The old man’s face immediately turned a greenish white shade. “How do you know those herbs cannot be mixed together?”
Volume 15
Chapter 1473: “The Little Old Man (3)”
Jun Wu Xie swept a sidelong glance at the old man and raised up her own bottle of medicine to wave it before the old man’s eyes.
“I concocted this myself.”
The old man’s eyeballs very nearly popped out of his head.
[That medicine was made by that little kid? How was that possible!]
“You have nothing there that I can use. I’ll be going.” Jun Wu Xie really wasn’t in the mood to chat any longer with this eccentric little old man. With a flick of her hand she tossed her own bottle of medicine to that little old man and Jun Wu Xie then lifted her foot to go about on her own way.
The little old man caught the bottle deftly and was left in his spot a little stunned, to stare after Jun Wu Xie’s quickly disappearing back.
Suddenly, a flurry of hurried footsteps came floating in from within the forest. The little old man who had been stunned in his spot quickly repressed the surprise on his face and his gaze grew deep as he looked towards the man that was just stepping out from between the trees.
“Why had my Lord come down the mountain again?” The man asked highly helplessly when he saw the little old man.
The little old man carefully placed Jun Wu Xie’s bottle of medicine deep into his robes and then turned to the man to say: “What? I can’t even come out to take a walk around? Moreover, I have only come down to the mid sections and it is not as if I have left the mountain. What are you getting so panicked about?”
The man repeatedly went yes yes yes, his gaze drawn to the scattered medicinal bottles on the ground.
“My Lord, you’ve….. been out here testing out the your medicines again?” The man asked very carefully.
The little old man’s face immediately stiffened and grew dark.
“Will I need you to tell me how to handle my own affairs?”
“No, of course not!”
“Pick all these up for me. Hurry up!” The little old man snapped testily, recalling how Jun Wu Xie had disparagingly snubbed his “works of art” and his face quickly felt a burn spread over his face.
“That’s right, the Battle of Deities Grand Meet will begin soon and there will be a lot of people coming and going within Mount Fu Yao, which would also mean that there will be more dishonest people around as well. Go make sure all of them better behave themselves. Every single one of these non human lifeforms throughout the entire Mount Fu Yao belongs to me and tell those people from the Nine Temples and Twelve Palaces to watch themselves. If they want to cause a stir, do it on their own turf and they had better not come disrupt my peace! And! Go find out who is the one who injured Little Spotty and throw him out of Mount Fu Yao.” The little old man said with his brows pinched up together.
“Little Spotty is injured?” The man’s face showed a slight tinge of surprise and he was just going to check on the spotted deer’s condition when he discovered that the deer was already able to stand on his own who was even walking over to come stand in front of them.
“My Lord….. Little Spotty doesn’t seem to be hurt…..”
“How is that possible? I saw with my own eyes…..” The little old man had wanted to say something but when he turned his head and saw the spotted deer in such high spirits who was prancing around before his eyes, his eyes suddenly flashed with stunned amazement. His gaze then quickly swung to look at the wound on the spotted deer which had closed up completely.
[He had definitely seen that wound still bleeding just moments ago!]
“It’s this medicine.” The little old man suddenly seemed to have realized something. “Damn it! It’s all your fault! You dingaling! I had wanted to “invite” that little brother to go have some tea!”
The man was completely baffled why he was suddenly being berated and did not know what to do.
The little old man stood in his spot and seemed to be thinking a moment when he suddenly asked: “Did the little imps from the Twelve Palaces say they will be holding the Battle of Deities a few days later?”
“Yes.”
“Oh, then the people coming up the mountain these past few days are here to participate in the grand meet?”
“That’s right.”
“Alright. You go tell them to move the time to hold the Battle of Deities Grand Meet to half a month later.” The little old man suddenly just spewed those highly shocking words from his mouth.
“Huh?”
