesame, she unconsciously fell into drama-watching mode.

"Allow her in." The Demon King hesitated for a moment, before he said with a wave of his hand.

In just a few moments, footsteps could be heard from the entrance. A handsome and heroic-looking woman entered. She was dressed in a battle armor, as though she had yet to have the time to remove them. There wasn't any other expressions on her face. With a calm look and an upright stance, her entire body was radiating with unspeakable might.

So… So cool!

Even Zhu Yao could not help but give her praise. She had never seen a woman who could be this handsome before. Seeing how Sesame was rejecting this princess so intensely earlier, she even thought that the princess had very terrible looks. In reality, not only wasn't the girl ugly, she was actually this handsome.

Sesame, are you blind?

Gong Lan slowly walked in, her eyes narrowed at Sesame on the side. However, it had only been for an instant, and she turned her eyes away right after. Clasping her hands, she greeted the Demon King. "Your daughter pays respects to father."

"Raise your head, raise your head." Compared to Sesame, the Demon King was clearly being gentle, like the drizzling rain in spring, towards this princess. He personally went up to hold her up. "How's your mission to Cold Imperial Forest this time? Are you injured anywhere?"

"Thank you, father, for your concern." She replied with a serious look. "Fortunately, I have already restrained the Sharpice Beast, and it's now being sent to the heavenly prison."

"Good, good, good." The Demon King grinned as he patted on Gong Lan's shoulder. "It's great that you're back. Coincidentally, Sesame is here as well. Let's use this opportunity to set up your marriage ceremony then."

Gong Lan was stunned. Sesame however immediately exploded. "Are you serious!? Old man, you have gone crazy! I already told you so many times that this daddy here doesn't like her one bit! I don't want to marry her."

"Shut your mouth!" The Demon King glared at him. "This matter will not be discussed. Even if you don't want to, you have to."

"This daddy here isn't going to marry. If you have the guts, then kill me."

"Do you think I don't dare to!?"

"Come then!"

Watching the two about to turn their verbal argument into a physical conflict, with a frown, Gong Lan arched her body and said to the Demon King. "May I request my king to cancel his marriage with me."

"What?" The Demon King was shocked. He looked at Gong Lan with eyes of disbelief. "You… Ever since you were young, didn't you wish… Lan'er, you must think over this carefully, don't make such decisions in haste. Don't worry, if this brat dares to bully you in the future, this old man will be the first one to beat him up."

Gong Lan turned to look at Sesame with a complicated expression. Heavy-hearted, she looked as though she was concealing many things that could not be put into words. Looking at Sesame's slight shiver, she awkwardly turned her head back.

She shook her head with a light smile. "No need. It's all playful banter from our younger days, it can't be treated as real. Now… Let's treat it as though this engagement has never happened."

"Lan'er…"

"Father!" Gong Lan still continued with a humble tone. "He've gone down to the Lower Realm twice. He has already paid a suitable price. Even if we continue to push him regarding this matter, what's the point?"

The Demon King sank into silence.

"This… You said it yourself." Sesame weakly leapt up. "You musn't regret it! I will be leaving now. You're not allowed to chase after me."

Gong Lan turned to glance at him, the complicated feelings in her eyes had already disappeared, becoming clearer than before. "Your highness, be well."

Sesame choked, as though it had just heard something that he it could hardly believe. It's face was filled with complications.

"Stinky brat! You want to run now? Do you think it will be that easy?" The Demon King was furious, looking as though he wanted to settle some debts. However, Gong Lan stopped him.

Sesame sprinted out of the large hall and left the Demon King's palace without turning back. Because it was too sudden, Sesame had even forgotten that it could fly. Zhu Yao had almost lost track of it, and when she caught up, Sesame was already lying tired on the ground, panting like a dog. However, a gleeful smile was all over its face, looking as though it had struck a jackpot. "Hahahaha… I finally no longer have to marry that ugly thing! Awesome! Mistress… Mistress…" It danced about for a long while, and then began to look around for Zhu Yao. Though it couldn't see her, as a contracted beast, it could still sense that she was by its side. Mistress, hurry and come out. Accompany this beastie in its joy.

Just as Zhu Yao was about to cancel the concealment buff on the top right corner of her peripheral vision, a red figure suddenly flashed in front of her. Gong Lan who was still in the large hall earlier suddenly appeared. Sesame was shocked, and then it looked at her cautiously. "You… What do you want now!? I'm telling you… you were the one who said that you wanted to cancel the engagement. Don't… Don't even think of regretting your decision! I don't like you one bit…"

Gong Lan did not speak. She simply passed Sesame a pearl-like bead.

"What is this?" Sesame was confused.

"Tasyoluk."

Zhu Yao blanked. Tasyoluk? Isn't that the Secret Realm where I first met Sesame?

Gong Lan gently said. "This is something your mother gave me back then. When you were punished and thrown down to the Lower Realm back then, I had it follow you to the Lower Realm. When you returned the first time, I had it return. Now… Since it's something that belonged to you in the first place, I'm returning it to you."

"…" Sesame was dumbfounded for a moment. It hesitantly looked at the bead in her hand, as though it did not know if it should take it back.

Gong Lan however simply stuffed it in its hands. "Father is already at the level of a late-stage High Deity. In just a few more years, he will have to head to the Lightning Divine Palace and enter the tower. He doesn't have much time left here… You should come back to see him more often. After all, you are the one who truly harbours his blood." Immediately after, she turned around and materialized a pair of enormous red wings. With a flap of her wings, she did not hesitate, disappearing without a trace.

Sesame held onto the bead and stayed motionless for a short while.

A moment later, it then spoke with a blank expression. "Mistress, I… why do I feel so uncomfortable?"

Zhu Yao rolled her eyes at it.

"Hoho… Trash!"

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Chapter 355: Realm Escaping Godly Artifact

Sesame was really depressed. It clearly did not like Gong Lan, yet when it saw her return the dimensional space that its mother had given her and then leave without a single shred of hesitation, its heart felt numbed, sour, and it even ached a little.

It completely did not understand this situation at all, not to mention it had no experience on this either. It thus decided to seek Zhu Yao, its mistress who had abundant experience, for guidance. However, its mistress, who had always been considerably kind and reasonable, was looking at it with scornful eyes. For a short while, her glare made the hair all around its beastly body to stand. She then chuckled with an ambiguous smile, and patted strongly on its head. With a solemn voice, she said. "Sesame, male chauvinism is a disease which must be cured!"

What is male chauvinism? Why are mistress's words always so deep and profound? I can't understand at all, hey!

Zhu Yao sighed. Looking at how Sesame wouldn't understand even if it scratched its head off, she said. "Let's put it this way then. Why don't you want to marry her?"

"Naturally, it's because our races are different. How can we…"

"Speak the truth!" Zhu Yao interrupted it. Don't even think about using the matter of having two legs and four legs to fool me. Even the Demon King doesn't believe such words, alright?

Sesame lowered its head, and after a while, it said with a low voice. "I'm… I'm a little… afraid of her."

"Afraid?" Now this is fresh and new.

"You don't know how scary she can be." Sesame complained. "When my mother picked her up, she scratched and tore my face. Because she was a rank higher than me, she bullied me since we were young. When I was young, I was always beaten and injured by her. After that, when I finally managed to ascend, the moment I make a mistake, she would still beat me up. Just because her cultivation is higher than mine, she thinks she's incredible! Hmph! I don't want to marry a female beastie like that!"

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. You can't even beat a woman, and you're trying to reason with it?

"Then she doesn't have anything good points?" Zhu Yao felt doubtful. "Has she never helped you?"

"Never!" He said angrily. "She would only complain about me in front of my old man, and then they would beat me up together. Yet, both father and mother like her, and pays more attention to her. She's simply sinister, sly, and shameless…"

"Are you certain?"

"I'm certain!" Sesame gritted its teeth. Suddenly, as though it had thought of something, it muttered. "Unless… her preventing others from beating me counts as a good point."

"Others? What do you mean?" Oh, juicy details. Let's take out a chair.

"In any case… In any case, not only does she beat me up, she beat up other beasts too. She doesn't allow other beasts to cause trouble for me either." He frowned and said. "She made everyone afraid of her, and I end up not having a single friend, no matter if it was in the Higher Realm or the Lower Realm. It's all her fault."

Zhu Yao sized Sesame up for a moment, as though this was her first time seeing such a wonderful piece of work.

"Sesame…"

"Ah?"

"Do you have a brain?" That was clearly a protective behaviour, alright? Didn't he know how cruel the world of demonic beasts in the Lower Realm was? Because of the lack of sentience, beasties would always fight each other for territories and power. With just the slightest bit of discord, it would be a fight to the death, alright? Yet it still wanted to make friends with other beasts. You're an idiot, aren't you?

You have a good girl that protects you wherever you are, and you still have the face to despise her?

"Sesame, I think we should just cancel our pact! I'm afraid that a beastie like you will influence my intelligence."

"Mistress…" Sesame made a distressed look. "This one is truly pitiful."

"Scram." Trash, don't infect my master. "Aren't we going to the south to find your friend?" She diverted the topic.

"Mn." He helplessly responded.

"You can't figure out this matter within a short time, and when it comes to feelings and relationships, outsiders can't interfere. Why don't we instead make a move while you think things through?" Zhu Yao looked at it and said. "But you must figure it out yourself. Do you really hate that Gong Lan that much? To the point where you don't want to see her at all? You need to understand this… There are some things that can't be found again after missing it once."

She did not know about Sesame's thoughts, but that handsome woman earlier did not look like a beast that would treat feelings that casually. She must actually liked Sesame very much, which was why she wanted to marry Sesame. However, with its continual rejections of their marriage, Zhu Yao was afraid that it had already harmed her deeply. One's heart was not invulnerable after all, it could not endure damages over and over again. If Sesame were to miss this opportunity, even if it were to turn back in the future, it would most likely be too late.

Sesame was silent for a while, and then, as though to evade the topic, it turned away its eyes. "Mistress's matters are more important. Let us head south." As it said that, it turned into its original form and lowered one of its wings, hinting her to climb onto its back.

Zhu Yao sighed and climbed up. Right after, Sesame rose into the air. However, it was clearly a little absent-minded this time. Though it did not slow down, it had clearly activated auto-pilot mode.

"Sesame, there's a stone wall in front. If you continue in this direction, we will crash."

"Sesame, there are lightning clouds up front. Do you want to be fried?"

"Sesame, there's a Demonic Immortal ahead. Do you want to be involved in a car crash?"

"Sesame…"

Even with her constant reminders, it could not stop its death-courting heart. Fortunately, she still had the concealment hack which prevented her from being discovered by the Demonic Immortals. Otherwise, she would have long been caught several times over. Sesame was absent-minded the entire journey, stumbling towards their destination.

She wondered just how incredible its friend was, but in the end, they stopped next to a straw cottage. There was a courtyard in front, and it was entirely empty. Not even a single strand of weed could be seen either. The door of the straw cottage creaked as the wind blew, and the word "poor" could only be used to describe the place.

Though the surroundings were surrounded by mountains and rivers, divine energy was in abundance as well. The environment was pretty decent.

Sesame landed on the ground and took up its human form. It then directly pushed the door open and entered. Zhu Yao followed behind it, but the house was empty without a single figure in sight.

"He's not here." Sesame looked around, a little disappointed. However, when it turned its head, it saw a black club on the table. "Eh? This is… Mistress, mistress. Come and take a look." It suddenly said with an excited look. "With this, you will be able to cross the Realm Tide and return to the Deity Continent."

"What is this?" Zhu Yao glanced at the object in its hand. It was metallic and had a cylindrical shape, however, it did not have any divine energy circulating around it. It did not look like a divine artifact, and was rather normal without anything unique about it.

"This is an ancient mechanism formation." Sesame glanced at the club as it focused its senses on it. It then made a few creaking sounds, as though something had been activated. With a swoosh, the cylindrical object that was still just an arm length earlier, suddenly began to pull open. In just a few moments, it wrapped Sesame up.

"Sesame!" Zhu Yao was shocked.

"I'm fine." It responded. The creaking noises sounded once more, and then, that black sheet once again returned to its cylindrical shape. "Mistress, with this, the wind blades of the Realm Tide can be shielded against, and we can return to the Deity Continent."

"How do you know that this object is useful?" Sesame sized up the club for a moment. It sure looked like a mechanism technique and not constructed by divine arts. It was no wonder it did not have any divine energy.

"I saw my friend use it once." Sesame explained. "This thing is really sturdy, the wind blades basically aren't able to damage it at all. Also, it's not a divine artifact, so it wouldn't be dispelled by the Presenceless wind blades."

It sounded really incredible. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Zhu Yao pulled Sesame out of the door.

Eh! Wait a minute.

"It's not good to just take it away like this, right?" Why did she feel a little guilty as though she had stolen something?

"It's fine!" Sesame patted on its chest and guaranteed. "In any case, he has a lot of things, so he won't mind."

"…" To actually make friends with someone like Sesame, it sure is that person's three lives' worth of misfortune!

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Chapter 356: Go and Seek Abuse, Young Man!

The two returned to the borders of the realm, the wind blades there were still slicing the air resoundingly. Before this, she did not feel anything unique about the wind. This time, she unconsciously released her divine sense, only to realize that her divine sense would scatter automatically the moment it were to make contact with the wind blades. As expected of the all-purpose DEL key.

"Let's go." Zhu Yao stepped towards Sesame, signalling it to activate that strange machine in its hand.

After waiting a short while, she realized there wasn't any response. When Zhu Yao turned back to look, it was actually in a daze. This restless idiot could actually be in a daze too!

She had no choice but to knock her fist onto its head. "What are you doing? Open it!" After all, she recalled that there were two guards, one red and one yellow, nearby. What if they were discovered if they dragged this out?

Sesame choked from her knock, as though it had only regained senses just now. "Ah!? Ou!" It responded and then twisted the black tube in its hand. With a few swooshes, a black metallic ball instantly appeared around them, enveloping them inside.

Zhu Yao thought that it would be really dark inside, but unexpectedly, it was actually transparent when looking out from inside. Everything in the surroundings could be clearly seen. She could not help but poke the fabric, and its sturdiness was comparable to scales. In Sesame's hand, what remained was a black square block, similar to a small toy block.

"This is the formation core. Pressing on it will revert everything back to its original form." Sesame explained.

"Ou." Zhu Yao nodded. She did not say much, and simply continued to walk forward. Sesame immediately caught up to her. As they moved, the entire defensive cover moved forward as well. It was rather intuitive. Zhu Yao became a little excited. After all, this was advanced technology! It was a little similar to the technology used in the modern era. It seemed like ancient mechanisms were not limited to just sudoku and gomoku!

They walked directly into the Realm Tide and realized that this defensive cover was really functional. When the wind blades struck it, they would immediately scatter without even making a single echo. Occasionally there would be strong winds, but all they result to were soft and dull thuds.

Zhu Yao's cautiousness instantly dissipated. She did not know how long the Realm Tide was, and she wanted to get back as fast as possible, but she realized that a certain beastie holding onto the switch was walking slower by the minute. Occasionally, it would turn its head to the back, and then back to the front right after, looking as though it was hesitating about something. Their hurrying pace turned into a light walk, and then finally, comparable to a turtle's crawl.

Zhu Yao decided to simply stop and let out a deep sigh. "Sesame!"

"Ah?"

"Come over here." Zhu Yao picked up the person next to her, turned around and walked back towards the direction they came from. When they walked out of the Realm Tide and arrived at their starting point, she grabbed the switch from its hand and had it return to its cylindrical shape. She then pointed in the direction of the Demonic Immortal Palace and said. "Go back. I will head to Lightning Divine Palace on my own."

"Mistress…" Sesame was stunned for a moment, and then immediately showed a pitiful look. "Are you going to abandon beastie again?"

"Scram!" Zhu Yao rolled her eyes. "If you're unwilling to let her go, then go back to her on your own and admit your mistake. It's fine even if you have to shed off your thick skin, after all, you specialize in it. If you like her, then go f*king woo her back! With how you're being so wishy-washy and hesitant over here, can you still call yourself a man?"

"Of course not!" Sesame said with a serious look. "I'm not a man, I'm a male beastie."

"…" The hell! ""Is this the time to mind such details? This old lady here wants you to make a decision, don't divert the topic here. You're making my head hurt. Just tell me if you like Gong Lan or not?"

Sesame's entire face crumpled, looking sad and confused. "I… I don't know either. I… really hate her."

"Just because she's stronger than you, and she bullied you when you were young?" Zhu Yao rolled her eyes.

"Mn." Sesame's head lowered even further, and a moment later, it replied with a solemn voice. "Even after we're older, the bullying didn't end…"

Zhu Yao let out a deep sigh. This idiot with low EQ. "Sesame, have you ever wondered why you're so mindful about her treatment towards you?"

It was stunned for a moment, and then it raised its head.

Zhu Yao said with a sunken voice. "You're a demonic beast. In order to become a Demonic Immortal, you will definitely have to experience a large number of fights and slaughter. She's not the only one who has been beating you up, right? Why do you solely hate her then?"

"That's different." Sesame argued.

"What's different?"

"I'm not familiar with other beasties, so I don't even care about hating them. Furthermore, in the end, I'm the one who ended up beating them up later on."

"Then what about me?" Zhu Yao looked at it. "I'm stronger than you too, and I beat you up a lot as well. Do you hate me?"

"That doesn't count, you're my mistress! We have a contract."

"Fine!" Zhu Yao nodded. "Then how about my master? He utterly abuses you whenever he sees you, do you hate him?"

"I do hate him!"

Zhu Yao sent a slap towards it. "This old lady here is being serious."

Sesame pitifully rubbed its head. It was being serious though?

"Then let me put it another way." Zhu Yao said with a low voice. "Gong Lan girly is indeed stronger than you, but it's not like you can't catch up to her cultivation level. If there comes a day where your cultivation surpasses hers, what are you going to do?"

"Of course it's to beat her." Sesame's eyes shone.

"And then?"

"And then…" Sesame frowned. After pondering for a moment, it said. "And then… And then, I will do everything she had once done to me."

"Like?"

"Like snatching away her enemies and chasing away all of her opponents, so that she won't ever get the opportunity to make a move again. Then, I will chase away all the male beasties that approach her! How dare they often show off their might in front of me. Everyday, they would stare at her, and whenever she encounter some trouble, they would immediately charge out, not giving her any opportunity to enjoy the limelight. Then I will…" He then stopped halfway through, as though he sensed something was amiss with his words. His face blanked.

Zhu Yao smiled, as she directly lay its thoughts bare. "You want to protect her."

"…" Its eyes suddenly widened, its face was filled with utter disbelief. How's that possible? I'm not…

"Have you ever seriously thought about why you're specifically treating Gong Lan so differently?" Zhu Yao continued. "You said that you hated how she would always charge right out in front of you, hated how she stole your limelight, and hated how her cultivation level is higher than yours. These reasons were all due to your cultivation being weaker than hers. If your cultivation level is higher, then you would do the same for her. You're just dissatisfied that the person charging right at the front isn't you. You don't dislike her, you just dislike the feeling of hiding behind her. Sesame, you actually don't hate her. You just hate the powerless you, right?"

"…" It turned silent, looking absent-minded as though it had sunk into a daze.

When it came to such a dense person, Zhu Yao had no choice but to throw another piece of wood into the fire. "But, you don't have to worry about it now. She has already decided to draw a clear line between the both of you. In the future, no one else will charge out in front of you, no one else will steal your limeline, and no one will beat you up again… Oh, of course." She smiled and continued. "She might do it again in the future, but… the beastie behind her will no longer be you."

"No!" Sesame looked anxious.

"Why not? The number of female beasties among the Demonic Immortals is very few. Without you, she still has a lot more choices. Most likely, she can find one that's stronger than you, and in the future, there will be someone else protecting her."

"I can too!" Sesame anxiously argued. "My cultivation had long caught up to hers. But because I had been going down to the Lower Realm… As long as I recover…"

"So what if you recover? She doesn't care anymore."

"…" Its face instantly paled.

"Sesame…" Zhu Yao patted on its shoulders. After all, it was still her family's beastie, so she could not endure seeing it stay single for life. "Admit it! What you hate isn't her, but the distance between the two of you! You're afraid that she's too far out of your reach, where you can't catch up to her. What you hate is merely you who hide behind her back, you're afraid of not being worthy of her. However, have you ever thought that she might've just been waiting for you all this while, and that she's standing at a spot where you can reach as long as you turn around? Don't let your self-esteem become the weapon that harms your relationship with her. Once the cut is deep, even she will feel hurt."

"Mistress…" Sesame raised its head, looking even more confused with those teary eyes. "The things you said… I don't understand any of them at all!"

"The hell!" Zhu Yao wanted to pinch it to death. The chicken soup that she had boiled for so long had all gone down the drain.

"Mistress, what should I do?" Sesame looked like it was about to cry. "What if she really find someone else to bully? The moment I imagine such a thing happening… my heart will feel weird… She's so violent, other beasties might not be able to take her blows. Only I can… I don't want her to bully other beasties."

Great, it still could be salvaged!

"Then go and snatch her back." Zhu Yao said. "Go back and hug her thighs. Just do all those shameless things that you had done before to Gong Lan."

"Will that stop her form bullying other beasties?"

Zhu Yao nodded. After pondering for a moment, she however shook her head. This stupid beast that could not make any turns still needed another push. "That's still not enough. You must have an well-known identity in order to remove all future troubles forever."

"What identity?"

"Marry her!"

Sesame was silent for a moment, but its eyes had grown clearer. As though it had understood something, it immediately reverted back to its original form. "Mistress, I can't accompany you back to Lightning Divine Palace anymore."

"Mn." Zhu Yao nodded as she waved her hand. Go and seek abuse, young man!

Sesame flew a circle in the sky. Suddenly, it thought of something and turned back. A gigantic egg instantly appeared in front of Zhu Yao. "Mistress, I will give you this egg then."

As it said that, it flapped it wings and hurriedly returned. In an instant, its figure disappeared into the distance.

Zhu Yao: "…" Do I look like a warehouse?

Zhu Yao turned and looked at the egg next to her. As though she had just figured out something, her expression darkened and she deeply frowned. She looked at the mechanism in her hand, and immediately switched it on. She did not look at the egg behind her and immediately walked into the Realm Tide.

Only when Zhu Yao's figure was about to disappear into the wind blades did the white egg suddenly move. It hurriedly rolled after her, and then, after reaching about three steps away from her, it steadily followed her pace.

Zhu Yao naturally heard the noises behind her, but did not care about it, nor did she even turn around to look at it. She increased her pace into the Realm Tide, but the frown her face had grown even deeper.

As I thought…

The Realm Tide was very wide. Adding that she could not cast any arts nor fly on her sword, Zhu Yao walked for exactly six hours before she was able to see green spots in front of her. She was finally reaching the other end, and she heaved a sigh of relief. Increasing her pace, she walked out and arrived a familiar yet foreign forest.

She walked a short distance away from the Realm Tide before releasing the defensive cover and have it return to its cylindrical shape. That white egg came rolling out of the Realm Tide as well, stopping about three steps away from here still.

Zhu Yao simply felt a little irritated in the depths of her heart. As she could not fly on a sword, she cast an art and sped into the forest. However, no matter how fast or slow she went, the egg still continued to follow her while keeping the same distance between them, without letting up a single bit.

Finally, Zhu Yao could not endure it any longer and stop at the exit of the forest. Letting out a long sigh, she said. "Just how long are you going to follow me…" She turned around and looked at the egg. "Yue Ying."

The egg stiffened for a moment, stopping in its track.

A moment later, a black light flashed in Zhu Yao's hand, as that cylindrical mechanism turned into a ray of black light and entered the egg. The initially white egg slowly turned black and the egg that merely had a soft aura earlier suddenly began to contain the essence of life. Lines of cracks grew along the shell while making creaking sounds, and a pitch-black Phoenix appeared from it right after.

In the next moment, that black Phoenix turned into a familiar young boy. Dressed in black clothes, he was extremely skinny, as though he was that Yue Ying who had just gotten out of the iceberg for the first time, while at the same time, he looked similar to the Shao Bai who walked out of the place that was filled with devillic energy. He opened his mouth, as though he wanted to say something.

However, Zhu Yao did not want to hear it. She did not feel bothered to care, simply turning around and going on her way.

Yue Ying lowered his eyes with slight disappointment. He did not voice out his sadness, yet he did not dare to fall behind, following after her from afar. If she hurried, he would too, and if she slowed down, he would slow down by the same pace, as though he did not existed.

Zhu Yao intentionally chose the hardest paths to walk. From flipping over large rocks to stepping across swamps. In the end, she was the only one who tired herself, while a certain someone was still keeping pace with her. Yet, she could not vent out the fury in her heart, and merely chose to ignore him.

She walked for a day and a night, before finally spotting a small town in front of her. She instantly heaved a sigh of relief. She decided to find a transportation tool, and even if she couldn't fly on her own, she should still make a call… Ah pui, she meant using a voice transmission talisman to inform her master to pick her up.

The town was pitifully small, with only about four stalls set up on the street. There wasn't one that sold voice transmission talismans, though there was one that was selling divine artifacts. She chose the weakest first rank divine sword, and when she touched her pocket, she realized she was a poor beggar.

"Dear senior." The stall owner was an Earth Deity, and he was rather courteous. "It's fine if you don't have any divine stones, you can exchange it with something of similar value."

"Exchange?" They actually offered exchange services.

"Heheh, this is a small business after all." The stall owner had a wonderful thought in his mind. As his customer was a Profound Deity, someone who was a rank higher than he was, she definitely must have a couple of good items. He might even be able to make a profit. "I've just opened the stall today. As long as senior has something to trade, anything can be exchanged."

A true poor beggar – Zhu Yao! She touched all around her body, yet she couldn't even take out a single piece of hair. Did she really have to walk back to Lightning Divine Palace on foot? Her legs would break, right? She turned around and glanced at the "tail" behind her. Frowning, she once again confirmed with him. "Can I really exchange anything?"

"Of course!" The stall owner patted on his chest and guaranteed.

"Alright then!" Zhu Yao turned around and walked towards the tail behind her. While the stall owner had an excited glow in his eyes, she hugged the tail up and placed it on the stall table. "I shall exchange it with this child then. In any case, we're not blood-related."

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Chapter 357: Let's Chat About Life

Countless 'what the hell' ran across the stall owner's mind. You're playing me for a fool?

"Se… Senior…"

"You can't?"

"This… This is…"

"He's a Phoenix! A God race, you know?" Zhu Yao said with a stern look, though it was a black one.

"Hoho… Senior, you're joking." Don't think because you have a high cultivation level, I don't dare to beat you up, hey!

"If you don't want to make the exchange, then fine!" Zhu Yao pouted, and then her tone changed. "Then I will give him to you." After saying that, she turned around and left.

"…" The stall owner was utterly confused. Someone, come over here! There's an unfeeling beast throwing away her child!

When Zhu Yao was about to walk out of the town, the child that was still obediently sitting on the stall table earlier leapt up and followed after her.

After this ruckus, the fury in Zhu Yao's heart quelled by about half. As expected, bullying people is the best way to reduce stress!

With her anger vented, Zhu Yao felt that she could make a calm and peaceful conversation now. After rushing a certain distance out of the town, she then went to the side and meditated a little to regulate her energy. Just like that, four hours went past, and her cultivation seemed to have faint traces of making a breakthrough. It looked like in short while, she would be able to become a Gold Deity.

She then turned around to look at the child that was a considerable distance away from her and sighed. "Speak, what happened?" Use this opportunity while I'm still calm.

Yue Ying raised his head, looking as though he could not believe that she would actually start a conversation. His eyes reddened and the reflection of the tears shone. Carrying a heavy nasal sound, he called out. "Big sis… Yao."

The irritation in Zhu Yao's heart once again slaughtered its way back in. Taking a deep breath, she continued. "You were in that egg the entire time?"

A hint of anxiety flashed across his face, but he still nodded. "Mn."

"When did you get together with Sesame?" Zhu Yao's eyes turned cold, frowning. "You two worked together to fool me?"

"No, not that…" He became even more anxious and shook his head strongly, looking as though he was about to cry.

Zhu Yao took a deep breath as waves of anger emitted out from the depths of her heart. If Sesame did not intentionally leave the egg with her, she wouldn't have linked the egg with Yue Ying, which was why she purposefully left the egg on its own then. When it began rolling to her on its own, she finally ascertained her guess.

Back then, when Sesame woke up and saw her body, its first reaction wasn't actually to wait in Lightning Divine Palace for her master, but instead bring her all the way to the Demonic Immortal Continent for help. She felt it was strange. In this Higher Realm, who had cultivation higher than her master or the Floor Master, to the point where Sesame would unhesitantly bring her over?

Furthermore, Sesame clearly said that because of its relationship with Gong Lan, it did not have a single beastie friend. Yet, it mentioned that it had a friend in the south and that it knew of a way to go across the Realm Tide. Wasn't this a contradiction? Most likely, the so-called friend it wanted to look for in the Demonic Immortal Continent was Yue Ying himself.

And I actually went my way to help it woo its beloved. To think that it would join forces with someone else to trick me. That ungrateful beast!

However, what she could not figure out was how Yue Ying ended up being inside the egg the entire time. After all, the egg had always been with Sesame.

"What's with that mechanism?" She suddenly thought of the black cylindrical object that protected her through the Realm Tide.

"Big sis Yao…" Yue Ying raised his head and replied a little anxiously. "I… wanted to find big sis, but I wasn't able to… So I thought of a way to cross realms and head to the Divine Realm. I know for a fact that no matter what happens… big sis will definitely find the Sovereign." His expression darkened, looking a little powerless. "Just that, something happened during the realm crossing."

Zhu Yao's heart sank, an answer faintly appeared in her mind and her heart began to ache all of a sudden. However, she immediately reminded herself not to be soft.

"And then?"

Seeing that she still had a calm look, Yue Ying lowered his head in disappointment. Glancing at the corner of her robe, he tightly clenched his fist to suppress the impulse of tugging it. "The World Crossing Door can only stay open for a limited time. Because I couldn't make it in time, I could only detach my soul. My soul came up, but my body was still left behind with Sesame in the Lower Realm."

"That's why you turned into an egg?" Did all God races have emergency management mechanism implanted in them? Back then, during Yi Ling's instance, that stupid Dragon which smashed her to death reverted back to its egg form to recover after being injured as well. How did Yue Ying know about this method too? She finally understood how Yue Ying, who still harboured the trash spirit veins back then, could cross realms and enter the Divine Realm. Most likely, the reason was not limited to him turning into a Devil, but because he harboured Shao Bai's memories and had even recovered his status as a God race. This was also why he was a Phoenix when he popped out of the egg earlier. "The mechanism that protected me across the Realm Tide was materialized from your soul?"

"Mn." He obediently nodded.

It was no wonder Sesame had to head over to the Demonic Immortal Continent. Yue Ying was not in his complete form yet.

"Why did Sesame help you? When did the two of you hook up?" Sesame, you traitor. Just you wait.

"In the Spirit Realm." He replied truthfully. "It wanted to find you too, so…"

So you two hooked up into adultery, ah pui! I meant hooked up for a wicked scheme. Sesame knew that Yue Ying was in the egg the entire time, and still hid it from me. Your guts have grown, brat!

She took a deep breath and looked at the anxious Yue Ying. Only then did the fury in her heart slowly dissipate, as she tightened her fists to suppress her rumbling emotions. Actually, she did not know how she should face Yue Ying either. Naturally, she was furious about his actions. Even when she recalled it now, she really wanted to give this troublesome brat a sound beating.

Especially when it came to what he did in the Spirit Realm, her heart would simply turn cold thinking about it.

That was why when she returned from the modern era, she subconsciously did not want to care about his matters anymore. Even when Sesame intentionally brought him up, she did not want to hear it. However, in the depths of her heart, she understood that escapism was not the way. With his incredibly twisted personality, he would definitely find his way to her sooner or later.

"Yue Ying… I won't forgive you!" Zhu Yao stared directly at him. "I can never forgive you for what you've done in the Spirit Realm."

His face instantly paled, without a single strand of life to be seen.

"I will never in my life forgive you for wanting to kill little wimp."

"…" He opened his mouth as though he wanted to say something, but he could not voice it out at all.

Zhu Yao frowned. She stood up and walked straight towards him. Then, she squatted down and looked straight into his eyes that were slowly dyed in despair. With emphasis on every word, she said. "Do you feel sad?"

"Big sis is really sad too." At that moment, she could barely control her emotions. "Big sis has always thought that you were a good child. Even if you make mistakes sometimes, I believed you, that it's fine as long as you mend your ways. But your mistakes continue to grow bigger… to the point where they have pierced my heart cold. I can forgive you for anything. Even when you took my life twice, I can treat them as if those incidents had never happened. However… I can't accept how you use my name to harm those people who love me the same way I do to them. You are constantly trapped at the same spot, unwilling to take that one step. You enclosed yourself in your own small world, expelling everyone else that approaches it. It looks like you're only willing to open that door for me… But you aren't willing to come out yourself. Instead, you think of keeping me inside."

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Chapter 358: How to Abandon Delusion Treatment

"…" Biting his lips, his little figure began to tremble.

Zhu Yao however did not want him to continue escaping. "Yue Ying… No, Shao Bai. It's time for you to grow up. I've already told you this many times, that it's time for you to grow up! You must walk out on your own. In the past, I felt that I could pull you out, but in the end… I'm sorry! There's nothing I can do now. I can't forgive your mistakes forever. That's why, even if you follow me from behind for your entire life, I can never trust you again. It's because I'm afraid that if I forgive you this time, you will do something that will pierce my heart even deeper next time."

"Big sis Yao… I'm… I'm wrong." He raised his head, his eyes were filled with anxiety, regret, and even deep despair. He wanted to grab onto the corner of her robe, but he was afraid that it would make her even angrier.

"I don't want to hear this." Zhu Yao shook her head. "I can no longer distinguish truths and lies from your words. However, Yue Ying…" Her expression turned cold, and in an instant, she released a killing intent which he had never seen being emitted from her before. "If there comes a day where you do something similar once more, I won't mind killing you with my own hands!"

His figure stiffened, as though he could fall at any moment. However, he could not stop Zhu Yao from saying those heartless words.

"That's why, from now on, I won't rule out using the most cruelest method to condemn all your actions. You are no longer my little brother, and I don't want to become your big sister again."

"Big sis…" His voice was filled with so much despair, that it could scatter with a light breeze.

Zhu Yao let out a deep sigh. "Yue Ying, you've disappointed me too much, disappointed me to the point of despair."

"I… I really know my wrongs now… Big sis Yao, you must believe me…"

Zhu Yao shook her head. "If you really know your wrongs, you wouldn't plead me to believe you, but prove it with your actions."

After making it clear to Yue Ying, Zhu Yao no longer paid attention to him. Though, she wondered just what was going through his mind, as he still continued to follow after her without making a sound, like a wandering ghost. However, he was no longer that skinny and frail child, instead, he reverted back to the heaven-defying looks that Shao Bai once had.

Zhu Yao wanted to scratch his face in her anger. However, even if she tried to chase him away, he wouldn't leave, even if she were to scold him, he wouldn't refute, and even if she fought… she wouldn't be able to beat him. Someone who can only deal five damage can't hurt a single thing.

She walked for half a day, and when the sun was right in the center of the sky, she finally stopped. Though she was a Profound Deity and walking did not pose any sort of stress to her, even if she wasn't tired, she would still get bored of it. After walking in such a mechanical manner for half a day, her lazy bone did not feel like moving any longer. She wanted to hitch a ride with a fellow Deity or a spirit.

However, before the ride could even come, the ambulance had arrived instead. Looking at the two red and white figures flying towards her from afar, Zhu Yao felt like her body was rejuvenated all of a sudden.

"Master…" You're finally here to pick me up.

The moment Yu Yan landed, he received her embrace. "Yu Yao." He sized up his stupid disciple for a moment and after realizing that not only was she fine, her cultivation had risen as well, he finally felt at ease.

"See, I already told you that nothing will happen to little little grand disciple." Yu Jin shook the fan in his hand, his brows curved with his smile. "Her body is marked with my tracking art, so how can I possibly lose her? Look at how anxious you've gotten, pulling me out here immediately to look for her. Even if we don't come, she would have returned on her… Hey, listen to me you, you two." Do they have to hug that tightly? Can't they see that there were still two single puppies standing at the side?

Eh? Wait a minute! Two!

"This is?" Yu Jin looked at the black-robed man that was at a considerable distance away, his heart could not help but skip a beat. Just earlier, he actually did not sense his presence at all.

Yu Yan noticed Yue Ying at the back as well, and he unconsciously hugged Zhu Yao even tighter. His expression instantly turned cold. When did he come to the Higher Realm?

Yue Ying still stood there in a daze. He neither replied nor moved, simply staring straight at Zhu Yao.

"Master…" Zhu Yao tugged the person in front of her. She had no intentions to explain either. "Let us return."

Yu Yan frowned, not probing any further. With a nod, he rose into the air and carried his disciple back.

"Hey, wait for me!" The corner of Yu Jin's lips twitched. What kind of situation is this? Why did then suddenly leave? He once again glanced at the black-robed man. Would it kill you all to explain? Why are the both of them ignoring him?

Letting out a long sigh, he had no choice but to follow after them with a resentful look.

In the next moment, Yue Ying's figure instantly disappeared without a trace as well.

With this extravagant VIP transportation tool that was her master, they arrived back at Lightning Divine Palace in less than a quarter of an hour. Not far away behind them was Yue Ying who had followed after them without making a single sound. Zhu Yao could not be bothered about him either, as she followed her master to the courtyard where the stone chairs were.

Yu Yan immediately reached out his hand to check her meridians carefully, and then intentionally asked a string of weird questions. Even Yu Jin stepped forward to check her meridians several times.

"What is it?" Zhu Yao was a little confused.

Yu Yan was silent for a moment. With a wave of his hand, a divine sword appeared on the table. Strange marks filled the sword, though the blade was on the verge of shattering and divine energy was scattering away from it. It even looked a little familiar. "This… Isn't this the divine sword that I was possessing? Why did its rank drop?" She recalled that it was still a second rank divine sword just earlier. Right now, it could not even be considered as a first rank. It would not take long for it to turn into a piece of scrap metal.

"When I retrieved this sword from the storage mystic artifact back then, it began to slowly degrade. These strange marks appeared first, and then, divine energy began to scatter as cracks appeared on it…" Yu Yan frowned and solemnly said. "Initially, your soul was the sword spirit of this sword. Your master had thought that… if a problem had occurred to the sword, something might have happened your own body. Looking at you now, you seemed to be unharmed."

"Ou." It was no wonder these two were so tensed. Zhu Yao thoroughly sized up her former avatar that was quickly turning into scrap metal, and then flipped over the blade to have a look. On the other side, the marks were rather neatly gathered at the center, forming a small symbol. Squinting her eyes, she took a close look at it, and the corner of her lips began to twitch.

"Not only is she unharmed." Yu Jin continued. "Little little grand disciple was just a mortal earlier, and she returned as a Profound Deity Paragon. This is simply miraculous. Though this sword on the other hand is about to be destroyed, as though…"

"As though the cultivation from the sword is being transferred to me!" Zhu Yao continued in his stead.

The two of them blanked for a moment.

Zhu Yao placed the sword down with a darkened expression. That's right, she finally found out the origin of her cultivation and why she had suddenly turned into a Profound Deity. It was all transferred over from this strange sword. Because a string of words were written clearly on the blade: Data is being transferred, please wait… (70%)

Why was cultivation transferrable? And wireless at that? She was not able to receive a single roaming signal from the Demonic Immortal Continent, so why was she able to receive wireless signals then?

Suddenly, she felt her body turning light, and the sound of something being broken through resounded in her mind. In the next moment, the richness of her divine energy rose by more than twice, and even her Dantian was completely full.

"Little little grand disciple, you're now a Gold Deity." Yu Jin was stunned. What just happened? Why did her cultivation suddenly rise just by sitting there?

Zhu Yao silently glanced at that sword. As expected, the string of words changed. Data is being transferred, please wait… (80%)

It's actually still transferring! Hey, that's enough from you. Is the Bluetooth cut now?

"What happened to you in the past few days?" Yu Yan asked, his eyes inadvertently swept towards Yue Ying who barely had any sense of presence. "And how did you leave Lightning Divine Palace back then?"

"I went to the Demonic Immortal Continent." Zhu Yao talked about her stay in the Demonic Immortal Continent in the past few days, and then added in her guess about why her cultivation had suddenly risen. Naturally, she included the matters about that traitor Sesame.

After hearing her story, the two were a little dumbfounded. They had heard of sharing cultivation between humans, between Deities, and between humans and Deities, but they had never heard of swords being able to share cultivation with humans.

Just what is this lady made of?

"This incident is strange, but seeing that little little grand disciple now possesses cultivation, her soul must have been stabilized." Yu Jin said with a serious tone. "In the future, her soul would not leave her body all of a sudden. However, as preventive measures, you should still carry some soul suppressing tools on you."

"Makes sense." She did not want to experience switching between two avatars again.

Just as she was about to exploit a few divine artifacts, a figure suddenly came charging in, cutting across her at extreme speeds, and then he picked up the sword on the table. Not staying for a single moment longer, he had already risen into the air and flew in the opposite direction they came from.

Zhu Yao was stunned. When she regained her senses, that sword burglar had already flown far away. Strangely, that figure even looked a little familiar.

"Wait a minute, Aunt Xue, there's a formation over there…"

Before she could even finish, dozens of lightning bolts thunderously descended together, immediately blasting him back.

A fried and crisp fragrance floated in the air… Mn, and a part of him even looked a little scorched.

Zhu Yao: "…"

Yu Yan: "…"

Yu Jin: "…"

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Didn't this idiot know that formations would automatically close after entering them?

She hurriedly walked towards where the charred piece of meat had fallen to. Before she could even approach him, Xue Yi had already regained his senses. He let his charred hair sway, and in a flash, he looked at them cautiously.

He gripped onto the divine sword tightly with one of his hands, and said a little anxiously. "Divine sword maiden, don't be afraid! I will bring you out of here. This daddy's cultivation is incredible, you know? They're just High Deities, let me show you how I'm going to smack them down!"

Zhu Yao: "…" You have already turned into charred meat, just where are you getting all that confidence from?

"Divine sword maiden, respond to me? Why aren't you replying?" Xue Yi's expression changed. Not caring about the three people in front of him any longer, he shook the sword strongly. "What's wrong, maiden? Don't scare me, hey! Wake up…" He shook it for a long while, yet when he realized there wasn't any reaction coming from the sword, his eyes instantly reddened and his face was filled with grief. He began to hysterically roar out. "Maiden! Maiden, what happened to you? You better not die! Didn't we promised that once you turn back into a human, we will accompany each other to dust, gallop on horses together, and enjoy the extravagance of the Divine Realm with one another?"

"Who promised you that!?" Flips table! Can this idiot's delusions be cured at all!? "Master… Listen to me, I haven't done anything!"

Yu Yan's expression turned cold as he silently pulled his disciple into his embrace. He really wanted to throw out lightning bolts out of irritation, what to do?

"Divine sword maiden… Sword maiden… Maiden!" Xue Yi still persisted in shouting at the sword, but it was all a fruitless effort. Instead, as he continued to shake, Zhu Yao felt that her cultivation had risen quite a bit again, rising straight to the level of a mid-stage Gold Deity.

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Chapter 359: Your Sister's a Life Artifact

Xue Yi furiously turned his head around, glaring ruthlessly at the three of them. "You greedy beasts, just what did you all do to my divine sword maiden!?"

Greedy Beast One Zhu Yao: "…" Who's yours? Faints!

Greedy Beast Two Yu Yan: "…" I've already done whatever I should've done.

Greedy Beast Three Yu Jin: "…" An innocent bystander who got dragged in.

"Divine sword maiden, I will avenge you!" Xue Yi kept that tattered divine sword, summoned his weapon, and glared at the three of them with an enraged look. "None of you shall even think about escaping today."

Like I said, where the hell did he get all that confidence from, hey? "Xue Yi, calm down. I'm actually…"

"Shut up!" He coldly glared at her. "This daddy doesn't want to hear any crap from you lot."

"…" The hell!

Pointing his sword straight, killing intent instantly burst into the surroundings. "Which one of you is going to come at me first? Step forward!"

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. She made eye contact with her master, and then… both of them took a step back.

Yu Jin who was now standing in front. "…"

"Good luck, great great grandmaster." Zhu Yao did a cheering pose.

"Why me?" What happened to the promised love between sect members?

"Haah! We can't blame him for being alone, right? It's not good for two of us to bully one of him, and coincidentally, the numbers match if you go up." Zhu Yao chuckled.

Flips table! Is a single puppy not human!?

"Those who are skilled get more work, after all. As they say, friendship first, competition second, don't be too hard on him now. Now go, Pikachu!"

The hell is a Pikachu?

Xue Yi had already flown forward and launched an attack with a swing his sword. In an instant, icicles shot out from the ground, yet Yu Jin did not even bother moving at all. With a wave of his hand, the icicles shattered inch by inch and turned into water.

Xue Yi once again materialized countless spiritual swords and had them smashing down in an overwhelming manner. However, the moment they touched the ground, they suddenly changed their direction and shot towards Zhu Yao's direction.

He was actually planning a sneak attack, but it seemed like he picked the wrong target.

Yu Yan frowned. With a release of his pressure, forget about the spiritual swords, even Xue Yi was slammed onto the ground. He was no longer capable of moving. Instant kill!

Haah. He clearly said he wanted a solo battle, yet he went for a one against three instead. Why the trouble?

Yu Yan took a few steps forward. Just as he was about to pull out the divine sword from Xue Yi's robe, Xue Yi who was still lying on the ground suddenly broke into a smile. Zhu Yao instantly had a bad feeling.

A gust of wind swept over from behind her. When she turned to look, Xue Yi suddenly appeared behind her out of nowhere. It was a clone!

Everything happened too quickly. When she regained her senses, Xue Yi was already slashing his weapon at her. She could even see the cold light reflected by his blade, along with the burst of overwhelming and dark aura behind him.

Zhu Yao's heart shook and immediately shouted. "Yue Ying!" Stop!

In the next moment, a lightning phoenix charged out from her body. With its claw, it struck Xue Yi onto the ground and the crackling lightning sparks blasted Xue Yi, as though he was thrown into a steaming hot pot. The dark aura that filled the sky earlier disappeared without a trace. She instantly heaved a sigh of relief. "Lucky!" It was lucky that Yue Ying had retracted his aura. Otherwise, Xue Yi's soul would have already been scattered by now.

"Lucky my ass!" Xue Yi could not even move from the pressure emitted by her sword intent, and so he had no choice but to let his mouth run. "What's so incredible about bullying me with numbers? If you have the guts, let go of this daddy!"

"If you have the guts, then come fight me one on one? So what if you're the Lightning Divine Palace!"

"This daddy isn't afraid of you lot. This daddy will avenge divine sword maiden."

"You lot basically aren't this daddy's opponent at all."

"If you have the guts, then come at me one by one."

His true body and clone happily helped connected each other's sentences, as though he was not the person responsible for giving up on the one-one-one, and turning it into a sneak attack only to fail and made it a group battle.

Where's his shame?

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Willing her mind, the claw of the lightning phoenix gripped tighter and scattered the clone, turning into two wisps of smoke that returned to Xue Yi's body. Though he was considerably smart. He knew that he could not defeat Yu Jin and her master, and so she was his target from the start. He had placed a cloning art here from the very beginning, and was simply waiting for her master to leave her side before initiating the attack.

However, he most likely did not expect that she would react so quickly and summon her sword intent!

Zhu Yao could not help but turn around and glance at the figure that was two to three steps away from her. Taking a deep breath, she turned her head back.

Xue Yi could no longer move, and Zhu Yao thus immediately pulled out her "former avatar" from his hands. As expected, the percentage on the sword had already turned to 90%. Just earlier, she instantly leapt from the cultivation level of a Gold Deity to that of a Heavy Deity.

"What are you doing?" Xue Yi grew anxious, yet he could not move at all. "Return me my divine sword maiden."

Zhu Yao rolled her eyes, and then he knocked his head with the sword. "Are you blind!? Can't you let me talk for a moment? Look carefully. I'm this sword."

"Ah?" What did she mean? Xue Yi was confused. "You're… divine sword maiden?"

"Mn." She nodded. "I've already turned back into a human."