“Huh your fat head! Aren’t you gonna hurry up and go tell them what I said already! ?” The little old man glared with his eyes bulging at the man. [That little brother has quite admirable skills in Medicine and he would surely be snatched up by the people from the Twelve Palaces in the Battle of Deities Grand Meet. He wasn’t about to let go of that fat piece of meat almost in his mouth.]
Volume 15
Chapter 1474: “Past Sin (1)”
The summit of Mount Fu Yao was a wide expanse of space and as its peak was flat and even, its terrain wide, the entire summit of the mountain looked just like a vast city. Up on the mountaintop, there were not only a dazzling array of merchant shops, there were also all kinds of inns with restaurants that supplied lodgings.
But the bustle on Mount Fu Yao would only last for just a few days. Once the Battle of Deities ended, the entire Mount Fu Yao would once again be cut off from the rest of the world, where access into the place would be denied to anyone. Even for the disciples of the Cloud Brook Academy at Mount Fu Yao’s summit, it was only at specific times every month that they were allowed to descend down the mountain, while at all other times, regardless of the reason, anyone who dared barge into Mount Fu Yao would turn into fertilizer that nourished their vast lush expanse of land. Any disciple that dared to leave on their own accord would be put on the Cloud Brook Academy’s blacklist.
It was rumoured that the Cloud Brook Academy was established by the Nine Temples and the Twelve Palaces, two big major powers. But happenings that occured after that was rather interesting to note. No matter how badly the Nine Temples and the Twelve Palaces fought, not a single person among the two powers dared to touch the Cloud Brook Academy at all. Even though the Cloud Brook Academy sat right atop Mount Fu Yao which was the place that held the highest concentration of spirit power in its air, not one dared make the slightest move against the place.
Jun Wu Xie found herself a guest room at the summit of Mount Fu Yao to stay in and based on her calculations of the time that had passed, the Battle of Deities Grand Meet would begin in a few days. When that time came, not only the multitude of young talents throughout the Middle Realm would congregate here, even people from the Twelve Palaces would be mobilized.
Afterall, the reason this Battle of Deities Grand Meet was brought forward, had been the Twelve Palaces’ idea.
But…..
Although the summit of Mount Fu Yao was vast, the places that people could actually reside in was highly limited and that had created a sudden inadequate amount of guests rooms to house everybody. When Jun Wu Xie was led by the waiter to her room, that room already had three other youths sitting in there. The room that was not too big nor too small had four beds placed in it and it seemed a little squeezy.
Jun Wu Xie’s gaze swung over the faces of the three people and she quickly sat down upon her own bed.
As they were all youths of similar age, there was naturally no need for them to ask the reason they had come to this place.
As opponents who were secretly competing against each other, there wasn’t much love or courtesy to even speak of.
After having sat down for a while, the room was still filled with silence. Two of the youths left the room one after the other, and when the room’s door was shut, only Jun Wu Xie and a tall handsome looking youth was left in the room.
Jun Wu Xie sat at her bedside, quietly stroking the little black cat�
��s fur.
The youth who had the bed by the window then suddenly stood up, and then walked towards Jun Wu Xie.
In that room with its closed door, he reached both of his hands out and with a heave, he…..
Carried up Jun Wu Xie.
“Hahahaha! Little Xie! This must be fate! !” The tall youth said with a goofy grin on his face, spinning in circles within the room.
Jun Wu Xie rolled her eyes as she was being spun around and without any other choice, she tapped the overly excited youth upon the head.
“Dumb Qiao, put me down.”
Qiao Chu had really not thought that after he was separated from his companions, he would actually encounter such a great coincidence when he got himself a bed at this inn, to really bump into Jun Wu Xie like this! It must be known that in the instant that he saw Jun Wu Xie earlier, he had almost wanted to leap up into the air with pure joy.
Fortunately Jun Wu Xie had shot him a cold gaze which immediately made him realize the situation they were in.