"Don't you think about lying to me." Xue Yi instantly grew agitated as he looked at her scornfully. "Hmph, how could my divine sword maiden possibly look like you? She definitely has a graceful figure, peerless beauty, a set of healthy thighs and powerful arms, and also a sincere heart that's filled with infatuation for me. She can also be wrapped around with me till the end of the world…"

Hey, your morals are gone!

"I don't care if you believe it or not. In any case, I am this sword." Zhu Yao could not be bothered with him any longer, as she turned around and walked away.

"Hey, don't go. Return me my sword!" He still persisted.

Zhu Yao glanced at the 95% count on the sword. She tried to use divine energy as a guide, and as expected, a large amount of energy was pouring into her body. This speed was comparable to dropping off bluetooth and connecting to a LAN port directly for data to be directly retrieved. The number on the sword also increased from 95%, to 96%… to 97%… to 98%…

Oh right, at the very end, this string of text flashed. MIssion Complete!

Zhu Yao immediately rose into a High Deity.

The sword was letting out crackling sounds as it began to shatter.

"Divine sword maiden…" Xue Yi's face was filled with sadness. It was unknown where his strength came from as he suddenly charged right out and snatched the sword in her hand. "Return her to me!"

"Wait a minute." Don't move!

Zhu Yao could not stop him in time, yet when Xue Yi touched the sword, he was fiercely deflected away with an incredible force. Xue Yi instantly fainted.

At this moment, the blade that was initially about to shatter suddenly shone a bright red.

Yu Yan realized something was amiss as well and his expression sank. Just when he wanted to step forward, he realized that he could not move at all, and this was the same for Yu Jin. The two of them were rooted to the ground. "Yu Yao!"

Zhu Yao did not know what was going on either, but the sword in her hand began to peel itself layer by layer. The blade that was initially as wide as her palm was now as thin as her finger. The sword flashed with a bloody red glow while endlessly reverberating a sharp noise.

All of a sudden, the depths of her heart began to resonate with it, as though her heart was following the beat of the reverberations. The sword intent that she had yet to retract earlier charged upwards, slicing through the skies with a long cry. After circling around the sky, it suddenly entered the sword in her hand.

In the next instant, the sword left her hand as it turned into a red ray of light and entered her forehead. The irresistible suppressive force in the surroundings then disappeared without a trace.

"Yu Yao…" Yu Yan pulled his disciple over and checked her body. The incident earlier was too strange. He was actually unable to resist that light himself, and he could not help but feel a little anxious. "How do you feel?"

"Master, I'm fine…" Zhu Yao was confused herself as well. "But… in my divine sense… there seems to be sword in it now."

Yu Yan was stunned, frowning. "Life Artifact!"

"Life Artifact?" Is it the same as master's divine artifact? As she exerted her will, a red light suddenly flashed and an entirely red sword appeared in her hand. Different from the other weapons she had wielded before, it felt like it was in sync with her mind and was a part of her body,

"Eh? Why can't I sense the rank of this weapon?" Yu Jin walked over with curious eyes. He looked at his little little grand disciple's red sword, and he grew even more puzzled. The sword was actually not emitting any aura, as though it did not exist. Yet, it faintly carried an indescribable pressure, that made it hard for people… to look straight at it!?

Yu Yan said with a sunken voice. "This sword is neither spiritual, divine, nor a godly artifact…"

"Then what is it?" Her former avatar twirled around and turned into her Life Artifact. Just this incident alone was already profound and mystical on its own. Why was there a need for things to be this complicated?

Yu Yan exchanged glances with Yu Jin, and they both shook their heads. They did not know either.

"Little little grand disciple, finding a Life Artifact is already impressively fortunate event." Yu Jin smiled as he reached out his hand in an attempt to stroke her head, while giving her a few consoling words. However, he received a "cold glare" attack from the side. Left with no choice, he weakly retracted his hand. "Don't worry, this sword is now in sync with your mind and heart. It can only be of aid to your cultivation." Though she was already a High Deity now.

"Really now?" Zhu Yao felt at ease. Actually, she long wanted a weapon of her own. Those days without a single transportation tool was incredibly tiring, you know? Furthermore, this was her Life Artifact, and it would be stored in her divine sense in the future. Even if she were to change avatars, it would be binded to her. The thought of not needing to hitchhike any longer made her a little excited. Though, the colour of the sword was a little strange, the blade itself was a little small, its properties were a little unclear, and even though the two words on the blade were a little ugly…

Wait a minute!

Words?

Zhu Yao looked at it carefully. At the center of the blade, two bolded arial-font words were written on it – Installed Patch!

Her smile stiffened, and her expression instantly darkened. She pushed out her hand and threw the sword on the ground. As though she was venting her anger, she stomped her feet strongly on the ground. Then, she turned around and entered the house.

Realmspirit, I will cuss at your granddaddy!

Xue Yi woke up after being unconscious for three days. No matter what Zhu Yao said, he did not believe that she was that sword. Zhu Yao could not be bothered to explain anymore either. Initially, she wanted to release him out of Lightning Divine Palace as he wished, but great great grandmaster Yu Jin's Disciplinary Order unexpected shone again.

The one who sought for help was once again the Gold Deity that wanted to kill Xue Yi. Furthermore, he was not the only one this time. The entire Divine Realm was now looking for Xue Yi. Xue Yi's initial plan was to take the divine sword and flee this place, but now, Lightning Divine Palace had unexpectedly become his safe haven.

"Little little grand disciple, what do you think we should do?" Yu Jin smiled as he shook the glowing Disciplinary Order in his hand. Ever since he accidentally got teleported back then, he altered all of the Disciplinary Orders and implemented the manual teleportation mode.

Zhu Yao sank into silence for a moment, before she solemnly said. "Let him out of Lightning Divine Palace."

Yu Jin was stunned and found it a little strange. "I thought… you would want to protect him."

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Chapter 360: Let's Clear the Tower Together, Young Maiden

"I indeed thought like that in the past." Zhu Yao frowned. "Because from my perspective, Xue Yi did not do anything extremely vile. Though there were many people who came hunting him down and sought trouble with him, claiming that he's an evil Deity, I did not see those acts with my own eyes. So it's natural that I don't resonate with them. Instead, as a weapon, Xue Yi did take care of me considerably well. Though his words were a little irritating, at the very least, he did not use me to attack his enemies."

"Then why…" Yu Jin became even more confused. "If he leaves Lightning Divine Palace now, even if I don't cause trouble for him, the various sects and clans may not let him off easily. It can be imagined just how hard his life will be. If you do this…"

"Then, from what you're saying, I should let him stay and protect him under the Lightning Divine Palace's name? After that, chase away or kill all those who are looking for him for trouble?"

Yu Jin frowned and did not reply.

"I understand Floor Master's intentions. I indeed had thoughts of helping him in the beginning. Though we were together for merely a few days, we are still acquainted to a certain degree. If I simply left him to die, it will indeed hurt my conscience a little. That was why I didn't stop great great grandmaster from bringing him here back then." Zhu Yao sighed. "There was even that one moment when I thought that it would be great if we could have him stay in Lightning Divine Palace. That way, no one will be able to find him. However… If I do that, Xue Yi will still be Xue Yi, and no change would occur to him like this. The people that died in his hands cannot be revived, and the sins he had committed cannot be cleansed. There's an even a possibly that it would worsen in the future, that more lives would die in his hands and he would become even worse than now. In that case, if I truly decide to help him, I will become the executioner that's handing him the knife. With every blood he spills, half of it will be on me."

"Xue Yi indeed did not do anything bad to me in any way, but he's not a good person either." Zhu Yao said solemnly. "At the very least, in the eyes of the various sects, and in the eyes of all the people hunting him down, he's most likely an evil Deity whose hands are completely stained in blood. This point cannot be changed just because he treated me well. A wrong is a wrong. This cannot be changed even if the motive for doing the act is correct. This is the same as how a murderer's sin cannot be removed just because he once saved someone. A rapist cannot be forgiven just because he truly loves his victim. Taking that Gold Deity from before as an example, he and his wife were innocent, yet Xue Yi killed his wife just for a single cave residence. Even if this matter doesn't concern me, I don't recognize his actions. Though the Divine Realm is built upon the law that strength reigns supreme, I feel that in this world, nothing is more important than life itself. Since he had actually done it, then he should shoulder the consequences."

Yu Jin let out a long sigh. "You're planning to hand him over to the sects and clans?"

"Nope!" Zhu Yao shook her head. "I'm not an attorney. I don't have the authority to judge someone's sins. And it's not just me, this goes the same for the sects and clans as well. Xue Yi had done many bad things, but out of all of these Deities that had ascended, who could say that they had never done a single wrong? And which one among them do not have their hands stained with blood? They had all done the same once, so who could judge others on what's right and wrong? Even those that came forward to hunt Xue Yi today might not be doing it for the sake of justice either."

"Then, you…" Yu Jin was utterly confused.

"Let them tear up their own matters between themselves. Since neither side is good, then I might as well not bother myself with either side."

"So, Floor Master, please release Xue Yi. I will not protect him or help him carry his debts of blood. Because I do not wish to become an accomplice. I will not hand him over to the sects either, because they do not have the authority to judge or punish others. If Xue Yi wants to hide, the sects might not be able to locate him either. If the sects truly have the intentions to hunt him down, they will have the ways to do so. Only time can tell everything, while I… will simply be myself."

Yu Jin was stunned for a while. Suddenly, he laughed, and his laughter continued to grow louder. "Little little grand disciple, you… sure shock me quite a bit." Taking the opportunity Yu Yan wasn't here, he reached out his hand to stroke her head. For some reason, he could faintly see something that that could not be found in the entire Divine Realm, something known as an "untainted heart". Though it was a little silly, it was unexpectedly something that could make people envious.

Zhu Yao awkwardly stepped aside and then slapped away his hand.

He did not mind either, and simply shook his head as he waved his hand to cast an art. In an instant, the heavy lightning clouds that surrounded Lightning Divine Palace scattered as one formation after another was released. Right at that moment, a blue figure turned into a ray of light and flew straight out.

It was Xue Yi.

"Haah, it seems like even if you want to save him, he seems eager to head out?" Yu Jin said smilingly. "Most likely, he would seek you out to avenge that 'divine sword maiden' or something. Even if that's the case, will you still persist on staying your hand?"

"Who can tell the future? What I can do is simply hold on to this self of mine of this moment, and prevent it from being changed by this world." Zhu Yao glanced at him and then suddenly smiled. With a joking tone, she said. "If everyone had held onto their own selves, maybe the world could have changed by now?"

"…" Yu Jin was stunned. Suddenly, he felt as if his heart quivering, as though the sun had appeared after the clouds had scattered.

Before he could even understand what this feeling was, the earth and heavens suddenly shook. The entire Lightning Divine Palace began to tremble. Rays after rays of blinding light appeared above its peak, instantly shining the entire floating mountain with a spectrum of colours.

"Lightning Divine Tower!" Yu Jin's expression changed, and in an instant, his figure disappeared without a trace.

Zhu Yao was a little confused as well as she watched the sudden burst of strange light rays raining down. The light consisted of all sorts of colours.

This… Is the sky raining down rainbows?

The light did not have any offensive capabilities, and when bathed in it, she instead felt a comfortable and warm. Why did she find it a little familiar though? Before she could even ponder about it, she heard a light buzz. Her Life Artifact suddenly flew out on its own and circled around her. When she reached out her hand, it then returned to her grasp. No matter how she looked at it, it seemed a little excited.

"The light is coming from Lightning Divine Tower." Her master walked out from the house as well. He looked at the sky and said. "An unforeseen event must have occurred. Wait for me here, don't run off."

"Wait!" Zhu Yao pulled onto her master. "Let's go together."

Yu Yan hesitated for a moment, before he finally decided to grab hold of his disciple and fly to the peak.

The moment they arrived, they were stunned by the tower in front of their eyes. The tower that was initially as clean and white as jade, was beginning to open up from the very bottom, as though a layer of its skin was being ripped apart. The tear slowly rose upwards, leaking out colourful streams of light.

Zhu Yao once saw the Lightning Divine Tower opening up before, but the tower was being more open this time. The tear in the body of the tower was constantly rising up, and slowly, what they could see with their naked eyes were just the colourful streams of light.

"Great great grandmaster…" She could not help but call out to Yu Jin who was standing in front with a stern expression.

"I don't know the reason either." He sighed and said. "I did not activate the Floor Master's divine token, yet the Lightning Divine Tower opened up by itself. Furthermore, the way it's opening itself is…" Too strange.

If what the Lightning Divine Tower was doing now was considered as opening its tower gates, then what they had been doing in the past was just digging holes. It was as though the entire tower was shedding its skin, as its white parts were slowly being replaced with blinding rainbows. Presently, not just Lightning Divine Palace, even the entire forest below was being showered by the light.

The three of them were dumbfounded. They did not know if this was a good or bad thing either. They could only watch as the white portion of the tower rise higher and higher, and finally disappearing into the horizon. What was revealed in the end was a tower body with dazzling colours, and an enormous 'bug'…

Eh!?

Why are the three letters 'bug' written on the tower surface!?

When did the Lightning Divine Tower become a bug? It clearly wasn't just before! Is it hinting her to enter the tower?

You're treating this as a MMORPG, hey!?

"Yu Yao…" Yu Yan at the side suddenly turned his head and looked at her, his hand tightly held onto hers.

Zhu Yao was startled, and she suddenly widened her eyes. "Master, don't tell me you too…"

"Mn." He nodded.

It can't be? Why is master able to see it too? Realmspirit, what are you trying to pull?

Ting!

Suddenly, a string of red words flashed in front of her eyes: Your vacation has ended. Brave young maiden, it's time to begin on your final journey!

Vacation? So the reason why she hadn't seen a single bug before, was because she was still on vacation. Then what was with switching her avatars back and forth? Who the hell would wear their work clothes daily during their vacation? Zhu Yao was instantly enraged, and she seriously wanted to pull out that shameless person behind the string of red words.

Ting!

The string of red words in front of her flashed, changing into another set of words: Congratulations on completing the 'Correcting the Source Code' Quest. You are rewarded with a catfight expert. You are rewarded with the title: Pui! Let's just say I was blind!

What does these all mean? Are you certain you're not cussing at me? Is this 'catfight expert' referring to the case with Xue Yi?

Ting!

Before she could even reach, the string of words once again changed: Final Quest has now been activated. Description: Enter the tower! Clear Reward: Plane Movement Permit (Amount: 2).

Nani!?

Zhu Yao could barely control herself and she had almost crashed into the string of red words. With widened her eyes, she ascertained herself that she was not seeing things! Putting aside how she was informed about the quest beforehand and that it was clearly stating that this was the final quest, the key thing here was that clear reward, the Plane Movement Permit! She wasn't seeing things, right?

"Master, can you pinch me a little?" Please tell me it isn't a dream?

The hand Yu Yan was holding onto hers with tightened. Though he could see the word 'bug' on the tower surface, he could not see the string of red words. Looking at his disciple's tensed expression, he could not help but pull her a little closer and said with a sunken voice. "Are you sure?"

Zhu Yao nodded. No matter if this was truly the final quest or not, she had to clear it for the sake of the Plane Movement Permits.

Yu Yan sighed. Reaching out his hand, he habitually stroked her head and said with a low voice. "Your master shall accompany you."

"… Mn." Zhu Yao hugged her master. This time, they were not going to split up again.

"The cause behind this situation is still unknown." Yu Jin inspected it for a short while, but he still could not figure out any clues. "I think it's best for us to return… Eh? Where did they go?"

He looked around, yet he was about to find their figures.

A cold breeze blew…

He turned around and looked at the Lightning Divine Tower which had its doors wide open. As a Floor Master who had guarded the tower for n thousands of years, he suddenly had a bad premonition.

He recalled that… his little little grand disciple seemed to have just reached the cultivation level of a High Deity.

Can I ask something? Can I cuss at someone?

The moment they entered the tower, Zhu Yao's vision was occupied by darkness. Everything in her surroundings had disappeared.

She grew anxious and she subconsciously looked for her master, but she couldn't see anything at all.

At this moment, it was as if a lantern had swept across her mind. Flashing past was everything that had happened to her ever since the first day she came into this world. Not a single detail was missed out, including those long forgotten memories… and those memories that were "intentionally" forgotten.

She trembled at that moment. Things that she couldn't figure out before were suddenly all clear to her as she linked up every single clue she had. The anxiety in the depths of her heart instantly disappeared without a trace.

Looking at the surroundings, she found it a little funny. She actually took so long to guess this out, and she found herself quite stupid.

Taking a deep breath, she called out. "Realmspirit."

The moment her voice fell, the dark space suddenly flashed. A familiar QQ chat window was hanging in the air with the same familiar interface.

Realmspirit: Yo, young maiden! I missed you so much. How was your vacation? Did you have fun? Did you get me a souvenir?

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. As expected, he deserved a beating for daring to bring up that troll of a vacation. She had to take a deep breath in order to suppress the irritation in the depths of her heart. She glanced at the chat window with the corners of her eyes and sighed. "Are you sure you're going to talk to me like this forever? Realm! Spirit!"

The screen did not have any reaction for a while. After a long time, a question appeared on the screen.

Realmspirit: You found out?

"You didn't keep it from me since the very beginning, did you?" Zhu Yao pouted. "Realmspirit, Realmspirit! The moment you first contacted me on that very day, you had already clearly told me your identity. Realmspirit… The spirit of the Three Realms."

The moment her voice fell, the chat window disappeared with a flash. Even the entire space underwent a change. Like curtains rolling up, an immensely beautiful scenery appeared in her surroundings. Beneath her feet was a sea of flowers, and divine mountains and blessed lands could be seen afar. Mountains shrouded in divine energy were floating in the air above, and there were even waterfalls flowing down like silver silk. A pleasant scent was suffused in the air.

The scenery here could not be compared by any of the places she had seen in the Divine Realm.

Five steps away from her, a figure was slowly appearing. Dressed in a snow-white robe, he possessed a peerlessly beautiful appearance. With just a small smile, he could turn overshadow everything in his surroundings. He walked over to her with a smile, and the surrounding flowers and plants split to the two sides on their own, making a path for him. They even bent their stems, as though they were worshipping him in silence.

Her appearance was reflected within his ink-black eyes, and he reached out a hand towards her. "Zhu…"

Before he could even finish, Zhu Yao grabbed onto his arm and pulled him. Stepping to the side, she then held onto the back of his head and heavily slammed him into the dirt on the ground.

"Aiya! It huuuuuurts…" The flowers at the sides instantly moved several meters away.

"The hell did you take up my master's appearance for?" Don't think I won't dare to bash you up if you take up that appearance. I've endured you for far too long!

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Chapter 361: The Biology Teacher Left Early

Realmspirit shrank on the ground like a turtle, the heavenly disposition from earlier had instantly disappeared without a trace. "I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die…"

Zhu Yao could not help but throw one last kick before letting him go.

With a face covered in dirt, he sat up and looked at Zhu Yao resentfully. "Yaoyao… How can you do this to me?"

"Shut up." Looking at how he was making such an immoral expression with that face, the image she had of him was collapsing, you know? She then pinched his cheeks and pulled them outwards. "Hurry and swap out from this face."

"Ah! It h-h-h-hurts…" Realmspirit hissed as he breathed in the chilling air. He couldn't avoid her demonic hands either. "You can't blame me for this either! You're the reason why I have this form."

Zhu Yao's hands stopped in mid-air. "What did you mean?"

"Yaoyao, you already know about my true body, right?" Realmspirit said with a smile. "I don't have a fixed appearance in the first place, so the me you're seeing right now, is the appearance of the most beautiful person in your heart."

She was dumbfounded, and at that moment, she understood what he meant. The person with the most beautiful appearance in her heart was naturally her master. After sizing him up for a moment, she could not help but grow a little suspicious. "Are you truly the spirit of the Three Realms?"

He instantly gave a large grin. "Correct. Beautiful maiden, you're actually able to figure it out so quickly. You're so smart." As expected of the one chosen by me?

"Enough of that!" Zhu Yao rolled her eyes, but her heart felt a little stuffy. "So the things you told me before were all true. And this is what you meant when you said that there's a problem with this world when I was first brought here?"

"Mn." He nodded.

Zhu Yao heaved a sigh of relief. She finally understood everything that she hadn't been able to figure out before, including why he had such incredible powers. Why was he able to grant her such strange cheats? Why were the River of Forgetfulness, Bai Yuan, and Wood Spirit all so familiar with him? Why could he claim that even the Heavenly Dao could change? The spirit of the Three Realms, a spirit formed by the Three Realms. He was this world, and the Three Realms was his true body. Even the Heavenly Dao and luck were all part of him, so he could naturally change them.

"Since you're the Three Realms, then those bugs should have been easy to fix on your own. Why did you still have to drag me over to fix them?"

He shook his head. "Yaoyao, I can predict everything in this world, and I can clearly see everyone's paths, but I don't know how to cure them. Though I know where the bugs are, I don't understand the specific methods to fix them."

"What do you mean?" Zhu Yao was a little confused.

"A medical practitioner can't cure himself." Realmspirit solemnly said.

In other words, though he was the one who was sick, he was powerless to stop it? "But there are so many people in the Three Realms, so you can find anyone here to do it. Why do you have to go so far to another plane to drag me over here?"

"The living beings of the Three Realms are all part of it themselves, so they can't clearly see the problem themselves, so how can they possibly fix it? No one in this world can do it, but you're different." His eyes shone. "You come from another plane, everything you know and the thoughts you have are all greatly different from ours. You can see things in a way that we can't."

"Why me?" Zhu Yao frowned. "I'm not an incredible figure, and I don't have any astonishing talents. Furthermore, in our world, I'm just a regular person without any special traits that you can find a bunch on the streets. If you just want someone from another plane to help you find loopholes, isn't it better to find someone more outstanding? Why pick me?"

Realmspirit retracted his smile and looked at her straight in the eyes. With an especially serious tone, he said. "Because we are friends."

"…" So you're the type that trolls your friends?

"Yaoyao, I trust in our friendship. Of course, the most important thing is…" He solemnly said. "You have stronger conviction and principles than anyone else, and you never wavered even once. Even after you were in the Three Realms for so long, you kept holding onto your untainted heart. That's why… you're the most suitable choice."

"Then why didn't you tell me right from the start?" Zhu Yao frowned. If he had truly treated her as a friend, why the need to hide everything from her?

"Because…" He sighed. "I want you to see this world with your own eyes and have you personally understand everything. Only by doing that can you find the most suitable method to fixing the problems that occurred."

Indeed, if she had known Realmspirit was the Three Realms right from the start, she would have simply given him suggestions on fixing the bugs and not understand the world in depth. It's like playing a game. Only by going deep into understanding the game can one find the best way to fix the bugs.

"Then what's with this tower clearing mission?"

"It can be considered as the final dungeon, I guess." He solemnly said. "Only by reaching the peak of the tower can you understand everything about me. When that happens… It's also the time for the real patch to be implemented."

Zhu Yao was shocked. "Real patch? Didn't I fix a lot of bugs already?"

"No, everything has yet to start." He shook his head, his smile grew even more dazzling. "Once you've understood everything, I will leave all the decisions to you. And you, my friend, is my final hope."

"What do you mean?" What final hope? Zhu Yao wanted a clarification, but his figure had begun to fade. Even the space itself was beginning to dim.

"I will always believe you, my friend."

"Wait a minute!" Clarify yourself. Zhu Yao grabbed onto his hand, but she instead was faced with a pair of familiar eyes. The face was the same, but the demeanor had completely changed.

"What is it?" The person in front of her stroked her head, carrying a relieving, chilling intent.

"Master…" She's back.

"No need to be afraid." Yu Yan however thought that she was anxious and pulled her in a little. "Master is here."

Only then did Zhu Yao realize the surroundings had changed. Mountains and rivers filled the lands, stretching beyond her line of sight. It wasn't any different from the Divine Realm. "This is… inside the tower?" The map is a little too big, isn't it?

"This place should be the lower ten floors of Lightning Divine Tower." Yu Yan solemnly said. "Teacher once mentioned that the High Deity level is the lowest cultivation level one would have in Lightning Divine Tower. It's best that we take caution."

"Ou." Zhu Yao nodded. Looking around, she did not see any human figures, though not far behind her, a black light flashed. Right after the flash, Yue Ying appeared.

She knew that he would follow after her. Zhu Yao frowned, but chose to ignore him as usual.

""What do we do now?" When it came to clearing the tower, they still had to figure out where they should clear from!

Yu Yan suddenly pulled out a gold talisman. "Teacher once said that if I enter the Lightning Divine Tower, I can use this talisman to contact him."

Grandmaster! Zhu Yao's eyes shone. There's a 'find guild member' feature, say so earlier! "Hurry, hurry."

He cast an art and instantly activated the talisman. A golden light flashed, but in the next moment, the talisman began to burn and turn into ashes.

"…" What happened.

"It seemed like teacher has already entered the upper ten floors." Yu Yan sighed.

Zhu Yao could faintly hear a notification saying: Finding guild member… failed!

"Let's wait and see then." Yu Yan had no other options either. After all, everything here was too foreign. They could only take a step at a time.

The two of them turned and flew forward. Zhu Yao was still thinking about Realmspirit's words and did not pay much attention to her surroundings. After flying out of a forest, they arrived at a grass plain. Zhu Yao released her divine sense and scanned the surroundings, only to realize the plain was outrageously large. Her divine sense was actually unable to cover its entirety. After scanning around, she still did not see a single human figure. They could not even ask for directions.

For a moment, she was a little hesitant, not knowing whether they should continue moving forward.

"What should we do?" She turned and looked at her all-powerful master.

Yu Yan frowned. "This grass plain is boundless, and it seems even after venturing a thousand kilometers, we would not find a single town. It looks like we have to turn back."

Great, we have to head back. Zhu Yao expressed that she was tired.

"Let's rest for a moment before moving."

Left with no other choice, Zhu Yao sat down. She wondered just what was going on in the tower? The population density was a little too small, wasn't it? Even after flying for so long, let alone a person, they did not even spot a single living being. Even in this boundless grass plain, there were only a few long-eared rabbits.

Zhu Yao turned and looked at the rabbit that was currently squatting next to her, nibbling on the grass without the slightest sense of danger. She wondered just what breed it was, as it was actually not afraid of humans.

It even had such a rotten street name called Little White…

Eh?

Name!

Zhu Yao rubbed her eyes. Was she seeing things? Why was she seeing two yellow words hanging above the rabbit – Little White? And below the name was a long red HP bar.

As a qualified game developer, she could not help but poke it with her itchy hand. A row of words then instantly floated above the rabbit's head: HP – 1

She had a bad premonition…

In the next instant, the yellow words "Little White" turned red. The rabbit that was still one-mindedly nibbling on the grass just earlier turned its head and unceremoniously bit on her hand.

Blood flowed out…

"Mommy! It hurts…" Zhu Yao waved her hand forcefully, immediately flinging the rabbit away. However, a bone-deep wound was left on her hand.

What a terrifying rabbit!

The moment the rabbit landed on the ground, it dove into the patch of grass. After that, shuffling noises could be heard from the grass, as one red "Little White" after another popped up like lights being turned on. It looked like the colour were infectious, as red instantly filled the entire grass plain.

Uh… It seemed like, she accidentally started a battle!

"Yu Yao?" Yu Yan was just about to ask. "What is it…"

"Run!" Zhu Yao grabbed onto her master and madly flew into the forest they came from. Shuffling noises followed after them from behind.

When she turned to look, her heart almost leapt out of fright. A large mass of red names rose into the air and chased straight after them. Aren't they rabbits? Why can rabbits fly? What you guys have are long ears, and not wings, hey! The biology teachers are going to cry!

"Yu Yao…" Yu Yan pulled his flustered and stupid disciple and stopped in the air. With a solemn voice, he said. "No need to panic! Leave it to your master."

With a short incantation, he summoned a bolt of purple lightning and struck it to the back. Just as the horde of mad rabbits were about to be zapped, the rabbit at the very front suddenly flapped its ears and propelled itself upwards. Ahmm! It swallowed the lightning… swallowed it… swallowed…

Zhu Yao weakly turned her head. "Master…" What happened to the promise of leaving things to you?

His expression was still as calm as usual. With a wave of his hand, he called out his Life Artifact and grabbed onto his disciple. After taking a deep breath, he said with a serious look. "Let's run then!"

With a speed ten times faster than earlier, he turned around and madly flew off…

Thus, on their first day in the tower, the master and disciple duo ran to as if their life depended on it, while being chased by a horde of little white rabbits.

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Chapter 362: Look At My Pure and Clear Eyes

Zhu Yao whose biology teacher had died too early on, swore that she would never offend a rabbit so easily ever again in her life. Even when she were to spot one, she would make a detour if she had to. After all, not anyone would have the precious and deep experience of being chased by a horde of rabbits for three days and three nights.

Even now, she still did not know what mutated breed the horde of rabbits was from. They were actually immune to all types of divine arts. No matter how strong an offensive art she cast, they would swallow them down with an ahmn. Even Yue Ying's devillic attacks were useless. The only differences were whether they would take a single or two bites, or two of them taking a bite together, or three of them taking a bite together.

Most importantly, no matter if they fled into forests, flew in the sky, or dove deep into the ocean depths, those rabbits would always chase after them. They were simply living beings that could live in the land, sky, and sea. As though they had activated invincibility mode, they chased after Zhu Yao and Yu Yan for three days and three nights, and only now did traces of them slowly disappear.

Zhu Yao tiredly laid on her master. She did not want to move again, at all.

"Master…" She felt that her common sense had been struck with a heavy blow. She wanted to head back to the zoo and look at the animals again.

Yu Yan heaved a sigh of relief as well. He pulled over his disciple's bitten hand and cast an art. However, he realized that it was completely ineffective, and his brows began to furrow.

"It's still useless." Zhu Yao looked at her own hand, feeling as though she wanted to cry. For some reason, the wound she received from the rabbit's bite from before could not be healed by using arts. "Nevermind."

Yu Yan's face was ice-cold, he clearly had a slightly irritated mood. He kept silent as he stared at his disciple's hand.

"I'm really fine." After all, she was a High Deity as well, though it was a little embarrassing to be bitten by a rabbit. Even without arts, it's been three days and her wound had already closed. It was already considerably healed.

Yu Yan was still silent, though his face was growing colder by the minute. Even Yue Ying at the side was beginning to stare at her hand.

Don't look as though I'm terminally ill, alright?

"… Then, shall we bandage it up a little?"

"Mn." Only then did Yu Yan feel contented as he retrieved a white cloth from his storage ring. After tearing it into a strp, he then wrapped it around her hand. He wrapped it extremely meticulously, and at the event, he even tied a beautiful knot. While he was at it, he even embroidered it with something.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Master, you're embroidering a bunny into it, are you sure you're not doing it on purpose?

"We should not stay in this place for too long." Yu Yan solemnly said. "It's best that we find a settle down in a divine city."

"Mn." Just as Zhu Yao was about to stand up, a shuffling noise could be heard in the bushes next to them.

A human figure popped out. "Eh? You guys…"

Before he could even finish, Yu Yan had already grabbed onto his disciple and disappeared without a trace.

"Eh!? Wait, wait a minute!" In a flash, that person immediately went to catch up with them.

Hearing this, not only did Yu Yan not stop, he accelerated even faster.

Zhu Yao turned to look at the person chasing after them, and the poked in front of her. "Master… The person behind is a Deity, not a rabbit!"

A certain person's face stiffened, as he then stopped in mid-air.

Uh… He had gotten used to it!

In an instant, that person caught up. He looked a little fatigued, his hair was dishevelled and even his clothes were covered in stains. For some reason, his blue robe was stained with yellow on one side and white on the other, a paste flavour was even floating around him. Above his head was a string of yellow words: Unknown Deity (Level 1)

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched, as the feeling of playing a net game overwhelmed her…

He seemed to have had a hard time chasing after them. After panting a few times, he said. "Why did you two run?"

The master and disciple duo's lips twitched a little.

"Why did you chase after us?" Zhu Yao asked back.

"I saw you two running, so I started chasing."

"We saw you chase after us, so naturally we ran!"

"…" The man became a little confused. He then unmindfully waved his hand and said. "Nevermind, I finally managed to see a living person. Are you two returning to Hillriver City?"

Hillriver City? Zhu Yao glanced at her master. There was actually really a divine city nearby.

Thus, they immediately nodded.

"What a coincidence, me too!" That man replied. "Let's go together. In this Lost Gallery, it's safer with a bunch of people together."

Naturally, it was a blessing for them if someone could guide them. The master and disciple duo immediately nodded.

"Let's go, let's go!" That man did not have any interest in making friends either. He basically did not make a self-introduction, as though he simply wanted to partner up and head on his way. He immediately flew up and moved past them. While casting a Dirt Removal Art on himself, he casually let out a complaint. "I sure had bad luck today. I wonder which idiot offended that horde of 'Little White' rabbits in the grass plain. I only managed to get rid of them after being chased for such a long time."

The three idiots: "…"

"What's even more unbearable is that not only did they offend the rabbits, they were even stupid enough to use divine arts to attack them." The man grew angrier as he spoke. "Who doesn't know that those Little Whites relied on divine energy for their meals? The more divine arts are used, the fuller they become, and they will have even more energy to give chase. Initially, they could have been gotten rid of in a hundred kilometers, but they actually chased after this daddy here for over a thousand kilometers."

The group of three who were chased for three days and three nights received a sudden enlightenment.

The man turned around and glanced at the three people that were standing especially straight. "Did you people encounter those pestering horde of rabbits?"

The three of them turned back to face him, and with an especially stern tone, they said in unison. "Nope!" Their expressions were as pure as the white clouds in the sky.

"Ou." The man pouted and did not suspect them either. "You guys have great luck." After a moment, he suddenly thought of something and asked with a mysterious look. "Let me tell you guys this, earlier, among the horde of crazed rabbits earlier, I actually saw one shrouded in lightning. Clearly, it had swallowed a lightning art. It seems like someone from Lightning Divine Palace has entered the tower again."

Zhu Yao's heart skipped a beat. She exchanged glances with her master beside her, and intentionally asked. "So what if someone from Lightning Divine Palace enters the tower?"

"Naturally, we have to find that person immediately." That man said matter-of-factly. "For so many years, only the people from Lightning Divine Palace can enter and leave the Lightning Divine Tower freely. Everyone has had enough of it. Furthermore, the previous one who entered the tower has already entered the upper ten floors, so naturally there's nothing much we Deities can do about him now. Another one has finally entered the tower, so naturally we have to find him as soon as possible. Right now, Hillriver City has probably gone insane trying to look for that person. Who would have thought that he would appear within Lost Gallery? If I were to spread this news, I would be able to make some small change too."

He looked as though he had thought of something happy, as his eyes even shone a little.

On the other side however, Zhu Yao's heart had already sank, and as for her master… It seemed like Lightning Divine Palace did not have a good standing in this tower at all.

"Speaking of which…" The man suddenly turned around and glanced at the three people next to him. With suspecting eyes, he sized them up. "You three…"

Crap! He can't possibly have seen through us, right?

"Did you see the Deity that cast the lightning-type arts?"

"…" Her heightened caution instantly came crumbling down. "Hoho, of course not!" Zhu Yao immediately shook her head.

"Then anyone with the Daoist title 'Yu'?" The man continued to ask. "The people of Lightning Divine Palace often like to venture alone. As long as someone is alone, that person is worth the suspicion."

"None, at, all!" Look at my pure and clear eyes.

Only then did the man close his mouth with a disappointed look, and then, he sped up towards Hillriver City.

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Chapter 363: Don't Be Abstract, Be Realistic

The Hillriver City the man spoke of was not that far away. In just a short while, they arrived at an enormous formation. The formation was floating in the air, and occasionally there were golden mystic symbols circling around it. It seemed like a teleportation formation, but it was evidently much more advanced.

The moment they crossed the formation, the surrounding scenery changed. They were now standing on a large street, and the place was filled with people even though they could not see even a single person just earlier. Zhu Yao raised her head, and all she saw was a sea of yellow names and red HP bars. Every single one of them had a string of words above their heads: Unknown Deity. Next to those words were levels, and most of them were Level 1s while a small bulk of them were Level 2s and even Level 3s.

The hell, net game mode can't possibly have been activated for real, right? Then are these people NPCs or monsters? She anxiously turned around and looked at her own master, only to realize he didn't have any. Yue Ying on the side did not have anything above his head either. Just what as going on?

The moment they entered the city, the man waved his hand and and separated from them. Zhu Yao wanted to inquire about the present situation, but she realized that the people in the city were mostly in a hurry and did not have any intentions to tend to others. The street was pretty clean as well, without a single stall set up.

Five shining formations of different colours could be seen floating in the sky above the place they entered from earlier. Occasionally, there were Deities going in and out of them. After discussing with her master, they decided to look around the city. In the end, they discovered an extremely large formation at the very center of the city. At the very center of the formation were layers after layers of stairs. The staircase did not have any support around it, rather, they looked like layers of floating white jade stones. Furthermore, they were even constantly moving about. Sometimes they float high up into the air, entering the clouds, and sometimes, they would sink so low, to merely a few inches off the ground.

Next to this mystical staircase was a huge boulder, and a few golden words were slowly circling around it. There was even a flashing arrow right in front of the words labelled: This way to the lower second floor!

"Lower second floor, what does this mean?" This seemed like a passageway.

"It should be the second floor of the lower ten floors." Yu Yan next to her said with a low voice. "I once heard from teacher that Lightning Divine Tower is separated into the upper ten floors and lower ten floors. This place must be the first floor of the lower ten floors, and this should be the passageway to the second."

As expected of a tower, it really was separated by floors. According to the international guidelines of clearing towers, as long as the boss at the very top floor was defeated, then the challenge would be cleared. Reaching the peak of the tower was a necessity. She never expected that they would find the escalator so quickly. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's head up!"

Zhu Yao immediately took a big step and stepped on the lowest tile. She however ended up stepping on empty air and fell. Fortunately, her master caught her at the very bottom.

What happened? She actually couldn't step on it.

"Hahahaha…" Laughter suddenly rang from the side, as a green robed man walked towards them. "Girly, you guys have only entered the tower recently, right?"

The person that came forward had a slim but tall figure, giving the impression that he was a walking bamboo pole. He possessed a rich amount of divine energy, yet he carried a hint of demonic energy. It was actually a Demonic Immortal.

"Without the clearance key, you can't step on this Ascending Stairway."

"Clearance key?" They finally managed to find someone who was willing to care about others. Zhu Yao immediately went forward and said with a smile. "This big brother, we've indeed just entered the tower, and we are still unsure of many things about this place. Big brother, I wonder if you can give us a pointer or two?"

This Demonic Immortal seemed to be in a very good mood. He sized her up with a glance, then looked at Yu Yan beside her, as well as Yue Ying at the back. "I don't mind giving you pointers, but first, you have to tell me something. Have you guys… entered a group?"

"Ah?" Enter a group? What's that? The Communist Youth League? Does the Young Pioneers count? I'm once a fresh and bright red scarf!

"You guys haven't entered a group yet!" The eyes of Demonic Immortal shone, and he instantly became enthusiastic. "Great! You guys are in luck. Coincidentally, my group is currently looking for members."

Why did Zhu Yao feel as though she was being dragged into a cult?

"Hoho, do all Deities who enter the tower have to enter a group?" Zhu Yao asked.

"Of course!" He nodded heavily as he pointed to the few formations in the sky. "Do you see the five formations over there? Connected to them are dangerous secret realms, and a Nascent Divided Pearl is placed in each of these secret realms. Only by gathering all five Nascent Divided Pearl can the clearance key for the second floor be constructed. Furthermore, the five Nascent Divided Pearls must leave the secret realms at the same time, otherwise, they would be teleported back to its original spot by the formations. How can this possibly be done with the strength of a single person? That's why we have to form various groups."

Ou, so it's a dragon ball collection quest. "Then, big brother, which group are you in?"

The slim and tall Demonic Immortal chuckled. Then, he stepped forward and spoke in a mysterious tone. "Girly, have you heard of Amway?"

"…" Zhu Yao was stunned for a moment. Then, she turned around and prepared to leave. "We're not going to buy them, thank you."

"Wait a minute, girly!" The slim and tall person pulled her and zealously recommended. "We Amway Group is the second biggest group in Hillriver City. The first group Blue Bird Group is already full. The reason why we're taking in new members today is because our group coincidentally lacks of people right now. If you miss this opportunity, you might not be able to enter again, you know?"

There's actually people who name themselves Amway! She doesn't want to be recruited into Amway, what to do?

After going through the slim and tall man's constant recommendations, Zhu Yao in the end relented and got successfully recruited into Amway. Along with her master and Yue Ying, they had supposed become a part of the fifty-fifth squad. Only then did Zhu Yao understand the scale of these so-called groups. According to the slim and tall man, a small squad consists of five people at least. If there were fifty five squads, then there were at least two hundred Deities in the group.

"Then that's it." The slim and tall man was really happy that he managed to recruit some fresh meat. He pointed in a direction not far away and said. "You guys first register in the Amway Hall. We still have a member in the squad, I will call him over."

Just as he was about to leave, he seemed to have recalled something. With an apologetic look, he said. "Oh right, I forgot to ask. I'm Nangong Cheng (Southpalace Orange), a Demonic Immortal. How do I address the three of you?"

"Uh…" Recalling that the Lightning Divine Palace did not have a good name here, Zhu Yao exchanged glances with her master and then activated her name changing mode. "Hoho, hi Nangong Cheng, I'm Dongfang Hong (Eastway Red)!"

"…" Eh, something feels off? He turned to look at Yu Yan.

"Beichen… Lan (Northday Blue)!" A certain master said without a change in his expression.

He then turned to look at Yue Ying who was silent the entire time.

"Ximen… Zi! (Westgate Purple)" He went with the flow.

Zhu Yao immediately gave a thumbs up to her team's quick wits. What a neat naming style.

"So it's Dongfang girly, Daoist Beichen, and Daoist Ximen…" Eh, these people have strange surnames? But… why do they feel so intimate? "Then, let's meet up in a while."

Nangong Cheng happily went to look for his little companion, while Zhu Yao and the rest entered the Amway Hall. According to rumours, this was where the headquarters of Amway Group was located, though the interior did not look the part, instead, it looked more like an inn. The counter was right in front, and there were resting tables and chairs in the surroundings. However, the place was empty and hence a little calm and quiet.

There was a Deity tending to the counter, and he was spinning a tablet in his hand. Zhu Yao stepped forward and explained their intentions, and then the Deity glanced at them. He took out three tablets and cast an art on all three of them. Then, he gave each one of them a piece. "This is your squad's communication tablets, they have all the necessary information inside. Once the Nascent Divided Pearl is found, you can use it to directly communicate with with the people that found the other Nascent Divided Pearls."

Zhu Yao received it and had a look at it. An unique formation was engraved on the jade tablet, and at the very center, the words 'Fifty Five' were written on it. Nangong Cheng said that the Nascent Divided Pearls had to be brought out of the five secret realms together in order to combine them into the clearance key. Otherwise, they would automatically return to their original positions. Most likely, this jade tablet was used to communicate with the other squads, making it convenient to discuss the time to exit the secret realms.

After a short wait in the Amway Hall, Nangong Cheng brought his little companion over. Compared to Nangong Cheng's skinny and malnourished look, his little companion clearly was the type who was overnourished. That strong build and firm muscles made it look as though a mountain was moving. Yet, he was wearing a white robe that was a size smaller than his build, making his robe so tight it looked as though it was about to burst.

"Dongfang girly, Daoist Beichen, Daoist Ximen." Nangong Cheng waved them over from afar. "Are you guys done with the registration?" He contently looked at the tablets in their hands, and then pointed at the mountain behind him. "Let me introduce him to you. This is my comrade, Zhonggu Lu (Centerancient Green)."

Great! North, south, east, west, and center! We can finally form a mahjong table.

Nangong Cheng then introduced each of them to Zhonggu Lu, but evidently, this Zhonggu Lu did not buy into our names. He looked at the three of them with narrowed eyes, and then turned his head around with a scornful look. "Enough, enough. Since we're all here, then let's go! If we don't hurry up, the sky will turn dark." He rubbed his firm arms, and then he suddenly pulled out a mirror out of nowhere. He looked left of himself, and then to the right. "I don't want to rush in the middle of the night. It would be bad if my flowery and beautiful appearance is hidden in the darkness, after all."

"…" The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. With those muscles of yours, just how are you beautiful? I can only see 'flowery' all over.

Clearly, Nangong Cheng was already used to his good friend's personality. He pointed at the yellow formation at the very center in the sky, and said. "Then let us head over to Carnetian Jade Secret Realm then! I'm more familiar with the terrain there, and I've already inquired about the location of the Nascent Divided Pearl."

Zhu Yao nodded. They were all newcomers, so naturally they did not have any opinions about his decision. Thus, they followed Nangong Cheng into the secret realm.

However, in an instant, large stone walls and canyons appeared in front of them. There were no longer any greens on the land, looking a little like a wasteland. In order to have newcomers familiarize with this lower first floor quickly, the information in the jade tablets they received earlier had detail introductions to the five secret realms. This Carnetian Jade Secret Realm was the smallest out of the five. Though it did have a huge land area, the place was filled with such canyons. The terrain was thus extremely steep, and finding the Nascent Dividing Pearl was not easy.

Though Nangong Cheng was a rather experienced guide. After entering the secret realm, they did not hurry with their search. Instead, he gathered everyone around for a meeting and shared his experiences.

"The Nascent Divided Pearl is in the deepest area of the secret realm. I heard that it's about a kilometer away from the Purifying Pool. But, that place is guarded by demonic beasts."

"Demonic beasts!?" Zhu Yao was stunned for a moment. This tower actually still had demonic beasts.

Nangong Cheng nodded as he picked up a twig and drew on the ground. "I've already clarified with the others. The demonic beast is extremely powerful. It does not have any spiritual intelligence, does not speak the human language, and does not even have a soul of its own. It cannot be considered as a living being. However, it has an incredibly powerful poison all around its body, and death would follow after being stained by it. Also, the breath that it spits out is even more venomous. Even divine bodies can be harmed by its venomous breath. And, the Nascent Divided Pearl is inside its belly."

"Then how do we retrieve it?" From what he said, even approaching it would be impossible.

"We do not have to rush with that. Everything has its own strength and weaknesses. Though it's a highly venomous being, the water of the Purifying Pool can coincidentally treat the poison on the demonic beasts' body. We have to think of a way to lure it to the side of the pool and kill it there."

"Didn't you say that it doesn't have a spiritual consciousness?" Zhonggu Lu raised his hand and asked. "Then will it follow us to the poolside like that?"

"That is something I'm worried about as well." Nangong Cheng sighed and said. "Actually, many other squads tried this tactic before, but for some reason, that demonic beast was just unwilling to approach the Purifying Pool. I don't have the confidence to lure it over either."

"Then why don't we bring the pool water over?" Zhu Yao suggested. When fighting monsters, it was natural to bring in HP and MP potions. "If the pool water can treat the poison, we can keep the water on our bodies. That way, even if we're struck with the poison, the treatment wouldn't be too late."

"No!" Nangong Cheng shook his head and said. "The water of Purifying Pool only has the poison-curing effects if ingested next to the pool. If the water were to be brought out of the poolside, it would turn into regular water."

It's effect range was actually limited.

"If both doesn't work, what should we do?" Zhonggu Lu glared at him a little irritatedly. The veins on his arms protruded out.

"So I decided that we should first observe that demonic beast." Nangong Cheng said. "Let's not make a move in a hurry. We should find out about its weaknesses before attacking. Oh right, there's a large number of demonic beasts around here. In order to prevent you all from looking at the wrong target, I shall first draw its looks for you people. Remember, do not make a move on your own."

The little companions all came crowding over, watching him closely.

He hurriedly drew on the ground, and a moment later, he retracted his wooden baton. "This is how it looks."

"…" A long silent pause.

"If you accidentally offend that demonic beast, remember to hurry into the Purifying Pool to treat the poison. Everyone, are you all clear?"

"Alright everyone, use this as a reference when you're looking for it. For now, let's rest a little before we depart!" As he said that, he stepped away from the squad and began to meditate.

"…" The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. She silently looked towards her master. "Master… Can you figure out what is being drawn here?"

Yu Yan was silent for a long while. Then, he said. "… Dog?"

"No, I think it's a pig!" Zhonggu Lu refuted.

"… Why do I see a sheep?"

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Chapter 364: Demonic Beast Raid Guide

"You're certain that the demonic beast is nearby?" Zhu Yao nudged the muscular man that looked like a mountain next to her.