In order for them to infiltrate into the Twelve Palaces, the fact that the several “Soul Purging Nails” knew each other well must definitely not be exposed. Hence, in front of outsiders, they all need to maintain themselves as complete strangers or they wouldn’t have needed to split themselves up and come to Mount Fu Yao through different avenues.
Volume 15
Chapter 1475: “Past Sin (2)”
After Qiao Chu had kicked up enough of a fuss, he put Jun Wu Xie down. He continued to look at Jun Wu Xie’s face whose looks had been slightly altered, and continued to show a foolish grin on his face.
“If you had not been carrying Little Black all this time, I might not have been able to recognise you.”
Qiao Chu had seen the level of disguise Jun Wu Xie was capable of. She would only need to slightly change each of her facial features a little and she would immediately transform into a completely different person. Even people who were on highly familiar terms with her had almost not been able to recognize her. Fortunately, not many people would carry a little black cat around with them as they moved everywhere in this world and Little Black also sported a ring of golden fur around its neck, so Qiao Chu had been certain that he had not been mistaken.
Jun Wu Xie threw a glance his way but did not say anything, but…..
To be able to see Qiao Chu in this place, she was rather glad about it as well.
“Have you seen any of the others?” Jun Wu Xie asked as she propped her chin up on one hand.
Qiao Chu shook his head. They had followed what Jun Wu Xie had told them and split themselves up to go to six different places, where they set off at different times. With such a great number of people here that came to Mount Fu Yao, being able to meet Jun Wu Xie like this was just a stroke of pure luck.
“Haiz! Having returned back to my homeland, why do I feel that everything is so highly unfamiliar?” Qiao Chu lamented as he laid back onto his bed, his eyes narrowing up as he stared at the ceiling. When he was young, his family had been forced through drastic changes and he had fortunately been saved by Yan Bu Gui which allowed him to escape out of it alive. His memories from that young age had gradually faded away and everything in the Middle Realm that he saw now was strange and highly unfamiliar to him.
“It doesn’t matter if you find the place unfamiliar. Do you still remember your objective?”
Jun Wu Xie asked.
Qiao Chu clenched his jaws together and his eyes that had been nonchalant grew hard.
“Palace of Flame Demons. How could I forget?”
After saying that, Qiao Chu fell silent a moment before he suddenly sat up.
“On my way here, I encountered a convoy of horse carriages from the Palace of All Life. It seems that the Twelve Palaces had really sent their people here to Mount Fu Yao. Your deductions were just spot on.”
Jun Wu Xie then replied: “The Twelve Palaces had created such a ruckus and had even struck at the Lower Realm. It is impossible that they will not seek the talents in the Middle Realm. Since they were the ones who asked for the Battle of Deities to be brought forward, they would naturally not miss such a great chance. When the times comes, you and Brother Hua will just have to grab that opportunity and make the Twelve Palaces lead the wolves into their houses themselves and that will do.”
“Lead the wolves into their houses? I like the way you put it!” Qiao Chu said eagerly, the hatred he kept deep within his heart almost exploding out of him.
“At that time, do not slip up.” Jun Wu Xie said as she looked at Qiao Chu. She was confident of her plans, but she was still a little worried whether Qiao Chu and her other companions would be able to hold down the hatred simmering in their hearts when they were once again faced with the murderers of their parents.
“Rest assured. I will not cause any disruption to your plans.” Qiao Chu said with a snicker.
Jun Wu Xie spoke a little while more with Qiao Chu and then walked out from the room. It was different for her when compared with Qiao Chu and the others as everyplace in the Middle Realm was strange to her. She had never been here before and she knew nothing about the place. Everything that she knew was what she had been told by Qiao Chu and her other companions.
The area on Mount Fu Yao that had been temporarily opened up to everyone consisted mostly of merchant shops and inns, but what was different was that the shops’ merchandise were mainly weapons and elixirs, basically catering to the youths who had come to take part in the Battle of Deities Grand Meet.
Jun Wu Xie walked around among them. She did not know much about weapons, but she knew a lot about elixirs. She purchased a few bottles of elixirs that boasted high prices and inspected them at a place without people around. After which…..