"Why would I lie to you!?" Zhonggu Lu glanced at her with narrow eyes. "The place ahead is shrouded by poisonous mist, there's definitely a venomous creature within. If it isn't the demonic beast, what else can it be?"

"But we have squatted here for three whole hours, yet we haven't seen that demonic beast. Why don't we enter and look for it?"

"No." Zhonggu Lu immediately shook his head.

"Why?" It's definitely better than growing grass here, right?

"It's rumoured that the poisonous creature is extremely powerful. What if we're discovered? Putting aside you being injured, if someone who is as beautiful and flowery like me is injured, are you going to take responsibility?"

"…" Zhu Yao felt like her spirit was tainted. You're already like a flower, why the hell do you want to be beautiful too!?

"Haah, you must understand that for a beautiful man that possesses such style and peerless beauty, there's a need for more caution. You don't understand."

"…" Please swallow back the words 'style' and 'peerless beauty', hey! Just where the hell does his confidence come from?

"There's movements!" His expression changed as he pointed to the mist up ahead. "It's coming!"

Zhu Yao immediately stuffed back her three views and took a closer look. As he had said, a pitch-black figure appeared out of the mist made of layers of poisonous gas. Coarse breathing sounds could be faintly heard, and the poisonous mist seemed to have grown thicker as well.

A moment later, the figure grew bigger and a thick rotten stench suffused into the air. The figure began to grow clearer as well, until it revealed its rough silhouette.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. "This… is the cow-like demonic beast that Squad Captain Nangong drew?" Just how did he draw a two-legged creature into a four-legged living being?

"It should be." Zhonggu Lu nodded as well, and then said with a stern look. "Though the illustration was a little out there, it's still looks rather similar to a pig."

How is it similar!? Zhu Yao pointed at the demonic beast that was breathing poisonous gas. "How is that two-legged creature similar to a pig?"

"It's figure is really similar. Dongfang girly, your eyesight is really poor."

Your eyesight is poor, your entire family's eyesights are poor.

"It has hands and legs, so it's clearly…"

"A dog!" A cold confirmation sounded from behind.

"Master, why are you here?" Zhu Yao was stunned. Wasn't he teamed up with Squad Captain Nangong? They were headed to the other side to inspect the terrain.

"I was worried about you." Yu Yan walked past his disciple, his face did not carry the slightest bit of guilt for acting on his own. What if my disciple courts death when I'm not looking again? He glanced at the black figure in front. "It's a dog!"

"What's with both of your eyes?" Zhonggu Lu rolled his eyes. "It's clearly a pig."

"No, a dog."

"It's definitely a pig."

"Isn't that supposed to be a sheep?" Another voice weighed in as well.

Yue Ying… The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Why was he here as well? What happened to splitting up in teams?

Zhonggu Lu: "You guys must believe me. That's a pig."

Yu Yan: "A dog."

Yue Ying: "Sheep…"

Zhu Yao: "…" Was she the only worried that student Nangong was on his own right now?

Roar~~~

A loud roar interrupted the four's debate. A large mass of poison gas came spraying in the direction where the four of them were hiding.

"Crap, we were discovered." Zhonggu Lu's face changed. In a flash, he retreated to the back. "Retreat!"

Yu Yan grabbed onto his disciple, and then along with Yue Ying, they retreated several dozens of meters away. They then looked at the place were they were hiding just earlier. The bushes had already begun to wilt as they get dyed with layers of black, and they did not have any signs of life before long.

And that poisonous gas was beginning to spread towards them as well at incredible speed. That ferocious roar grew even louder and clearer.

"Let's go!" Zhonggu loudly shouted. "To the Purifying Pond."

The moment his voice fell, a black substance shot out of the mist and flew towards him.

"Watch out!" Zhu Yao called out to notify him. Zhonggu Lu materialized a defensive barrier at the nick of time, yet it was still useless. The black substance broke directly into the barrier. Fortunately, he was nimble enough to dodge it by shifting his body to the side, and the black substance grazed his body as it fell onto the ground with a long bang. In an instant, a large crater was formed, and it was even expanding still, corroding everything in its surroundings. The rotten smell grew thicker, and Zhu Yao was dumbfounded from this sight. This is basically a biological weapon, right?

Zhonggu Lu's body was grazed by it as well, and his mystic robe began to melt. Hurriedly stripping it off, he was saved from being corroded himself.

With such a powerful corrosion that could instantly corrode such a large crater, it was no wonder Squad Captain Nangong said that one would die from being touched by it. If the corpse and bones were melted as well, then wouldn't that be certain death?

The surroundings of the crater began to emit out poisonous gas as well, and they had no choice but to make a detour out. The roar of the demonic beast sounded from behind once more, and the black poisonous substances from earlier suddenly came smashing at them like raindrops.

"Hurry and dodge!" Zhonggu Lu loudly reminded them. It was already too late for the four of them to run, so they had no choice but to dodge those raindrop-like poison as they flew. The surface of the ground looked as though they had been smashed by a rain of falling boulders, craters appearing one after another. The moment a crater was filled with poisonous gas, they would form a large mass of poison mist in the next moment.

They had no choice but to stop. "What do we do? We can't escape now!"

The demonic beast from behind caught up to them as well. A large figure stepped out of the poisonous mist. Possessing a muscular figure, there were a pair of ram horns on its head, and four limbs that were shaped like a dog's. With its entire body made of purple, its two paws were raised in the air and two were on the ground. On the sides of its lips, two long teeth could be seen. It would occasionally ooze out a black liquid with incredible stench, and the mere sight of it was incredibly disgusting.

This demonic beast was neither a cow, sheep, pig nor a dog. If it were to put down its front paws, it would unexpectedly look the same as the creature that Squad Captain Nangong had drown.

Everyone present: "…" So it wasn't student Nangong's art being unrealistic, rather, this demonic beast was simply too abstract.

The surrounding poisonous gas was growing ticker by the second. Since they couldn't get out, they could only fight!

Zhonggu Lu immediately cast an art and summoned several hundred vines, trapping the demonic beast in front of them. Zhu Yao immediately materialized millions of icicles and shot them at the demonic beast. That strange-looking demonic beast however did not dodge either. Instead, it opened up its bloody mouth and madly shouted out. It was incredibly piercing to the ears.

The vines that were still lush green earlier instantly wilted and turned into ashes, while the icicles that filled the sky immediately turned into water as well. Furthermore, they were tainted by the poisonous gas, and they fell back to the ground as poisonous rain. Yu Yan immediately materialized a fire dragon which charged up into the sky. The sky was instantly filled with flames, burning the poisonous rain in time.

When they thought that things were finally settling down, Zhu Yao remembered what her biology teacher had told them a long time ago. If water were to encounter fire, it would turn into… steam! In the face of this venomous demonic beast, the situation became even more dire as poisonous steam was formed.

That's right. The poisonous mist grew thicker.

The four's range of movements grew smaller, and in just a few moments, merely a few square meters of area remained untouched by the poisonous mist. That demonic beast suddenly opened its mouth wide, black sparkles could be seen from within, as though it was about to spit something in their direction. Naturally, it was definitely the poisonous liquid that smashed the ground into a crater from earlier.

What to do? Ice, fire, and wood type attacks were all ineffective, and the demonic beast's magic defense was simply too high.

Yu Yan's expression sank. With a twist of his hand, he summoned his Life Artifact – the lightning sword.

"Master…" Zhu Yao's heart clenched. If he were to use lightning-type arts, their identities would be exposed.

"No matter." Yu Yan stroked her head. They were left with no choice right now. At the very most, they would face some troubles in the future. Just as he was about to attack, a gust of wind swept past from the sky above, instantly scattering the poisonous gas that surrounded them. Student Nangong who was "abandoned" by his team was standing within the wind. He came to save them! As expected, he was definitely a great party member!

"Hurry and go!" He only had the chance to utter this, as the surrounding poisonous gas was already beginning to gather once more.

The four of them immediately caught up with him as quick as possible. While scattering the poisonous gas with wind-type arts like he did, they madly flew towards the direction of the Purifying Pool. The enraged roar of the demonic beast resounded behind them. They did not dare to stop. As they flew towards the Purifying Pool, they thought that the demonic beast would stop chasing after them. However, the moment they heard the 'sousou' noises, black poisonous liquid came shooting at the small group of five.

They immediately flew to the shores of the Purifying Pool, and with a few resounding bangs, craters once again appeared in the surroundings. Strangely, in a radius of a few squared meters from the Purifying Pool, the poisonous gas would immediately scatter.

However, the poisonous gas outside the Purifying Pool grew thicker, and in just a few momembers, the figure of that demonic beast appeared. However, it did not dare to approach them, and simply contained to patrol around several meters away.

"What's going on?" Zhu Yao pointed at the demonic beast and said. Then, she looked towards student Nangong. "Didn't you say that it wouldn't follow us here?"

"I don't know either." Nangong was confused as well. "When I came here the last time, the demonic beast would return right after we arrive in this pool. No matter what we did, we could not lure it in. Today… it might have been in a good mood."

"…" This reason was a little too nonsensical!

"Alright, with the Purifying Pool here, let's take this opportunity to bring it down. "Squad Leader Nangong's eyes shone and he said. "This is simply a god-sent opportunity."

He inspected the terrain and said. "This poisonous mist is incredible, but it can still be scattered with wind-type arts. Adding that we have our divine physiques, even if we're latched on by the poisonous gas, sustaining for seven minutes or so isn't difficult. Not to mention this pool can instantly scatter the poisonous gas. We can use wind-type arts as our shield, and then take turns in pulling the demonic beast and coming back here to detoxify. As long as we aren't injured by the poisonous liquid, defeating this demonic beast at a slow pace isn't impossible. What do you guys think?"

Is he talking about swapping tanks? It is indeed a good plan. After everyone considered it for a moment, they all nodded their heads.

"Then that's settled." Squad Captain Nangong looked at the demonic beast that was still loitering outside. He did hand seals with one of his hand, materializing a shield of wind which instantly enveloped his surroundings like a spiral of wind. Then, he took the lead and charged out.

Just as Zhu Yao was about to cast an art, a shield of wind had already begun to envelop her surroundings. When she turned to take a look, her eyes landed on a certains someone who was just putting down his hand. "Master?"

"Don't leave too far away from your master." He instructed as he began to fly up.

Zhu Yao instantly felt her heart warming up. Who says "warmth" is useless?

Squad Captain Nangong's plan may sound perfect, but it did not account for the boss's tough muscles and hard skin. Furthermore, the various mystic arts that they threw on it earlier were all completely ineffective. Though the five of them were not injured, they did not have any advantage over it either.

Squad Captain Nangong seemed to specialize in wind-type arts, but at the very most, he could only drive away the mist. Whenever he were to throw a wind blade at the opponent, a 'miss' damage marker would float up. It lacked destructive power. Zhu Yao and her master did not find it good to simply use lightning-type arts either. Fortunately, her master's sword skills were at the very peak as well. With a sky filled with spiritual swords, he firmly locked the demonic beast's movements. Furthermore, his cold sword intent was the only thing that could break past its skin, and thus became the main DPS of the team.

Zhu Yao knew all five types of mystic arts. Other than the lightning-type arts, she was most familiar with either water or ice, which were the elements she researched deeply on in order to teach Little Radish well back then. However, this demonic beast was simply unafraid of them. When the icicles struck its body, not even a single scar was left on it. The words 'miss' constantly floated above its head.

Zhonggu Lu was even more unfortunate. His wood-type arts basically wilted before they could even form, leaving behind a bunch of dead grass. Yue Ying was still able to provide some help as he restrained the demonic beast with her master. He retracted all of the devillic energy in his body, and was using mystic arts to attack like everyone else. Zhu Yao did not know what he was thinking, and did not want to bother either, simply letting him do whatever he wanted.

"You guys hold on, let me catch my breath." Zhonggu turned around and returned to the Purifying Pool to detoxify himself. With a defeated look, he said as he walked. "This demonic beast is really… It's as though it's born to be my mortal enemy. It instantly destroys all of the life within my wood-type arts."

Life? Zhu Yao was stunned for a moment, as something flashed across her mind. She raised her head and looked carefully at that demonic beast. Ever since she entered the tower, all of the living creatures would have names and levels shown above their heads, as though she was looking at a net game's point of view. She had asked her master about it, and it seemed like this was something that only she could see. Zhu Yao had thought that this was a cheat that Realmspirit had given her. This demonic beast was no exception, with the words 'Early-stage Demonic Beast (Poison)' floating about it, though its name was red in colour.

As for Zhonggu Lu and Squad Captain Nangong, the words above their heads were initially 'Unknown Deity (Level 1)'. After making their introductions, the words above their heads turned into their own names, and their colours changed from yellow to blue.

Zhu Yao was not entirely mindful of these words in the beginning. Now that she thought about it, these names were truly similar to the settings found in net games. Red names signified enemy targets, like the current demonic beast. Yellow names referred to passive targets, where they would only turn red and counterattack when they receive an attack. Those heaven-defying rabbits in the plain back then chased after them because she poked it a little, and they did not bite her on their own initiatives. The reason why Zhonggu Lu and Nangong Cheng had blue names, was because they had formed a party with her! The names would only turn blue if they were party members of the same party.

In that case, in the brackets next to the names, that should be where the levels and attributes were displayed.

This demonic beast was a poison-type, and according to the rules of net games, poison was a type that deprived life. Water, wood and fire type attacks were thus ineffective on it. It would thus make sense why a bunch of 'miss' would float above its head when she struck it with icicles.

If they wanted to deal with it, then the only choice would be…

Zhu Yao immediately flew towards the Squad Captain. She had to inform the Squad Captain of the raid guide. "Squad Captain…" Eh? What was the Squad Captain called again? "Nangong… Huang (Yellow)?"

"I'm Nangong Cheng!" Flips table! Who the hell is Nangong Huang?

"Aiya! Whatever! In any case, it's all about the same~"

"…" How are orange and yellow about the same? The colours are different, alright?

"Why are you here?" His expression darkened as he released a wind blade to blow away the poisonous mist near Yue Ying and Yu Yan. He did his best to provide support to the main DPS players.

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Chapter 365: Exorcism Squad

"I have an idea. Our mystic arts are all ineffective, and I believe that this demonic beast's poison is capable of snatching away the lives of all living beings, using them as its own." Zhu Yao analysed. "The way to restrain it must be mystic arts that do not possess life."

Nangong Cheng was stunned for a moment. With widened eyes, he said. "You're saying, earth and metal type attacks are able to harm it?"

"Mn."

"No wonder fellow Daoist Beichen and Daoist Ximen are the only ones able to harm it." Nangong pondered for a moment, looking enlightened. "That sword formation is metal-type."

"That demonic beast is nimble and fast, though the sword formation can harm it, the formation cannot restrain it for long. Nangong Huang, how's your earth-type arts?"

I already told you I'm Nangong Cheng!

"I don't specialize in wood-type mystic arts, though…" He turned to look at Zhonggu Lu who had been producing negligible damage.

"What?" The muscular Zhonggu Lu said with a despised look. "I don't want to go. That demonic beast is so disgusting! What am I supposed to do if I accidentally injure my flowery and jade-like face when I approach it?"

"…" Is this the time to care about your image?

Roar~~~

Suddenly, that demonic beast once again let out an angry roar. Under Yu Yan's and Yue Ying's sword formation all-round attack, its body was covered in injuries. As though it had grown anxious from being pushed back, its roar sounded especially violent and mighty. It suddenly placed its four limbs on the ground, changing its stance. Poisonous liquid began to pop out from all over its body.

"Not good, it's about to use the poisonous liquid to attack." Nangong Cheng's face changed. It had intentionally released such a huge amount of poisonous liquid, and if it were to shake its body, the deadly poison would definitely fall in all directions. Even if they were to return to the Purifying Pool, they wouldn't be able to hold on. What to do?

They could not drag it out any longer, they had to finish the battle quickly. However, the rough man Zhonggu Lu of the good-looking club actually backed out at this critical moment.

"Then that settles it." Squad Captain Nangong Cheng said with a serious look, and he took this time to send a voice transmission to the two people at the front. "In a moment when the earth-type mystic art restrains it, the four of us will unleash our attacks at the same time and kill the demonic beast."

"I don't want to head over! That poisonous gas isn't a joke." Zhonggu Lu had a determined look. As he said that, he flew straight towards the Purifying Pool. "I have such good looks, I don't want to…"

Before he could even finish, Nangong Cheng had already silently cast an art and summoned a human-sized water mirror in front of him. What reflected in it was a face that was stained with the purple poisonous gas.

Two seconds later…

Nangong Cheng silently covered his ears. Before Zhu Yao could even understand his intentions, a scream instantly broke through the skies, causing everyone's body to tremble.

"Ah——-! My faaaace!!!!"

After entering this poisonous mist, every single one of them had already been contaminated with a slight amount of poison, though he seemed to have been contaminated slightly more than the rest. Furthermore, the symptoms appeared directly on his face.

It felt as though Zhonggu Lu's entire being had changed. The divine energy on his body instantly exploded forth. Zhu Yao could faintly see what might be known as 'flames of fury' being emitted out from his body, and it was burning with rage. Stomping his feet forward, his entire body was emitting out killing intent in all directions. He ruthlessly glared at the demonic beast behind him. "You trash, you dare to harm my face!"

In a flash, he suddenly charged out. A few rumbling sounds could be heard as earth thorns popped out from the ground, directly pinning the demonic beast's two claws. The demonic beast let out a scream as its poisonous liquid attack was interrupted. However, that was not the end. Right below it, a fist made from the earth suddenly appeared at high speeds, directly smashing the demonic beast onto the ground. In an instant, countless earth thorns and stone pillars popped out from the ground, smashing the demonic beast from all directions.

"You granddaddy, you dare to harm my face, you motherf*king dare to harm my face! This daddy here has cultivated for so many years, yet no one has ever dared to harm my face. You garbage, you piece of trash, you actually dare to injure me! Die, die, die…"

As he pummeled and shouted at the demonic beast, his mystic arts were both quick and ruthless. Even his hair was standing straight up from his fury. Zhu Yao watched as the a bunch of damage counters floated above the demonic beast's head. -1,000, -2,000, -3,000…

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Was this truly that smug party member that only knew how paddle on water? Why did it feel as though some sort of incredible seal had been released, hey!?

"Girly, let's attack then." Squad Captain Nangong waved at her with a calm look. "Mn, everything is going according to plan."

"…" Plan my ass! Flips table! Don't look as though everything is in the palm of your hand! You fellow gay friend has evidently gone berserk, hey!

After Zhonggu Lu vented off his steam with his earth-type arts, that pitiful demonic beast no longer had any strength left to retaliate. He managed to muster out a crazed growl, and then used his claws to slam away the thorns. It wanted to take back its dignity as a boss monster, but Zhonggu Lu suddenly circulated all of the divine energy in his body to cast an art. In an instant, the earth began to shake, and at the moment he finished his hand seals, he instantly activated the art. "Mountain Collapse."

In an instant, the ground began to rumble and then split to the two sides like an earthquake. The demonic beast did not have a stable footing and ended up slipping into it. However, the moment it was about to fall, its body began to change. It grew out a pair of wings and flew. Just as it was about to escape the fissure, Zhonggu Lu gritted his teeth and in an instant, several stone pillars stretched out from the ground at high speeds. Like chains, they restrained its body and directly pulled it back down.

"Now!" Squad Captain Nangong commanded. The other four people circulated their divine energy at the same time. Four enormous spiritual swords with the size of mountains appeared in the air. Carrying boundless might, they instantly scattered the surrounding poisonous gas and smashed exactly downwards where the demonic beast was.

A scream instantly resounded through the entire secret realm. Four rows of the same numbers instantly floated above the demonic beast's head. Fatal damage -100,000! It desperately flopped about for a moment, and then, slowly, it lost all signs of life.

The surrounding poisonous mist began to scatter at this moment as well, revealing the initial blue sky.

They succeeded!

Zhu Yao felt a little fatigued. That sword earlier had drawn out a large half of her divine energy, and for a moment, her legs were a little wobbly. Her body shook, and suddenly she felt a grip by her waist. In the next instant, she leaned against a familiar chest.

"Master…"

Yu Yan glanced at her, and after realizing that nothing serious had happened to her, he habitually stroked her head. He wanted to praise his disciple for her exemplary performance, but he did not know how he should go about doing it. I'm not familiar with praising people, what to do?

Zhu Yao however had already pulled him towards where the demonic beast's corpse was. She had to say that this boss monster was really hard to beat. Compared to the monsters she had encountered before, it had hard skin and thick blood. Only Gods and Devils were stronger than it. The key thing here was that it even had enhanced magic defense, which made it highly resistant against divine arts.

Fortunately, they still managed to bring it down. Squad Captain Nangong mentioned that the Nascent Divided Pearl was located in its belly. Zhu Yao glanced at this mountain-tall corpse, and her expression darkened. "This… Do we really have to cut it open?" She had no interest in dissecting corpses at all!

"Cut it?" Squad Captain Nangong looked at her strangely. "Why!?"

We're not cutting it? How are we going to retrieve the quest item then? Just as she was about to ask, a lustrous light suddenly shone out from the pitch-black poisonous corpse. The corpse then slowly began to turn foggy, and finally, it actually turned into a dark purple poisonous mist. Compared to the poisonous mist from before, it was at least a hundred times thicker. "This… This is?" She was frightened.

"Don't you know these demonic beasts are undying?" Squad Captain Nangong had a expression that looked as if it was saying 'my party member has no common knowledge'.

"Undying?" Zhu Yao was stunned for a moment. She then turned to look at the half-mistified corpse. "It can actually resurrect?"

"That's right!"

"…" Do you have to tell me such a terrifying setting with such a calm look, hey?

"This demonic beast is birthed from the poisonous gas of these lands in the first place." Nangong explained with a matter-of-factly look. "After all, how can poisonous gas have life? We had simply scattered it off. In three days, these poisonous gases will once again gather and form a new demonic beast."

"…" It really is a dungeon mob. It can spawn limitlessly, hey.

After Squad Captain Nangong finished explaining, he looked towards the center of the poisonous mist. A red light flashed, and following after, a red pearl slowly raised up into the air. It continued to fly even higher, and it looked as though it was about to charge out of the poisonous mist. Nangong had an excited look as he pointed at the pearl. "That's the Nascent Divided Pearl. I shall first contact the groups from the other secret realms."

Zhu Yao took a closer look. Above the red pearl, six white words were floating. One of the secret key fragments

Just as the pearl was about to fly out of the poisonous mist, Zhu Yao took a step forward and reached out her hand, attempting to retrieve the boss quest item. She then glanced at the strand of purple gas that was being carried by the pearl, and she could not help but hesitate for a moment. A figure suddenly flashed and appeared next to her. That person was a step ahead and obtained the Nascent Divided Pearl.

"I never expected that with just a few of you people, you were able to defeat this demonic beast." A few foreign faces suddenly appeared in the air. Their attires were all different, and there were a total of seven men and one woman. Their eyes were faintly filled with excitement. And, the person who snatched away the Nascent Divided Pearl was a blue-robed male Deity that was leading them.

"Who are you people?" Nangong Cheng frowned deeply as he cautiously looked at this crowd of people who harboured ill intentions.

"Naturally, we're people who are here to look for treasures." The leader coldly snorted as he looked with contempt at the five people who were evidently fatigued. "Seeing how you lot took desperate measures to kill this demonic beast, you all hold merit for your hard labour. I won't kill you guys. Leave now."

"You're trying to steal our treasure!" Squad Captain Nangong had a furious expression.

"So what if I am?" That man said without the slightest of guilt.

Squad Captain Nagong clenched his fists, his teeth grinding. Stealing treasures was a very common occurrence, and such people could be found everywhere in these secret realms. The Nascent Divided Pearls were not hard to obtain, what's hard were protecting the Nascent Divided Pearls and finding the opportune time to leave the secret realms together. That was why he had done the necessary countermeasures before attacking the demonic beast. However, he never expected that these people in front of his eyes would be this shameless. They charged right out to steal the treasure the moment the demonic beast was killed. Evidently, they had their eyes on Zhu Yao's group right from the start. Yet, their divine energy had still yet to recover, after all, they used up a large amount of them during the battle earlier. This was especially so for Zhonggu Lu who seemed to have expended all of his strength. There was completely no victorious outcome when up against these people in their current states.

"You guys have already done pretty well. A mere five of you was actually able to kill this demonic beast, and even I can't help but feel impressed." Though that man was speaking a respectful manner, he looked as though he was gloating with that smile on his face.

Squad Captain Nangong was already grinding his teeth noisily from his anger, while Zhonggu Lu looked like he wished he could destroy that person's face. The other three on the other hand had slightly strange expressions. Yu Yan still had the expressionless face that looked like a block of ice from ten thousand years ago. Yue Ying was simply looking intensely at Zhu Yao on the side. Zhu Yao on the other hand, had a… worried look?

"Umm…" Zhu Yao could not help but call out to the leader who snatched their treasure.

"Oh?" That man coldly snorted. "What? There really is someone who is unafraid of death?"

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Chapter 366: Poke the Demonic Beast For Show

"I'm trying to say…"

"Mn?" That man frowned as he glared at her with slight dissatisfaction. "What? You still wish to go against us?"

"Uh… Not that. I just want to…"

"Let me give you an advice. Know the time and place. I'm already kind enough to let you all off alive."

"I want to say…"

"If you lot stay stubborn, I don't mind sending you all off on the road either!"

"… Fellow Daoist."

"As for the Nascent Divided Pearl, heh, you guys can stop dreaming. Just treat it as though you've never obtained it."

"Actually…"

"That way, I believe you lot will feel a little better."

"Is your hand really alright?"

"My hand… What?" The man was stunned for a moment.

Zhu Yao weakly pointed at the pearl in his hand. "I'm saying… is it really alright for you to hold onto that pearl for so long? I just saw that there were still remnants of the deadly poison on it…"

"…" The man's complacent face instantly turned pale. "What did you… say… urgh…"

His expression changed as his body was suddenly dyed dark purple. He began to break out into spasms, as he directly fell into the thick mist which the demonic beast had transformed into. Screams resounded as his body began to corrode at high speeds. Yet he could not unleash even a single hint of divine energy. "Save… Save me…"

He reached out a hand towards his party members in the air, pleading for their help. However, as he stretched it halfway through, his hand had already turned into bones, and in an instant later, the bones completely melted. This change happened so quickly, it hadn't been five seconds since it began. The man's figure was no longer in the mist, and what remained were the various screams filled with terror and despair that still continued to echo in the air. The party members that he had brought along did not even budge, all their faces were filled with dumbfounded expressions.

Zhu Yao frowned. That's why… Antagonists die because they talk too much.

"Boss!" The crowd of people finally moved. A female Deity with a miserably pale expression cried out. Her voice was filled with fear. She then turned to glare at the five people on the ground, fury filled her lungs. "You… You lot killed him!"

"Oh please!" Zhu Yao rolled her eyes at her belated effort. If she was truly that worried, why didn't she save him earlier? "We didn't do anything at all?"

"You… You knew that there's poison on the Nascent Divided Pearl, why didn't you say so earlier?" The female Deity said as she gritted her teeth.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. "Is your brain made of mush? You guys came here to snatch our loot, so we have to wash it clean and wait for you to snatch it away from us, is that it?" How are you acting all righteous right now?

"You!" The woman grew irritated.

"Who you're calling 'you', you?" Zhu Yao however grew enraged. "So are you guys still going to snatch away the Nascent Divided Pearl or not? In any case, it has poison on it. If you guys want it, then this granddaddy here will give it to you. You can have it if you want it. Though if you guys really want to find, let me warn you that a starved camel is bigger than a horse. Don't think we're afraid of you. It's either the fish dies or the net gets torn, we can all perish together! Hurry and make a decision, we still have to rush off to fight other mobs."

"You…" The female Deity's face turned green from anger. Just as she was about to step forward, next to her, a man dressed in a blue robe embroidered with white marks stopped her. This person was also the only one among them with the words 'Unknown Deity (Level 2)' shown above its head. "Wait a minute!"

"Why did you stop me?"

"Since it's already a worthless object, why the need for an unnecessary struggle?" The man said with a solemn voice.

Only then did the female Deity grit her teeth and stand her ground. She ruthlessly glared at Zhu Yao, and then, with a unwilling look, she left with the crowd.

Only then did Zhu Yao heave a sigh of relief, though Yu Yan next to her was frowning. He held onto her hand and solemnly said. "No need to worry, your master…"

"I know." Zhu Yao chuckled. If they really had to fight it out, though they might look disadvantageous in terms of numbers, with her master here, it would definitely be a stable victory for them even against a few High Deities. Though in this tower, the hatred meter for the Lightning Divine Palace seemed to be off the charts. If they need not expose themselves, then it would be for the best.

"Haah, I never expected that we would obtain an useless pearl." Squad Captain Nangong was saddened as he glanced at the red pearl that was still sparkling within the poisonous mist.

"Such a waste of this daddy's efforts." Student Zhonggu Lu was a little irritated as well as he unconsciously stroked his own face, looking as though it was aching a little. He wondered if the poison had vanished and hurriedly materialized a water mirror to inspect his face carefully.

"That might not be the case!" Zhu Yao chuckled as she cast a wind-type art. She used a huge amount of efforts to blow away the layers of thick mist and hurriedly set a formation to suck in the Nascent Divided Pearl. The pearl then rolled a few rounds and stopped by her feet. The poisonous mist once again gathered back together. Before being affected by the thick poisonous mist for the second time, the red pearl merely had a few black strands in it earlier. Now, black covered almost half of the entire pearl.

"Dongfang girly, what are you trying to do!?" Squad Captain Nangong looked at her anxiously. "You saw it for yourself earlier. This pearl has deadly poison on it, it must not be touched."

"I have an idea, Squad Captain Nangong Huang."

"I'm Nangong Cheng!" Flips table. Why do you call my name wrongly whenever you have an idea!?

"Come on, don't mind such details."

"…" I mind, alright? He glanced at the white-robed male practitioner next to her. Manage your disciple properly, hey.

The latter maintained his expressionless look. As long as my disciple doesn't court death, it doesn't concern me.

"Squad Captain Huang, I think this pearl isn't worthless."

"…" Why did I turn into Squad Captain Huang again, hey? "This pearl is stained with deadly poison and can't be held, how can we bring it out of the secret realm?" Take a deep breath, I'm a squad captain with principles!

"This demonic beast is undying, so it must have been challenged by several others. There's so many practitioners who have risen to the higher floors, so we're definitely not the only group that encountered this problem."

"You're saying there's a method to remove the poison?" His eyes shone.

"Everything has its strengths and weaknesses. How do you think the Purifying Pool is formed?"

"Oh right!" He slapped his thighs as he recalled the Purifying Pool behind him. Since the pool could disperse the poisonous gas, then dispersing the poison within the pearl might not be impossible.

"Without further ado, let's hurry and place the Nascent Divided Pearl inside the pool, Squad Captain Huang!" Zhu Yao waved her hand and then turned to Zhonggu Lu next to her. "Oh right, Little Teal, we have to trouble you to use your earth-type arts to move the pearl over. You're more specialized in such matters."

Nangong Cheng: "…" I already told you I'm Nangong Cheng.

Zhonggu Lu: "…" Who the hell is Little Teal?

Zhu Yao's idea was correct. The moment Zhonggu Lu threw the poisoned pearl into the pool, the poisonous gas inside the pearl began to disperse. Though it's much slower than dispersing the regular poisonous gas, it finally began to revert back to its original red colour.

"I've already contacted the groups from the other secret realms." Squad Captain Nangong sighed and said. "Looking at the current situation, only three out of the four Nascent Divided Pearls in the other four secret realms have been found. The last secret realm has yet to be cleared yet. It seemed like we can't exit the secret realm right now."

"Could it be that we have to wait like this?" Zhonggu Lu was a little irritated. "The poison in this Nascent Divided Pearl will most likely scatter in about a day, and when that time comes, there will definitely be possible who will try to steal it. We won't be so lucky that before either."

Zhu Yao frowned as well. Finding treasures was easy, but protecting them was hard. The robbers back then left because the pearl was poisonous, but now, the pearl was no longer poisonous. Once the news spread, it would lure in quite a huge number of people. No matter how high their cultivation levels were, they would not be able to fend off against a sea of people.

"Heh. And yet there's still one Nascent Divided Pearl that hasn't been found, so we can't leave immediately."

"Wait!" Yu Yan, who had stayed silent for everyone other than his disciple, suddenly spoke. His ice-cold gaze swept across everyone, and then when his eyes landed on his disciple, a little warmth returned. "Setting a formation down is enough."

He did not care if they understood either, as he immediately placed down layers upon layers of concealment and defensive formations next to the pool. The half-purified Nascent Divided Pearl in the pool, along with the unpurified poisonous gas, slowly disappeared without a trace. The formations were extremely ingenious, as they were actually able to conceal the ripples of divine energy as well.

"Continue engaging the demonic beast." He continued with a solemn voice.

The group was stunned for a moment, and then, they immediately understood his intentions. "Good plan!" Nangong Cheng said with an excited look. "We shall hide the Nascent Divided Pearl inside the pool, and when the demonic beast resurrects naturally three days later, we shall act as if we haven't obtained the Nascent Divided Pearl by engaging the demonic beast. As long as we don't kill it, we will naturally not arouse the others' suspicions. Once the final secret realm makes contact with us, we will then charge out together! It's truly a great plan!"

"Daoist Beichen…" The more Nangong Cheng thought about it, the more he felt that the plan would work. He looked at Yu Yan with sparkling eyes. He looks ice and cold, but he actually has good ideas of his own, doesn't he? Just as he was about to express his admiration, Zhu Yao suddenly squeezed in and slapped his stretched-out hand back to where it belonged.

"Hoho, Squad Captain Huang, let's think about how we should conceal our traces for the next three days, shall we?" Zhu Yao smiled with a friendly and intimate look. I dare you to try touching my master with your claws!

"Uh…" Why do I feel as if Dongfang girly's expression has suddenly become terrifying?

In order to conceal the fact that they had already obtained the quest item, and adding that the demonic beast has yet to resurrect, the group pondered for a moment and decided that they might as well make a trip back to the city. There was already a squad that found out that they had already killed the demonic beast, so there would definitely be people who wouldn't give up and return to investigate. Rather than staying, they might as well return to the city and make their presence known. That way, the suspicions that people still had would most likely be removed. Because according to the Nascent Divided Pearls' setting, it would be ineffective if only one of them was brought back to the city, all five of them must be brought back together.

As expected, the moment they returned to the city, they received countless pitying or gloating gazes. Zhu Yao and her two companions were newcomers, so they were not affected that much, but for familiar faces such as Nangong and Zhonggu, they already had some connections in the city. They immediately received a large amount of questions from the various passers-by, and among them were some that added insult to their injury.

The two of them received all of these with gloomy expressions, perfectly unleashing the images of sad, unlucky young men who had been possessed by the god of misfortune.

As for Zhu Yao, her master and Yue Ying, they stood quietly at the side as they watched their act.

Three days later, the few of them announced that they were once again entering the same secret realm to challenge the same demonic beast, in order to earn back their dignity. Not a single person suspected them. Instead, what the group received was a friendly bonus of taunts and mockeries, as the crowd watched the group enter the secret realm.

The fifty-fifth squad thus casually returned to where the demonic beast was, and the Nascent Divided Pearl was still safely lying in the pool. The few of them had talked it over, and agreed to poke the unfortunate resurrected demonic beast every two hours for show, in order to deal with the Deities that were to come spectating. Of course, other than Zhonggu Lu. The poisonous gas from back then had left a mark in his heart, and he was unwilling to move out again even if he had to die. Every day, he would squat by the pool and look at his own face with a water mirror, afraid that he would be poisoned again.

A month later, when the crowd of Deities saw that the five of them were still defending against the demonic beast and were unable to kill it for so long, one after another, they sighed and left. These people sure are idiots. This isn't the only demonic beast in the secret realm, yet they seemed to have brought themselves into a stalemate with it. At that moment, everyone cleared off their thoughts of snatching away the treasure, and slowly, not a single one of them blocked their path any longer.

When the people in all five secret realms who found the Nascent Divided Pearls finally contacted each other, the group charged out of the secret realm together.

Only then did the crowd of Deities regain their senses. They were fooled! Unfortunately, the results had already been decided.

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Chapter 367: The Three Levels of Bastard Aura

At the same time they exited the secret realm, the Nascent Divided Pearl flew out. Along with the other four pearls brought out by the other secret realm teams, they merged together. Then, they turned into several rays of white light and entered the foreheads of every single person that came out of the secret realms. A talisman inscription of the number '1' could be faintly seen floating off their foreheads.

The stone stairs to the second floor that they were basically unable to step on earlier, automatically floated under their feet, and then they dragged the groups up towards the bright place above them. Zhu Yao curiously touched the number '1' inscription on her forehead. It seemed like the inscription was their proof of passing the first floor, and the number was recorded based on the number of floors they passed.

The first floor was '1', so the second floor should be…

Wait a minute!

The thought of having the number '2' hanging above her head in the future instantly made her feel uncomfortable.

With the successful gathering of the five Nascent Divided Pearls, there were a total of nineteen people this time that passed the stage, and together, they flew towards the white light above them. In just a few moments, the crowd was enveloped by the white light. Zhu Yao watched as the white light flashed in front of her, and she could see flowing streams of light encircling their bodies. She suddenly felt like her mind was clear and refreshed, and the speed of her internal breathing seemed to have increased twofold. In the next instant, the crowd was already standing on a white stone stage, and the names above the heads of these Deities had all been refreshed as well. 'Level 1' could no longer be seen, and most of them were all 'Unknown Deities (Level 2)'. Was this a group level up?

This went the same for her squad as well. Above the squad captain's head was 'Nangong Huang (Level 3)', while next to him, the muscular group member's was 'Little Teal (Level 2)'.

Eh, something seems off?

Zhu Yao once again glanced at her master next to her and Yue Ying who was at the back. The names and levels of the three of them were still not shown. Could the system have glitched out or something?

However, even though they all fought the same mobs, why did Nangong Huang's level rise twice while Little Teal only leveled up once. Was it because as a party leader, he gained more experience?

The white light in the surroundings scattered off, and suddenly, a cry could be heard up ahead.

"He's here! Hurry and surround him so that he won't escape."

Zhu Yao heard a few shuffling sounds, and then, in front of her, she could see a large crowd of unknown Deities, with all their levels ranging between two and three. In an instant, they surrounded the nineteen of them with no paths of escape. Their pairs of eyes stared at the new groups intensely, and then, they looked at each one of them interrogatively and excitedly.

Zhu Yao was frightened as she looked at the people that surrounded them. Are they about to bully newbies to show off their power?

"Stop them. He's definitely among them."

"Inspect them carefully. Do not let him escape."

"This bunch is the first to come up here after receiving the news. He's definitely here."

"This is such a good opportunity, do not let him run."

A large crowd of Level 2 and Level 3 Deities began to discuss among themselves, anxiety and excitement could be faintly felt. They seemed to be looking for a person. Zhu Yao's heart clenched as she had a bad premonition. She could not help but tug onto her master.

"No need to worry." Her master instantly sent a voice transmission over. "We've never received the Floor Master's divine imprint. As long as we do not expose our mystic arts, they won't be able to recognize us."

Oh!? No wonder master wouldn't become the Floor Master no matter what. So it's not because of the trouble, but to prevent this? Master sure has thought things too far ahead, but isn't this unfair for a certain Floor Master? But… I still have to give him a thumbs up!

"Eh? None of these people have the aura emitted out by the divine imprints of the Lightning Divine Palace at all. Could it be that he isn't here?" As expected, a Deity that was among the pursuers frowned as he scanned the few Deities that had just entered the lower second floor carefully.

They're really looking for them!

"How's that possible?" Someone else discovered the problem as well. "Didn't the person that came up here before mention that he saw someone use lightning-type arts on the first floor? Theoretically speaking, he should be up here by now? Even if the Floor Master's divine imprint has been passed down, its aura shouldn't disappear so quickly. Could it be that we have to wait for the next batch?"

The surrounding crowd of Deities instantly had disappointed looks on their faces, and some of them had already begun to leave. Some still did not give up and squeezed their way in to inquire about the groups. "I don't believe it. The new Lightning Divine Palace disciple is definitely among them. What are all your names? Every one of you take turns. Is there anyone here with the Daoist title 'Yu'?"

Though the nineteen people that had just ascended were a little irritated and furious, they had just arrived here and they were not in the place to offend others. Every single one of them reported either their names or their Daoist titles. As more people reported their names, the more disappointed the surrounding Deities became. Very quickly, it was the fifty-fifth squad's turn.

Zhu Yao was instantly filled with confidence, and she lied without the slightest hiccup.

"I'm called Third Zhang".

Yu Yan: "Fourth Li."

Yue Ying: "Fifth Wang."

Zhonggu Lu: "Sixth Zhao." What the hell?

Nangong Cheng: "Seventh Sun." Eh? Why do I have to follow their naming conventions?

The faces of the Deities faintly twitched. Why did they feel as though something was off?

Only when the nineteen people had all reported their names did the crowd finally scatter with disappointed look on their faces. All of them returned to their various homes and find their mothers.

The bamboo-figure student Squad Captain Nangong was stunned for a moment as well. Why did I unconsciously speak out the name 'Seventh Sun', hey? Whatever. He turned to glance at his party members behind him. "Dongfang girly, we have to hurry to the Amway Hall to receive our next quest."

"There's an Amway Hall here as well?" Zhu Yao was stunned.

"But of course." Squad Captain Nangong said proudly, acknowledging that there were someone of higher rank than his. "Our Amway Group can be found in every floor of the lower ten floors."

"…" Just how many people do you have in your Amway Group?

The divine city in the second floor was much larger than the one in the first floor. The five of them searched around for a long time before they found Amway Group's sign at the corner of the east street. Compared to the first floor, there were more Deities in the Amway Hall in the second floor. They also saw the same flight of stairs at the very center of the streets, which should be headed to the lower third floor.

This time, when they returned to the Amway Hall, there wasn't a Deity at the counter. Instead, there was a small formation currently flashing in the hall. After looking at it carefully, the formation seemed to be similar to the one that led to the third floor, just that it did not have the layers of stone stairs.

Only after she asked did she find out that the formation was used to send messages to newcomers. Zhu Yao immediately placed the jade tablet, that she received on the first floor, into the formation. She then scanned it with her divine sense, and as she was told, there were now many additional things in the jade tablet, including the quest clear requirements and the map for this floor. After taking a closer look, compared to the previous floor, the quest of this floor was much harder. In summary, in the previous floor, it was a quest that made a group of people attack a single monster, while in this floor, it was quest that made a single person go up against a group of monsters.

The description was similar as well. Gather the Nascent Divided Pearls in order for them to merge and form into a gate access key. However, the number of pearls this time was a little much. Every single person needed ten.

"This jade tablet did not mention how we should go about obtaining the Nascent Divided Pearls. This quest is surely more difficult than the previous one." Squad Captain Nangong frowned. "Furthermore, the materials needed this time are too much. With just the five of us combining our forces, it would most likely still be a difficult task to achieve. Why don't we…" He suddenly turned to look at Zhu Yao, his eyes were burning with sparkles as he said. "Dongfang girly, let's use some backdoor methods!"

In a flash, a cold sword reflecting a chilling light was already hanging next to his neck.

"W-W-W-Wait, Daoist Beichen, don't be too agitated… I'm talking about taking people in… taking people in… I made a mistake with my choice of words, it's my mistake."

This mistake of yours is too far off the mark, right? Are you certain you didn't accidentally expose your true nature?

"Fellow Daoists, are you all from Amway as well?" A gentle, resounding voice suddenly rang out behind them.

When they turned to look, they saw a blast of clear wind. Radiant figures appeared in the entrance, and Zhu Yao suddenly felt the aura of bastar… Ah pui! She felt a tyrannical aura assaulting in their direction.

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Chapter 368: Meeting Another Mary Sue

Among the people that came, the woman was gentle and beautiful, while the men were dashing, making up a total of five men and one woman. At first glance, they were pleasing to the eye. Their bodies even seemed to be glowing, as though they were carrying special effects for making their first appearance. It would have been perfect if there was background music playing behind them.

The person who called out earlier was the woman walking at the center. She wore a pink long robe and had an especially sweet smile. She walked straight over and sized up the few of them. When her line of sight landed on Yu Yan who was next to Zhu Yao, she was slightly stunned for a moment. She then took a few steps forward and lightly asked. "Fellow Daoists, are you worried about the matter concerning the Nascent Divided Pearls as well?"

Though her words were directed at their entire group, her eyes were fixated on Yu Yan. She strangely blinked a lot more than normal, looking as though there were some things she wanted to say, but was too shy to do so. Clearly, Zhu Yao and Nangong Cheng were nearest to her, yet she covered a longer distance to ask her master. Zhu Yao's heart turned stiff for a moment as she took a step forward. What are you doing, huh? This man has an owner.

"Fellow Daoist, we are also worried about being unable to find helpers. Why don't we work together?" The woman acted as though she did not see Zhu Yao, and continued to look at Yu Yan with a face filled with smiles. Her smile carried a hint of playfulness, like the typical neighbour's little daughter next door. As for the five men next to her, they were looking at her with coddling smiles the entire time.

Yu Yan glanced at the person that suddenly barged her way in front of him and habitually frowned. The chilling air around his body grew a little heavier as he pulled over Nangong Cheng who was next to him. "Decide." This is your job, why are you slacking?

Nangong Cheng: "…" She didn't look for me, and you're blaming me?

"Fellow Daoist, I'm the captain of this squad. May I know what you mean by working together, young lady?"

"Ah, so you're the squad captain." The woman was stunned for a moment, and then her expression changed. Her face turned red from shyness, as she meekly glanced at Yu Yan. "I'm sorry, I…" With pure eyes similar to a fawn, and the hint of redness on her cheeks, her gesture could arouse the feelings of pity in every male creature's heart, making it unbearable for others to reprimand her for her actions. As a woman, Zhu Yao expressed that this was a skill that she hadn't witnessed before.

As expected, Nangong Cheng's expression immediately softened. "No worries. Daoist, do you plan on grouping with us?"

"Mn." She nodded. "I'm Mei Xue, and I'm a recent newcomer in the Amway Group as well. Ten Nascent Divided Pearls are simply too many. Also, the places with the Nascent Divided Pearls on the second floor are all extremely dangerous. That's why I wish to invite all of you to work together. May I know your answer?"

Nangong Cheng had a joyous look. The other party had six people, and including them, their numbers would total up to eleven. Their strength would ultimately double. Even if they had to face three demonic beasts at the same time, it wouldn't pose a problem.

"What a coincidence, we wanted to find more people as well. Daoist Mei Xue, your invitation is well-timed. Let me discuss about this with my fellow teammates, as long as they…"

"I object." Zhu Yao raised her hand.

"Dongfang girly!" Nangong was stunned for a moment.

Zhu Yao patted on Nangong Cheng's shoulder. "Squad Captain Huang, you and Little Teal can join their squad. My master and I shall not intrude."

"Don't do that, Dongfang girly. We all came from the lower first floor together, so we're already considered to be tied by fate. Why do you want to leave?" Also, I'm not Squad Captain Huang.

Just as Zhu Yao was about to explain, Mei Xue suddenly stepped out and butted in. "This big sis… These Nascent Divided Pearls are very hard to obtain. With every new member, there will be a higher chance of success. Also, we have already been on this floor for several days, so we are extremely familiar with the terrain. With more helpers, we can definitely reach the third floor faster. Why is big sis making it difficult for your squad captain?" She said with a painful expression, as though Zhu Yao's rejection towards teaming up with them was something unfair.

"Does this concern you?" What does this have to do with you!? This person must be sick, right? Why the hell did you pull aggro towards me for no reason?

Zhu Yao rolled her eyes. She did not have a good impression of her in the first place. This time, she couldn't be bothered to care about her and continued to speak with Nangong Cheng. "Squad Captain Huang, the Nascent Divided Pearls of the second floor are not in secret realms, and there's no requirement of activating them altogether at once. Though the required amount is a little more than before, it isn't impossible for us to gather them all slowly by ourselves. For now, I have no intentions of forming another group, let us say our goodbyes here then." Actually, when she saw the information earlier, she already had the intention of moving alone. The hatred towards Lightning Divine Palace was simply too large, if they were to move together, not only wouldn't they be able to cast lightning-type arts, there might be possibilities that they would be exposed somehow. If it was just her and her master, then they wouldn't have much scruples about such things.