All those elixirs were mercilessly tossed by Jun Wu Xie into a little ditch at the side.
Volume 15
Chapter 1476: “From Past Sin (3)”
When night fell, the mountaintop at Mount Fu Yao was aglow with the light from lanterns put up. Not just the youths who had come to participate in the Battle of Deities Grand Meet wandered around, even the Cloud Brook Academy allowed their disciples a temporary rest at that time and so within the crowded sea of people, it was not hard to spot youths dressed in their white uniforms trimmed with blue at the edges chattering happily away.
To be able to be admitted into the Cloud Brook Academy, it can be said that they were the most elite bunch of prodigies among the Middle Realm’s rookies. They had stood out tops in previous meets of the Battle of Deities and have received the invitation from the Nine Temples and Twelve Palaces in order for them to gain entry into the Cloud Brook Academy. The Battle of Deities Grand Meet was held once every ten years and every time the Battle of Deities Grand Meet commenced, it was time for the Cloud Brook Academy to accept new disciples. But as the last Battle of Deities Grand Meet was held just four shorts years before, these youths wearing the uniforms of the Cloud Brook Academy were all people who had gained the top spots in the last meet and had been picked by the Twelve Palaces and Nine Temples.
It it was said that the Zephyr Academy represented one of the top three most elite academies of the Lower Realm, then the Cloud Brook Academy’s position in the Middle Realm had surpassed all other academies and not a single academy could hope to compare with it.
Within the Cloud Brook Academy, there wasn’t a single commoner in there. From the moment they were admitted into the Cloud Brook Academy, upon their back would be branded with the brand of the Twelve Palaces or the Nine Temples.
That had allowed the disciples of the Cloud Brook Academy to see themselves as greater and more privileged than others.
Jun Wu Xie watched the bunch of youths dressed in the uniform of the Cloud Brook Academy from within the crowd. If things went according to plan, then Qiao Chu and her other companions would soon attract the attention of the people from Twelve Palaces in the upcoming Battle of Deities Grand Meet and she did not have to worry about them being unable to infiltrate
inside.
But as to the arrangements to be made for herself, Jun Wu Xie still had not fully decided.
Naturally, she could do it just like Qiao Chu and the rest of the gang, to use their spirit powers to attract their attention. But once she used her spirit powers, she would be discovered by others that her ring spirit was a plant spirit.
Jun Wu Xie wanted to be the hunter this time and not to be hunted. Hence, she would have to come up with another way out.
She had come to the Battle of Deities Grand Meet this time with two purposes. One was to scout out more about the Twelve Palaces and secondly, she was rather interested in the segment where people competed in healing. Based purely on healing, she would not have any problems without having to summon up a single bit of spirit power.
But, Jun Wu Xie had no intentions of being subservient to the Palace Lords of the Twelve Palaces.
Without a concrete decision made in her head, Jun Wu Xie walked around in a weapons shops at the side, checking to see if they were any any different from those in the Lower Realm.
As she stared at the various lumps of steel, Jun Wu Xie could not help but feel a headache coming on. She could faintly ascertain that the spirit energy within these swords were denser than those in the Lower Realm but she was however not that sharp in the aspect of detecting spirit energy. If she had brought Little Jue along, it would have made things like this a whole lot easier.
When that thought came to mind, Jun Wu Xie could not help it as her eyes lowered a little, the scene when she was leaving the Fire Country’s Imperial Capital coming back to her mind. The image of that tiny figure wailing incessantly as he ran after the horse carriages rolling away.
Little Jue’s spirit had just been beginning to recover and Jun Wu Xie did not want him to wade into these dangers and moreover, she had also discovered a way that could revive Jun Gu back in the Dark Emperor’s tomb. Coming here to the Middle Realm, she firstly wanted to crush the might the Twelve Palaces held, and secondly….. It was to go to the Spirit World to seek for Jun Gu’s spirit.
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