"Wait!" Mei Xue realized that they were truly intent on leaving. She suddenly stepped forward and tugged onto her sleeves. "Big sis, you…"

"Stop!" Zhu Yao interrupted her. "One, I don't have a younger sister. Two, you already said that you've been on this second floor for several days. It's my first day today, and I've never heard of you in the Divine Realm either, which proves that your stay here in the tower is much longer than mine, so you're definitely older than me. Calling me big sis… don't you feel you're acting a little too cutesy? Third, this is our first encounter, so why the hell are you pestering me this much?"

"…" Mei Xue's face stiffened, and suddenly, her eyes reddened, as though she had just suffered some great injustice. Zhu Yao instantly received five sets of killing intent from behind. "I… I'm doing it for your own good too. I want everyone to be together… If big sis isn't willing, then I… I…"

"It's fine, Xue'er." A green-robed man on her right suddenly stepped out. He glared at Zhu Yao for a moment, and then coldly snorted. "In this world, there are always such people who are blind and do not know their place. Not everyone is as kind as you. You do not have to feel sad for such people."

"…" The hell. I just want to leave the party, and I'm not leaving your party either. How am I blind and unaware of my place? Who are these brain-deficient people?

"I'm alright." Mei Xue shook her head. Then, she looked at Zhu Yao again and said. "I just feel that big sis will definitely regret her insistence on acting alone, and it will definitely implicate the Daoist that is with you." She then looked at Yu Yan with sincere eyes. "This Daoist, I hope that you think this through as well. The second floor cannot be compared to the first floor."

"Hoho!" Zhu Yao side-stepped and stood in front of her master. Those eyes of hers gave Zhu Yao the feeling that she was being robbed. "From what you're saying, for someone like me who insists of working alone, all the more I shouldn't join your group and drag all of you down. Shouldn't you thank me for that?"

Mei Xue was stunned for a moment, and instantly, her eyes turned even redder. Her expression grew even pitiful than before and the glittering from the reflection of tears could be seen. "I… I, big sis doesn't like Mei Xue? Is that why you don't agree to teaming up with my group?"

"That's right!" Zhu Yao nodded.

Everyone present was dumbfounded. No one had expected that she would admit it so directly.

"I don't like you!" Zhu Yao seriously said. "I don't even know where you come from, yet you insist of preventing me from leaving. There must be something wrong with me if I were to like you. I thought you knew, but you actually didn't?"

"You…" The green-robed male Deity from earlier was instantly enraged. "You dare to be impolite towards Xue'er!" In an instant, a powerful pressure came pressing down at her, and it was filled with killing intent.

Zhu Yao was startled. She never expected that he would attack her so straightforwardly, and she couldn't react at that moment. Just as the pressure was about to land on her, the side of her waist tightened as she was pulled directly into Yu Yan's embrace. In the next moment, an even more powerful pressure that carried a chilling intent was sent back. In an instant, a terrifying aura enveloped the entire Amway Hall. The green-robed male Deity was unable to stabilize himself, and he puked out a mouthful of blood from the divine energy rebound.

"Big brother Ye Yu!" Mei Xue cried out in surprise. She hurriedly held onto him before he could fall onto the ground. The others were not in great shape either. Though the pressure was not targeted at them, their hearts clenched, and cold sweat dripped down.

The other four men instantly paled as they looked at Yu Yan with bewildered eyes. Someone who had just arrived on the second floor actually had such incredible strength.

Yu Yan coldly glared at the crowd. In an instant, the temperature of the room fell by a few degrees. "Argument, yes. Fight, no!" Daring to injure his disciple right in front of him, were they treating him as blind?

At that moment, everyone present did not utter a sound. The few men with peerless looks especially had heavy expressions on their faces. The female Deity called Mei Xue on the other hand, had a hint of dazzling light flashing past her eyes as she looked at Yu Yan. Then, the light immediately disappeared as she changed into a worried expression and held onto the injured green-robed male Deity. Zhu Yao frowned. A strange feeling welled inside her the depths of her heart. She faintly sensed that something was amiss, but she couldn't figure it out.

Yu Yan turned around, looked at Nangong Cheng, and coldly spoke these two words. "Leaving group!"

"Ah?" Nangong Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately nodded. "Ou."

Yu Yan did not stay for idle chatter either. He grabbed onto his disciple and left. This time, their exit was a success with no one daring to stop them. See? Who says violence can't solve problems?

They flew straight towards a forest south of the divine city, seeking the whereabouts of the Nascent Divided Pearls. Recalling the incident from earlier, the strange feeling in the depths of Zhu Yao's heart grew even heavier. That Mei Xue was constantly giving her a strange familiar feeling, especially that party configuration consisting of five men and one woman.

The looks and demeanour of those five male Deities were all decent. Even in the Divine Realm where the people's appearances were beautiful to the point of being off the charts, they were considered to in the upper tier, and they were not lacking much compared to her master either. Furthermore, their levels were all three, which meant that they were leaders in their own rights on this second floor. She just couldn't figure out why they would bring along Mei Xue who was level one.

That's right! Mei Xue was level one! When Zhu Yao noticed her level, she was shocked as well. She was the first level one player that Zhu Yao saw in this lower second floor. Furthermore, from the eyes of those few men, they were not your average companions among Daoists. Instead, they looked like… the eyes of lovers! Five to one, uh… their taste was incredibly heavy.

Wasn't this the standard of a Mary Sue story?

Zhu Yao stopped her feet, as something rang in her mind. She linked up the clues and figured out what this strange feeling was. She was too similar to Yi Ling from before. They both had appearances of a white flower, they both had the Mary Sue attribute, and they were both surrounded by a bunch of men that would die for their sakes. Furthermore, they both wanted to pull beautiful men into their harems at first sight. However, why didn't her face have the word 'bug' on it?

She was simply walking on the harem route, but not the world destruction route? Or was the Lightning Divine Tower a separate world? Why did she feel that a person like that was even more terrifying!? That girl's a human-shaped biological weapon that attracts attention wherever she goes!

"Master…" She pulled the man next to her and hugged him tight. Raising her head, she said with a stern tone. "Promise me, just like how the Fifth Prince promised Xiao Yanzi, cherish your disciple and stay far away from Mary Sue Mei Xue, alright?" If you dare to have a change of heart, I will take my revenge on society.

Yu Yan was stunned for a moment. He looked at stupid disciple a little strangely, and then, with a frown, he asked. "Who is Mei Xue?"

Alright then. Face-blindness saves the world.

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Chapter 369: Please Call Me Lei Feng

Zhu Yao carefully looked at the map, and then glanced at the surrounding trees that were as tall as the clouds.

"Master, why are we here?"

"Naturally, to find the Nascent Divided Pearls." Yu Yan replied seriously.

"Are you certain we can find one here?"

He reached out his hand to stroke her head. "Previously, the Nascent Divided Pearl was inside a demonic beast's body, and demonic beasts usually conceal themselves within dense forests."

"But master… We have already circled around for a month?"

"Demonic beasts do not emit out auras, so we are unable to find them with our divine senses."

"But we have already walked through this path three times today." Are you sure we're not lost?

The white figure in front of her stiffened for a moment. Then, he immediately said with a stern look once more. "Do not be anxious." Saying that, he turned towards another small road.

"Master, we came from that road earlier."

"…" His figure paused for a moment, and then, he decisively turned towards another road. Mn, he simply wanted to have a closer look. He definitely wasn't lost.

Zhu Yao caught up to him with a darkened expression. So her master was not just face-blind, but had a poor sense of direction as well. Without the GPS known as divine sense, he was completely unable to find his way. It's no wonder he's a shut-in?

In the next few days, a certain master completely demonstrated his basic conduct as someone with no sense of direction.

"Master, we walked through that road before."

"Master, at the end of this road is the riverside which we rested at earlier."

"Master, we crawled up from that boulder over there earlier. Did you forget?"

"Master, stop marking on this tree. You have already marked it four times, this makes it the fifth."

"Wait! Master, why are you turning back? We just came from there."

"Master…"

"Yu… Yao!" Yu Yan frowned as he finally stopped. He pulled in his disciple and said with a stern expression. "Your master feels that it's best that we search from the sky, and use our divine senses to probe the area."

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. "Master, weren't you the one who said that we can't use our divine senses to search for demonic beasts?" You're just trying to escape the fact that you have no sense of direction, right?

"Your master feels that for something such as Nascent Divided Pearls, they might not all be inside demonic beasts." He analyzed with a serious look.

"… Master, are you certain you're not lost?" Enough, enough! I know you have no sense of direction already. Please pass me the authority to lead the way, alright?

"Nonsense." A certain master still kept up his stern expression. "Previously on the first floor, among the five Nascent Divided Pearls in the five secret realms, not all of them were found within demonic beasts. It must be the same for this place as well."

"Then master thinks that…" Enough! Though having no sense of direction isn't an illness, please do not give up treatment!

"The Nascent Divided Pearls. They might be somewhere else."

"Hoho…" Master, the way you're quibbling is so refreshing. She took a deep breath, and casually picked an unknown fruit from the tree next to her. "If it's not inside demonic beasts, are you saying they can even be grown from trees?"

Ting!

You received 1 Nascent Divided Pearl. Gate Key 2 – Completion Rate: 1 / 10

Zhu Yao: "…"

Yu Yan: "…"

Yue Ying: "…"

She looked at the fruit in her hand that suddenly turned into a green pearl, staring at it silently for three seconds…

They're really growing from trees, hey!

Where's your most basic conduct as a quest item? Do you have to be this random?

"Mn, it seems the path that your master has chosen isn't wrong."

"…" Master, do you have to be this shameless?

Zhu Yao carefully inspected the tree, and it looked extremely normal. If not for it being filled with fruits hanging on its branches, it wouldn't even have any decorative value either. Furthermore, the fruits on the trees were extremely green. Just by looking at it, she knew that they were the type where their sourness would seep into her tastebud with just a single bite. However, a tree like this was actually filled with Nascent Divided Pearls. At that moment, Zhu Yao felt that she had truly stepped on dog shit.

It seemed like them circling around this forest for more than a month was not a fruitless effort.

All of them grabbed ten each. After hearing a series of notification bells, the ten Nascent Divided Pearls merged into a colourful marble-like pearl. Written on it was 'Gate Key (2)'.

Zhu Yao never expected that they would pass this stage so easily this time. It was so easy, she couldn't believe her own eyes. After adjusting themselves, they decided to hurry back to the previous divine city and head up to the third floor.

This time, they did not need to look for demonic beasts, and so they could wantonly use their divine senses to look for the path back. In the end, after scanning through, she found out that they were actually at somewhere extremely north of the second floor. Zhu Yao recalled that when they left the city back then, they had clearly gone south. Yet, they actually managed to find their way to the northern side. She had to admit that her master's standard of direction sense was already beyond godlike.

"Let's go." Yu Yan held his disciple with his usual look, and flew up into the air. They, he headed straight in the direction of the divine city. In the depths of his heart, he was already experiencing waves of joy. With the powerful GPS known as the divine sense, a certain master had instantly turned into an expert guide as he picked the nearest road. He could finally fly confidently, fly freely, and fly willfully! His disciple no longer had to worry about him not having a sense of direction either!

Because they made an incredibly huge detour in the beginning, they naturally did not pick the same road as before. Zhu Yao thought that their speed would increase dramatically, but her master suddenly stopped after flying for an hour and stayed in the air.

"What is it?"

Yu Yan frowned as he looked towards the distance. "There's people in front of us."

Zhu Yao swept her divine sense through, and indeed, there were auras of Deities in the surroundings. However, they were quite a distance away, so she couldn't get a clear sight of them. Furthermore, a faint scent of blood was lingering in the air. "Who is it?"

He did not reply, instead, his expression simply turned heavier.

Though, Yue Ying at the side spoke up. "It's the people we formed a squad with before."

"Our former squad?" Zhu Yao was stunned. "Squad Captain Nangong Huang!? Let's go over!"

She increased her speed and immediately flew in the direction where the scent of blood was coming from. As she had expected, fifty kilometers away, Former Squad Captain Nangong was lying on the ground covered in blood. He was missing an arm, and the wound there was uneven, as though it was tore out by something. A large pool of fresh blood stained the ground as he panted, half-kneeling on the ground. His aura was unstable, and even the number above his head was constantly flashing between '2' and '3'. Was he about to drop a level?

"Nangong Huang!" Zhu Yao could not help but call out.

"I'm called Nangong Cheng." The person on the ground roared back out of habit, and then he was stunned when he saw Zhu Yao. "Why is it you? Why… are you all here…"

"I'm the one who should be asking you that. Why are you injured so heavily? Where's the others?" Zhu Yao cast a few arts to stop his bleeding. Wasn't he in a squad with that Mary Sue? Why was he here alone?

"The others…" Just as he was about to explain, he suddenly recalled something and pushed her away. "Hurry and leave this place. Otherwise, it will be too late."

"What?" Before Zhu Yao could even figure out the situation, she hearing a sharp and terrifying roar. The surrounding atmosphere felt as if it had dropped by several dozen degrees as a bone-piercing chilling wind blew.

"It's too late!" Squad Captain Nagong's face instantly turned miserably pale.

"Yu… Yao!" Yu Yan pulled up his disciple and shielded her behind him. Forming hand seals with his two hands, various inscriptions instantly flew out of his hands. At that moment, spanning a territory of several dozen meters in radius, a transparent barrier was instantly erected. Dozens of enormous spiritual swords descended from the sky, circling around the surroundings and firmly protecting the people within.

This was… the Five Ways Sword Spirit Formation! A defensive formation that merely second to the Nine Tribulations Five Ways Lightning Formation of Lightning Divine Palace!

The moment the formation was completed, the surroundings rumbled. Several hundreds of demonic beasts of various types and sizes appeared. They then began to wildly crash against and bite the barrier.

Zhu Yao was stunned. Earlier, there wasn't even a single movement. Just where the hell did all these demonic beasts come from?

"It's no use." Nangong Cheng's face turned ash-grey in defeat as he looked at the three people in front of him with eyes filled with guilt. "This demonic beast is lured over by an Annihilation Formation. More and more of them will appear. Forget about the three of you, even if there's thirty of us, we definitely wouldn't be able to defeat all of them."

Annihilation Formation…

The Annihilation Formation that would annihilate all living beings! Who would place down such a formation?

Yu Yan frowned even deeper. He directly called out his own Life Artifact, the lightning sword, and took a few steps forward.

"I'm sorry… for pulling you all down." Nangong Cheng looked at Zhu Yao with a face filled with guilt.

"Do not speak for now." Zhu Yao cast an art to temporarily stop his bleeding, and then entered his body to inspect it with a strand of divine sense. She realized that his internals were damaged especially heavily, and even his meridians were about to turn into mush. His Dantian even had the dangerous traces of cracking. She immediately sat down in a lotus position behind him. "Focus and calm yourself, I will help restore your Dantian and heart meridians.

"Nevermind!" Nangong however shook his head. "We are not even able to escape now. You will just be wasting your divine energy. Dongfang girly, don't care about me any longer. I can't live for long anymore. If you all of you charge out with all of your strength, there might be a sliver of hope…"

"What's with all these nonsense that you're spouting!" Zhu Yao ignored his words and immediately slammed her palm onto his chest and inserted a strand of divine energy into his body. This strand stabilized his collapsing Dantian with all its might.

Nangong Cheng still insisted on explaining. "There are so many demonic beasts, and not to mention, they are demonic beasts with an extremely dark attribute. If you bring me along, you guys basically can't escape at all. Take this opportunity where the demonic beasts are not stacking up yet and flee."

"Shut up!" She did not realize it before, but he was even a chatter.

"I'm being serious, Dongfang girly!" Nangong Cheng was anxious. He persuaded her while spitting out blood. "This gratitude for helping me, this old man shall pay back in my next life.

However, this crowd of demonic beasts are all extremely dark beasts that stay in the north. Only lightning can deal with them effectively. You guys beat them." The more he spoke, the more he felt despair. "If we don't leave now, we won't make it in time. Unless you guys are capable of inviting the people of Lightning Divine Palace…"

Rumble!

Before he could even finish, lightning sparks lighted up the entire sky. Lightning bolts with the width of a bucket and descended from the sky. The lightning bolts that surrounded the encircling demonic beasts struck fiercely. In the sky, a snow-white figure was currently holding onto a lightning sword. Even with a light swing, lightning sparks continued to fill the sky.

Eh!?

"Light… Lightning… Lightning Divine Palace!" There must be something wrong with how I got injured. Why the hell does Daoist Beichen know how to wield lightning-type arts!? "Dong… Dongfang girly!"

"What?" Zhu Yao used this opportunity to guide out her divine energy and sealed four out of five of his damaged meridians. Then she stabilized his near-collapse Dantian, before standing right up.

"He… Is he really your master?"

"Mn."

"Direct disciple?"

"Of course!" If he's not my direct master, are you telling me that you're my master?

"…" Didn't they say that only a single person from Lightning Divine Palace had entered? When did it become a total of three?

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Chapter 370: It's Definitely Not That Easy

"Yu… Yao." Yu Yan swept away the demonic beasts and immediately flew over. He glanced at Squad Captain Huang who was no longer in a critical state. "Let's go."

Zhu Yao nodded and then grabbed Nangong Huang off the ground. "Off we go!"

"Wait!" Nangong Cheng reached out towards the ground and seemed to have picked something up, before allowing himself to be pulled by Zhu Yao. Following Yu Yan, they flew towards the cleared path which was blasted open by the lightning strikes.

After flying up did they realize just how many demonic beasts were roaming in the surroundings. The entire place was shrouded in thick darkness. At the very least, their numbers were up in the high thousands. It was no wonder they had circled around the forest without bumping into a single demonic beast. They had all run over here.

Yu Yan summoned a lightning dragon. Zhu Yao did not stay idle either and directly summoned her Life Artifact – 'Patch' Sword. With a light swing, she easily released her sword intent. A phoenix which was formed by red lightning bolts, along with her master's lightning dragon, instantly swept open a single road in front of them.

The demonic beasts that were scattered towards the surroundings, once again began to gather.

"Charge out!" Yu Yan grabbed onto his disciple and flew towards the swept-open path while blowing away the leftover demonic beasts. Zhu Yao was just about to catch up, when she suddenly stopped once more. Lowering her head, she looked at the bottom, at the figure that was standing at the very center of a formation. She could not help but call out. "Hurry."

The figure below was stunned for a moment, and then immediately after, the corners of his lips stretched upwards, looking as if he had just felt the spring breeze. His smile, that looked as though he had been given a new lease of life after being frozen in ice for so long, was as if he had just found hope to continue living on.

Zhu Yao's heart sank, and she somehow began to feel a little irritated as she continued forward. Only then did the figure on the ground flash and appear behind her. He still maintained that considerable distance, but compared to the complete lack of presence before, he seemed to now possess a hint of life.

They flew straight back towards the forest they got lost in, and only after they could no longer hear a single beast howl did they finally stop.

Yu Yan searched for a rather concealed valley so that Nangong Cheng could tend to his wounds. Though his injuries were really severe, since Zhu Yao was able to seal his meridians and protect his Dantian in time, his foundations were not damaged. Adding that he was Demonic Immortal in the first place, he had a powerful body and his recovery power was much faster than regular Deities. After a few hours, the wounds on his body had all begun to close,. Though, a little more time was needed for his severed arm to regrow.

The level above his head dropped by one, from the initial '3' to the '2' now. He was now exactly the same as his gay friend Zhonggu Lu.

"Dongfang girly, really, thank you very much. I… I…"

"No need for thanks, call me Lei Feng! Oh right, where's Little Teal?" Zhu Yao suddenly recalled. "Did the two of you split up? Why are you the only one here?"

"I'm not. He's right here!" Nangong Cheng reached out his hand to pick up a bloodied object that had been placed next to him.

Zhu Yao took a serious look at the thing in his hand. It was completely stained in blood, and was something similar to a bundle of withered grass roots. "This… Is this straw?" And it's harvested too.

"This daddy is a Flower Deity!" The withered grass on Nangong Cheng's suddenly leapt up, and then shook four of its branches about. "You actually compared me to those extremely ugly grass roots. How are they as handsome and suave as me?"

This voice is…

"Little Teal!?" Zhu Yao was shocked. She cast a Dirt Removal Art on it, revealing a yellow branch that looked as though it hadn't been watered for several hundred years. A flower was grown at the center of it, though its four petals were all distorted together, as though they could wilt and fall off at any moment. "You're actually a Flower Deity? There are not many spirits capable of cultivating in High Deities. You're rather incredible." The cultivation of spirits were usually quite low. This was the first time she saw one that could reach the level of a High Deity and enter the Lightning Divine Tower.

"W… Well, at least you have some… eyes." It shook about its dried plum-like leaves, and then, at the same time, folded them a little. "But, even if you praise me like that, I… I won't be really happy either."

Even though he was clearly really happy!

"Why are you back in your original form?" Zhu Yao looked at the two of them back and forth. Did you two formed a group with Mei Xue? Why are you two the only ones left here? Where are they?"

The leaf that Zhonggu Lu raised once again wilted down. Nangong Cheng had a furious look as well, as he gnashed his teeth audibly.

"Don't bring it up. My eyes were blind for mistakenly trusting those shameless people." Nangong Cheng angrily told them the events that happened after they left. "Initially, we agreed to come over to the north to search for demonic beasts with Nascent Divided Pearls in them. However, that ridiculous Mei Xue wanted to head to the depths of this dense forest, explaining that she had just obtained an ancient secret formation. She said that as long as we bring in all the demonic beasts inside the formation, we can obtain Nascent Divided Pearls without even lifting a finger. However, who knew that the so-called formation she spoke of, was actually an Extermination Formation?"

"This daddy here has lived for so long, yet I've never seen such a stupid person before." Zhonggu Lu interrupted. "That Extermination Formation is capable of exterminating all living beings, but those demonic beasts cannot be considered living beings in the first place. They are unkillable and unexterminable, their births are tied to fate itself. They are creatures without souls. The moment she unleashed the Extermination Formation, all other living beings died, leaving behind the demonic beasts. How is that seeking Nascent Divided Pearls? We're clearly seeking a beating there!"

Uhh… She certainly was not aware that this particular Mary Sue's thought process would be this surprising and fresh.

"Haah… We actually had a chance to escape." Nangong Cheng continued. "The moment the Extermination Formation activated, I realized something was amiss, and informed everyone to hurry and retreat. However that girly called Mei Xue insisted that the formation was effective, and wasn't willing to leave even if she had to die. And those squadmate of hers, every single one of them was blind as well. The moment she put it that way, all of them actually believed her. Only when the demonic beasts come chasing were they finally willing to believe that was an Extinction Formation."

"Then why were you two there?" When she discovered them earlier, there weren't presences of any other formations in the surroundings, and the place did not look as if a formation that could exterminate all living beings had been activated. This proved that they had already escaped.

"Haah…" Nangong Cheng's expression grew even uglier. "We desperately wanted to slaughter out way out. By combining the strength of all eight of us, it shouldn't have been impossible. Who knew that the female Deity Mei is merely a decoration? Forget about crying throughout the entire journey, the others even had to split some of their attentions to protect her. There were several times where we were this close to being devoured by demonic beasts, but those five people seemed to have taken the wrong medicine and all went to protect her. In the end, Brother Zhonggu Lu and I were the only ones left killing the enemies." The longer he spoke, the angrier he became as he painfully gritted his teeth. "I simply told her off a little, and then she began bursting out in tears, making a ruckus and saying things like wanting to commit suicide, not wanting to pull us down. The hell, just what kind of situation did she think we were in back then? Yet she still wanted to make a ruckus. If she wanted to cause a ruckus, then do it. Charge right into the mouth of a demonic beast and end it right there and then. Yet she still wanted to go crazy and wanted to snatch my weapon away to commit suicide using it."

"Uh…" This is an Oscar award nominee, young man. "And then?"

"Then…" His expression darkened, his teeth gnashed resoundingly. "After that, the other five Daoists went crazy as well. They actually wanted to fight me because of her, initiating duels and whatever! The hell, just what kind of situation did they think we were in? They actually wanted to duel me right there and then! If not because she was female, I really wanted to bite her to death!"

It seemed like there were deep internal conflicts huh. "Then… how did you guys get out?"

Nangong Cheng took a few deep breaths, before he slowly said. "Brother Zhonggu Lu used up all the divine energy in his body and ignited a shattering technique, blasting open a crack. We were then able to escape the Extermination Formation and arrive in that dense forest. That was how my arm was shredded off as well. After we got out, we split from the group. After that, because my injuries were too severe, I could no longer muster any energy to fly and fell into that dense forest. I was then caught up by those demonic beasts."

It's no wonder Little Teal reverted back to his original form.

"If Dongfang girly hadn't appeared in time, even if I wasn't eaten by those demonic beasts, my Dantian would have most likely been shattered, and my cultivation would been destroyed." He said with a gratitude. "Thank you, Dongfang girly."

"We were passing through anyway." Zhu Yao patted on his shoulders and said with a proud look on her face. "You don't have to be courteous with me now, Squad Captain Nangong Huang."

"…" I'm Nangong Cheng!

"Your Dantian is fine now, but it will take some time for your meridians. As for Little Teal…" She looked at the withered plant next to her, and inspected it with her divine sense. She discovered that there really wasn't the slightest bit of divine energy in his body. How was she going to heal a damaged plant? Could it be…

"Hey, what's with that face of yours that looks like you're about to give me fertilizers?" Zhonggu Lu suddenly straightened up. It shook its two leaves forward, making a large cross.

"Little Teal, you don't have to be so sensitive! I never thought of giving you fertilizers."

"Then it would be something close to…"

"I just wanted to water you."

Student Zhonggu Lu firmly resisted against all unreasonable cultivating actions. Through its words, it resolutely rejected all of Zhu Yao's kind intentions of watering it and providing it fertilizers. Zhu Yao expressed that she was really sad. Raising flowers or whatever, was something she specialized in. In the modern era, the flowers and plants that she raised were all immensely beautiful. Her techniques were definitely on the professional level. She never expected she would be despised for it.

Left with no other choice, they could only plant it in soil. In order to make it convenient for travel, she even especially used earth-type mystic arts to make it a flower pot, so that it can be carried around easily. Mn. I'm a little excited as to what type of plant Little Teal is!

The moment student Little Teal entered the flower pot, it sank into deep sleep. Squad Captain Nangong's injuries still needed to be tended to as well. Zhu Yao had no choice but to put aside her floor rising plan and stay in this valley for a night. Tomorrow, she would then head over to the center of the divine city and raise her level.

Turning around, she glanced at the two people who were in meditation and deep sleep. She could not help but let out a sigh. "They sure were unlucky." Mary Sues were terrifying alright. She didn't do anything much, and she ended up landing them in such pitiful states. Zhu Yao then pulled her master over from the side and once again reminded him. "Cherish your life, stay far away from Mary Sues."

"Yu… Yao." Yu Yan glanced at the two people and frowned. "I'm afraid this matter isn't that simple."

"Ah?" Zhu Yao was stunned for a moment.

"From what I know, though Extermination Formations are powerful, they do not have the capabilities to lure in demonic beasts."

"What do you mean?"

"Have you ever wondered why these two people were still constantly chased by those demonic beasts even after they left the formation?" He said with a calm look. "Or should I say, just the two of them?"

"…" Zhu Yao's heart sank, her eyes widened. "Master, you're saying…"

He nodded. "I believe the Nascent Divided Pearls within the Extermination Formation had all been cleared out by now."

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Chapter 371: Two-Person Instance

Zhu Yao returned to investigate the Extermination Formation, and as her master had said, the place had been cleared up nicely. It was a barren wasteland within a hundred kilometers radius. Forget about Nascent Divided Pearls, even the demonic beasts had disappeared. She even intentionally circled around the area, yet she did not even discover a single one.

"Other formations have been mixed within the Extermination Formation." Yu Yan solemnly said. "Most likely, one of the formations was used to lure in demonic beasts, and the formation core was on one of their bodies."

Zhu Yao's heart turned chilly for a moment. She thought that Mei Xue was like Yi Ling, a white lotus with excessive hormones. Never did she expect that she was actually a black-hearted lotus. Most likely, she had already planned on using Squad Captain Nangong and Little Teal right from the start.

Though there were many ways to obtain Nascent Divided Pearls, they were all in this dense forest. There were many living creatures in the forest, and they were extremely hard to find. That was why she decided to exterminate all living beings, and after that, finding Nascent Divided Pearls would turn much more convenient.

However, the moment this formation were to active, other than Nascent Divided Pearls, there were still demonic beasts in the dense forest. In order to buy more time to collect the scattered Nascent Divided Pearls, she needed a cannon fodder to help her lure away the demonic beasts. That's why she chose Nangong Cheng and Zhonggu Lu.

She secretly placed the formation core for the demonic beast luring formation on them, and as long as they split up, the demonic beasts would naturally chase after Nangong Cheng and Zhonggu Lu. All they had to do was return to collect the Nascent Divided Pearls and they would be done with their work. Such convenience.

"Then where are they now?" Zhu Yao's heart sank. The demonic beasts can't possibly chase all the way here, right?

"No need to worry." Yu Yan shook his head. "That demonic beast luring formation must be time-limited. By now, it should be ineffective."

With a wave of his hand, a dull-coloured formation inscription floated out of the two were meditating.

Zhu Yao heaved a sigh of relief. Thinking back for a moment, she suddenly felt that Mei Xue was rather terrifying. In order to obtain Nascent Divided Pearls, she would actually slaughter all the living beings within a hundred kilometers radius without batting an eye. She sure was ruthless. Furthermore, the Extermination Formation was just a thousand kilometers away from the divine city. Zhu Yao wondered if there were any unlucky Deities who came walking into the forest and were killed along with all of the living creatures. Let's not forget there were definitely several demons, beasts, or spirit among them.

As an honest person with great EQ and IQ, Zhu Yao felt that she definitely had to stay away from this black-hearted lotus in the future. She might one day be conned into her schemes.

Zhu Yao directly told Squad Captain Nangong the truth, and his face instantly blackened. He looked as if he badly wanted to head back immediately and beat up the other side. Little Teal's leaves even turned black from anger. This seed of vengeance had truly been planted deep.

Though by now, they must have already flown up to the third floor. They did not idle for long. After student Nagong's injuries were better, they immediately plucked out a few Nascent Divided Pearls and stepped onto the level-raising elevator.

Zhu Yao was awakened by the cold. There was cold wind assaulting her, and it was bone-piercing chilly. Startled up, she opened her eyes and what she saw was complete darkness. The entire place was pitch-black. She instinctively reached out for her master beside her, but she grasped empty air instead.

"Master!" Zhu Yao was shocked. She reached out left and right, and only then did she grab onto a gentle hand. She instantly heaved a sigh of relief. Her sight was still covered in darkness. "This is… We're on the lower third floor?" It's a little too dark, isn't it? Isn't the exit supposed to be the divine city? Why isn't there the slightest bit of divine energy around here?

Zhu Yao casually whipped up a fire art and glanced around. "Where's Nangong Huang and Little Teal?" Weren't they in front of me? How did they disappear? "Master, you…" When she turned around, she was stunned. "Yue Ying, why is it you?"

She subconsciously swung her hand away and raised up the ember in her hand, beginning her search. "Master, Nangong Huang, Little Teal…"

Yue Ying's eyes which were dark in the first place, instantly dimmed quite a bit. He slowly tightened his hand, and only after a short while did he retract the hand which she had mistakenly grabbed onto. Moving his lips, he spoke a moment later. "He's not here… There's no one else here…"

Zhu Yao's feet stopped, her eyes instantly sharpened. "Is it your doing?" Bringing her here all alone.

Yue Ying was startled, his eyes instantly widened. His stunned face instantly turned miserably pale as he strongly shook his head. "Big sis Yao…"

"It best not be!" Zhu Yao turned her head around and took a deep breath. Not bothering about him any longer, she immediately flew up and materialized a fire dragon. In an instant, a streak of light cut across the sky.

When she took a closer look below, she realized that this place was a tattered divine city. The entire place was filled with broken walls and collapsed buildings. As Yue Ying had said, other than the two of them, there wasn't a single other human figure around.

Why was she here? She recalled that she was clearly standing on the elevator to the third floor. When she reached the top, a white light assaulted her. She simply felt a light headache, and immediately after, she found herself here.

Was this truly the lower third floor? Where was her master and the rest? Could it be that the third level had different exits?

The surrounding winds grew stronger, and they were turning colder as well. It was as if they were blowing through the gaps of the bones. The winds were accompanied by strange howls, causing one's heart to feel chilly.

Zhu Yao decided to first look around and search for other people. She immediately chose a direction and flew towards it. Yue Ying immediately followed after her as well.

However, the further she searched, the darker it became, and the winds were so strong they could blow away a human being. The defensive barriers that Zhu Yao placed down were not very effective either, and she had no choice but to stop. She could not help but feel a little worried. Just what was this hell of a place? She had flown for half a day, but she did not spot a single person. Furthermore, there wasn't a single hint of divine energy in her surroundings. She couldn't be trapped here, right?

She took a deep breath and calmed herself. Then, she used all of her strength to release her divine sense to investigate. She realized that in a hundred kilometers radius, the scenery was all the same. A barren wasteland. Forget about Deities, even a small animal or a plant couldn't be seen. There wasn't divine energy, nor spiritual energy in the air. Other than the constantly howling winds, there was nothing else around.

Wait a minute!

Her divine sense swept towards a place several dozens of kilometers in front of her. There seemed to be something as huge as a mountain? And why did it feel familiar? Zhu Yao's heart shook, and she immediately flew in that direction. After closing in, she then discovered that they were actually a huge bones. She wondered what kind of demonic beast they belonged to, as the bones were extremely enormous. At the very least, they could reach up to a height of five or six floors. Strangely, they was actually entirely red and was emitting out flowing light like a gem. Furthermore, they were all ribcages, while some of them were buried in the ground. What was exposed were sharp and pointy bones that reached out to the sky.

"What are these?" She hadn't seen any red bones before. Yue Ying took a few steps forward as well, and then, lowering his head, he looked at the strange bones in front of him.

Zhu Yao stared at it for half a day, but she still couldn't figure out what's strange about it. Though, the sinister winds in the air grew even stronger. Whatever, let's first locate master for now.

"I'm leaving." She called out. Just as she was about to cast an art and fly, her side tightened, and she was pulled back. When she turned back to look, Yue Ying was currently grabbing tightly onto the corner of her robes. Zhu Yao frowned. "Let go!"

"…" Yue Ying did not reply. He simply lowered his head, and held onto the corner of her robes tightly just like in the past.

Fury instantly enveloped Zhu Yao. After not being able to jerk out after a few shakes, she immediately cast an art and sliced off that piece of cloth.

"What are you trying to pull?"

He still did not reply as the hand he was holding onto the piece of cloth with, trembled. He took a step forward, as though he was still trying to pull onto her. This action reminded ZHu Yao of his previous actions, and immediately swatted his hand away. Just as she was about to fly up into the air, a very soft voice called out behind her.

"Egg…"

Zhu Yao's feet stopped. It was as if her heart had been slammed heavily by something, as she hurriedly turned her head around.

Yue Ying who was still a head taller than she was earlier, actually began to slowly shrink. In just a few moments, his height was merely at her waist level, and his clothes had turned tattered and broken as well. The flesh on his face caved in, as though his moisture had all been sucked out in an instant. What remained was a bone-skinny skeleton figure.

This appearance…

"Shao Bai."

The skinny-figured child walked over shakily. Opening wide his branch-like arms, he tightly hugged her waist. A voice that was so coarse which made it unclear, sounded. "Egg… Don't be afraid! I will protect you, don't be afraid."

Zhu Yao was stunned.

Just what was going on?

"Yue Ying! Stop fooling around." She immediately pulled his hand away. "Just what is going on? Why did you become like that?"

However, he seemed to ignore her. Suddenly, he raised his hand and slit his wrist, the surrounding winds instantly turned wild. Like sharp blades, they came assaulting towards her. Yue Ying used all of his strength to scatter his blood towards the air, angrily shouting. "Go away, don't you all dare touch her!"

This… This was the same scene she saw in the Nether Abyss back then. He was Shao Bai?

"Yue Ying! What's wrong with you?" Zhu Yao's mind was in a mush. She turned to look at the red bones. Could those bones be the reason? Could they possibly be capable of confusing the hearts of people? Was all these an illusion? However, Yue Ying's cultivation was clearly higher than hers. Why was she fine, while he turned out that way?

Zhu Yao hurriedly cast a few dispelling arts, but they were all ineffective.

Yue Ying was still scattering his own blood, constantly slitting his own wrist.

"Are you crazy!?" If he continued to slice his wrist, he would empty all the blood in his body. They were just dark winds, not devillic energy!

Zhu Yao grabbed his hand, stopping him from his self-harm. She turned to look at those red bones, and immediately carried Yue Ying off with her fastest speed.

However, Yue Ying did not recover his reason in the slightest. Instead, he raised his head and looked straight at her. Then, he reached out to hug her neck. Using his pair of withered small hands, he patted slowly on her back.

"Egg, don't be afraid, don't be afraid… I will protect you. Second elder brother will protect you!"

"…" Zhu Yao instantly felt as if her heart had been stabbed a little. A bone-piercing pain welled up, and even her heart began to ache. She could not help but call out. "Second elder brother…"

The moment her words fell, the surrounding scenery instantly began to distort, as though something had been triggered. The darkness in the sky disappeared and the surrounding boundless wasteland disappeared without a trace. What replaced it was a huge green plains. The sky was covered by enormous leaves, only small bits of light could seep through the cover. Like a starry sky, the light that landed on her body felt warm and fuzzy.

—— Parasol Tree.

"Little sister, this is for you!" In front of her, Shao Bai's large face suddenly appeared. He no longer had the look of a child like before, instead, he turned into his previous handsome appearance. He was currently holding onto a bag of something which he stuffed into her hands. She unconsciously opened it up, and they were all melon seeds.

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Chapter 372: National Big Giveaway

"What is it? Don't like them?" Seeing her unmoving, Shao Bai gave an even warmer smile as he reached out to stroke her head. "It's fine, second elder brother prepared others as well." As he said that, he pulled out bags and bags of snacks and stuffed them in her hands.

Zhu Yao was a little stunned. She glanced at the various familiar bags in her hands. "Second elder brother…" Just what was going on?

"Hurry and eat them, before your teacher discovers them." Shao Bai helped combed her hair and gently said. "If he discover them again, he would once more…"

"What did you get this time?" Before he could finish, a figure dressed in snow-white robes appeared from not far away.

"Master!" As expected, he was here as well. "This place is really strange…"

Before she could finish, the person in front of her frowned. With a cold face, he walked over. Then, he turned towards a rock at the side and began his lecture. "Your teacher has told you several times that you've already abstained from food. There's no benefits to your cultivation if you constantly take in mortal food."

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. "Master, I'm over here…" Please forgive that rock.

The person in front of her stiffened for a moment, and then he immediately turned around with his usual look. Facing a tree at the side, he continued with his justifications. "I've mentioned it to you yesterday, and what did you promise to this teacher? Does that still count?"

Zhu Yao sighed. Left with no choice, she grabbed onto the person in front of her and turned him around. "I'm over here!" This face-blindness that did not discriminate across races could only belong to one person. "… Teacher?" He was the Far Ancient Highgod? Wasn't he already…

"What is it? Did you even forget about your teacher?" His frown grew deeper. With a long sigh, he said. "Yu… Yao. Though you're a Phoenix, you cannot slack on your cultivation."

"What did you call me?" Zhu Yao was stunned. She had never told her teacher her name, and the only person who could possibly call her Yu Yao was her master! Just what was going on?

"Mn?" He looked at her, confused.

Zhu Yao immediately stepped forward and grabbed his hands. "Who are you?"

Before the person in front of her could speak, Shao Bai next to her stepped forward. Bowing forward, he then courteously said. "Sovereign Yu Yan, please forgive her. These snacks were something I brought over, and it's not related to her. You should be aware that Little Seventh is my only sister, so naturally I pamper her a lot more. Please do not blame her because of this."

Sovereign Yu Yan? Master! He's really my master, but…

"Nevermind." Yu Yan's expression slacked a little. Lowering his head, he glanced at Zhu Yao and habitually stroked her head. A familiar warmth surfaced in his eyes, and he lightly said. "No more exceptions in the future. Tomorrow…" He turned his head away a little unnaturally, and then after a moment, he said. "Head up the mountain a little earlier."

After saying that, his figure flashed.

"Master, wait…" Before Zhu Yao could even react, he had already disappeared. Her mind was growing confused by the moment. Yue Ying, Shao Bai? Master, Teacher? Just what was going on?

"What is it? You're afraid that he's angry?" Shao Bai smiled and revealed a pair of relieving eyes. "Don't worry. You're already about to get married, so why would he blame you?"

"Get married!?" Just what kind of godly development is this?

"That's right, isn't it next month?" Shao Bai gave an even gentler smile. Just as he was about to explain, he suddenly sensed something. He turned around, and with a sunken expression, he sharply called out. "Stop there!"

Behind a boulder, a little red figure that was about to leave instantly stiffened. He stopped in his tracks, and turned his little pitiful face around. "Second elder brother, seventh elder sister."

"Little Eighth!" Wasn't he with the Wood Spirit? Why was he here? And he was even his child form.

Shao Bai shook his head as he reached out one of his hands. "Take it out."

"Second elder brother…" Little Eighth's voice grew even more pitiful.

"Mn?"

Little Eighth pouted with his lips up high, and then took out a bag of melon seeds from behind him, something that he was about to slip away with. Yet, he still held tightly onto the bag. "I will give it to you, I will give it to you! I will give them all to you! I knew second elder brother will only pamper the ugliest seventh elder sister, and not Little Eighth the slightest bit. Little Eighth's life is so hard…"

"…" Then release your grip on the bag!

"Nonsensical!" Shao Bai knocked heavily onto his little head, and then heartlessly took away the bag of snacks from his hand, which he then passed back to Zhu Yao's hands.

"Seventh… elder sister…" Little Eighth hurriedly changed his target and looked towards Zhu Yao. He pointed at the other bags that she placed on the boulder. "You already have so many of them, just give Little Eighth one! Though you're ugly, I won't despise your melon seeds."

"…" So I should thank you for not despising my melon seeds, is that it?

"Seventh elder sister…" Seeing that she wasn't replying, Little Eighth had no choice but to hold her hand and began to shake it in a flighty manner.

Zhu Yao instantly felt something crawling all over her body. This glutton has sacrificed enough morals just for a bag of melon seeds alright. Zhu Yao immediately stuffed the bag in his little hands. "I'm giving it to you!"

"Thank you, seventh elder sister!" He voiced out in joy. Carrying the bag, he turned around and quickly ran far away. He even intentionally ran in the opposite direction he came from, afraid that she would mince her words.

"You will spoil him like that." Shao Bai sighed.

Zhu Yao shook her head. "Little Eighth is still young."

"He's a Phoenix, not an emperor." Shao Bai said with a sunken voice. "Men of our Phoenix race should've long known to be obedient at his age. How should him being such a glutton be allowed? How can he take up challenges by himself in the future?"

Zhu Yao's heart sank, and she could not help but recall the moment when Little Eighth was trapped in that spatial dimension. The pool was filled with his fresh blood, and the mountain wall was dyed red. She felt a sharp pain in her heart, and she took a deep breath to toss away these unknown emotions.

She turned around a looked at Shao Bai who had a heavy look on his face. Then, she pointed at the other bags on the boulder and said. "Aren't you the same towards me?" The snacks were clearly things that he brought for her, right?

"You're different." Shao Bai's expression instantly turned gentle, as water could flow out at any moment. He looked straight into her eyes, and his were reflected with her figure, as though she was the only person remaining between this heaven and earth. Pulling her hand, he placed it on his own cheek and then showed a smile that instantly greyed out the entire sky. "Because you're my little sister, my only… and most important little sister."

Dong!

An olden and distant bell ring sounded, and it instantly reverberated across the entire Parasol Tree.

Zhu Yao was stunned. Wasn't this bell…

"It's the bell of Ancient Hill Sect." Shao Bai suddenly said.

"Ancient Hill Sect!" How was that possible? How was the world of the God race tied together with Ancient Hill Sect?

"Little sister, let's take a look?" Shao Bai however looked as usual. "Something must have happened at Yu Luo's side."

"What?" Little Radish?

Before she could even reach, Shao Bai had already brought her up into the air and flew towards an enormous Parasol Tree leaf at the top. Several extremely familiar floating mountains suddenly appeared in the sky before her. The Main Mountain at the center was the largest, while the other mountains were surrounding the Main Mountain. There was one single mountain that was floating high up above the various mountains.

That was… Jade Forest Peak.

This really was the Ancient Hill Sect! But when did Ancient Hill Sect become neighbours with the divine Parasol Tree of the Phoenix race?

"Master." The moment they landed, a red-robed female practitioner welcomed them. With a joyous face, she looked at Zhu Yao. "You're here."

"Little Radish!?" It really was her. How was this possible? Was this all an illusion? Zhu Yao instantly pinched her cheeks and then twisted them up and down. They were warm. "Does it hurt?"

"Mush… twrr. (Master)" Little Radish's face darkened. After enduring for a long while, she pulled down Zhu Yao's hands. "Should I try pinching master then?" Don't force me to go against my teacher and disregard my ancestors.

"…" She was the real deal!

Shao Bai faked out a few coughs. "Yu Luo, what happened?"

"Divine honour Shao Bai." Yu Luo then released Zhu Yao's hands and bowed in front of Shao Bai. With a frown, she said. "It's Mu Meiyan. She has once again infiltrated into our sect's Great Mountain Barrier Formation."

"Mu Meiyan!" Zhu Yao was stunned. "Wasn't she dead?"

"How can she possibly die so easily after hooking up with the Devil race?" Little Radish looked at Zhu Yao with puzzled eyes, and then said with a worried expression. "Master, what's wrong?"

"Let's go take a look for now!" Shao Bai reminded.

With a stomach filled with questions, Zhu Yao arrived in front of the hall of the Main Mountain. As expected, there were several people engaged in battle, and at the very center, concealed within a mass of devillic energy was someone's face. It was actually Mu Meiyan who had already died in the past! Next to her were also a few familiar figures. After having a better look, they were actually Xiao Yi, Cheng Qingdiao, Wu Hua…

Uh… All of the bugs are actually gathered.

Is this the National Boss Big Giveaway?

There must be something wrong with how I entered the plaza.

"Little Radish…" The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. She nudged Yu Luo next to her. "Why don't you really try pinching me?" I want to see if I'm really dreaming or not.

"Master?" Little Radish's expression looked as though she was looking at someone who had no hope left whatsoever. She glanced at Zhu Yao from head to toe several times. Suddenly, as though she had thought of something, she said with an enlightened look. "Oh! I know now. These the premarital doubts that master had mentioned before, aren't they? Don't worry, though Mu Meiyan has hooked up with the Devil race, you're a Phoenix of the God race. Furthermore, divine honour Shao Bai is here. Nothing will happen to you."

"Premarital?" This was already the second time she heard a relevant term. "What premarital?"

"It can't be, master!?" Yu Luo was stunned. With a lecturing gaze, she looked at Zhu Yao. "It's only a few days left till the big day. It's already too late for you to go back on your words."

"…" Just what's with this mess? "Just who is marrying who?"

"Naturally, it's your and grandmaster's. Haven't you two been engaged for several years?" Yu Luo said matter-of-factly. She looked around, and then carefully leaned closer to whisper in her ears. "Grandmaster has already sewn your wedding dress for several months. I had a slight glance of it, and it's incredibly beautiful!"

"Uh…" Master…

"Don't worry, don't worry. Master, the fact that you're not good at needlework and have instead forced grandmaster to sew your wedding dress for you, are things that I will definitely not speak to others of."

"…" When did I force anyone to do things, hey!? Don't charge me with a crime so randomly!

But, marrying master… What's with this slight excitement that I'm feeling?

"How far are we from the marriage date again?"

"One month."

"So long…"

Eh! Wait, she was here to investigate just what in the world was going on here. She shouldn't be enticed by these illusions! Calm down, calm down!

"Little sister." Shao Bai held Zhu Yao's hand tightly, and instructed her with a solemn voice. "Wait for second elder brother here, don't run off."

After saying that, his figure flashed. Turning into an enormous red Phoenix, he flew towards the battlefield at the front.

In an instant, monstrous flames began to ignite and burn…

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