“That sounds to be right. A pity my Rolly isn’t the type known for its strength, but for its handsome looks. On that point, he truly takes after me.” Qiao Chu bragged unashamedly.
Jun Wu Xie listened to them and suddenly thought about the little Emperor of the Buckwheat Kingdom. His personality was indeed quite similar to that of a rabbit, and it was not that strange for him to have a ring spirit like that. But as Jun Wu Xie thought of that, she suddenly noticed a loophole.
“Little Xie, what’s wrong? Why are you looking so pale?” Qiao Chu noticed Jun Wu Xie’s pale complexion, and asked in a hurry.
Jun Wu Xie shook her head. When she had suddenly thought about the little Emperor, she had remembered the little rabbit’s tail on his behind. Grand Tutor He had said that it was his ring spirit and Jun Wu Xie had not thought much about it at that time. But she had suddenly realized something, and felt that it was all rather odd!
Since she had been reborn here, it had merely been about a year’s time. Although she had tried to absorb everything she could about this world, but there were some things that got pushed into a corner of her mind and it wasn’t that easy for her to remember them. And this time, she had missed out and made an obvious oversight!
And it was the little Emperor’s ring spirit!
The little Emperor looked only to be about eight or nine years of age, so how could he have a ring spirit? Only at fourteen would one’s ring spirit awaken, and based on that, the little Emperor’s own ring spirit could not have awoken yet! !
Volume 13
Chapter 1217: “Condor Country (2)”
If that rabbit’s tail was not a ring spirit, then what could that have been?
Why did Grand Tutor He try to hide it like that?
Although Jun Wu Xie held those doubts in her heart, she knew that this was not something she should ask about. Grand Tutor He was highly loyal to the little Emperor and that was a point that would be impossible for him to pretend to be. The reason that he had said that must have been for some special reason.
Jun Wu Xie could not help it but the image of the strange carriage at the back of the convoy came to her mind. Just what was really in that carriage, she did not know.
“Little Xie….. Are you alright?” Qiao Chu asked when out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed Jun Wu Xie’s expression becoming darker and darker, and he became worried.
Jun Wu Xie snapped back to her senses. “It’s nothing. Some things just came into my mind that’s all.”
“If there anything, you’ve got to tell us. Big Brother Wu Yao would surely avenge you!” Qiao Chu said, getting highly worked up.
The expression on Jun Wu Xie’s face immediately changed subtly.
Fan Zhuo at the side was trying very hard not to laugh. He had thought that Qiao Chu would say he would definitely take revenge for Jun Wu Xie but in the end….. he had so shamefully thrown it all onto Jun Wu Yao.
Qiao Chu was not embarrassed but instead looking very proud as he said: “What? Have I said anything wrong? Big Brother Wu Yao just needs to wriggle his little finger and everything before him falls and dies. Just how much cooler can that be? !”
Jun Wu Xie turned her eyes away quietly, the cloud of suspicions that had filled her mind earlier suddenly dissipated into nothing by Qiao Chu’s antics.
Fei Yan ambled over to seek out Rong Ruo, his highly “pretty” face garnering quite a bit of attention from the inn’s guests as he passed along the walkway. He threw out a few atrocious winks towards the one of the mesmerized men, and a moment later, he heard a loud crash when that man on the stairs had missed a step and fell rolling down the staircase.
Based on their innate characters among the six of them, Fei Yan had the most deplorable personality.
Coming before Rong Ruo’s room door, Fei Yan had most casually pushed the tightly shut door open, that tiny bolt on the door flimsy as noodles before his monstrous strength.
Fei Yan strutted inside blatantly and did not see any sign of Rong Ruo within the room. He looked around in puzzlement and then seemed to hear a faint sound from the side and he walked towards the source of it.
A faint mist permeated the place within the cold air, feeling slightly damp. In that thin fogginess, a tall and gracefully svelte figure was slowly revealed, the subdued rays of the sun strongly outlining a shapely and curvy figure in stark contrast.
The smile on Fei Yan’s face immediately congealed, his eyes immensely wide as they stared, his entire body frozen in place…..
Rong Ruo who was taking a bath heard a noise and turned her head around. She saw Fei Yan standing there to stare blankly at her, as the warm smile upon her face remained in place.
“I think all the doors inside and outside here to you, are all just pieces of decoration and you really treat them as if they do not exist.”
Fei Yan stood unmoving in his spot. In that instant that Rong Ruo had turned around earlier, he seemed to have seen…..
‘Drip drip…..’
Two streaks of blood flowed out from Fei Yan’s nose, dripping onto the ground.
That faint smell of blood made the two people freeze a moment, and Fei Yan turned around suddenly, running headlong outside in escape.
While Rong Ruo remained within the wooden tub, her eyes filled with puzzlement as she lowered her head belatedly, and saw the exposed allure on her chest.
“Dammit!” She then slapped her palm on her forehead, as she leaned back against the wooden tub suddenly feeling perplexed.
[How could she have forgotten…..]
“I’m sorry.” Rong Ruo’s brows furrowed together, and said those words that made no sense.
Fei Yan ran like he had gone mad, barging right into Qiao Chu’s room. Qiao Chu who was singing his high praises for Jun Wu Yao turned his head in surprise to look at Fei Yan who had come crashing in while holding his nose, his face a blank expression, his eyes vacant.
“I’ll say Little Yan, what’s wrong with you?”
Volume 13
Chapter 1218: “I Will Take Responsibility”
Fei Yan completely ignored Qiao Chu and just held on to his nose furiously. He reached out a hand and grabbed a piece of Qiao Chu’s clothes that had been cleaned to wipe off the nosebleed.
The instant the bright red blood was seen, Qiao Chu immediately exploded in rage!
“Your Old Grandmaster! Let go of my clothes! If you’ve got something against me, come straight at me instead!” He rushed right up and wanted to fight it out from Fei Yan’s hands there and then. However….. Fei Yan pushed him back with just one hand.
Qiao Chu’s heart was already crying a river…..
Under all that ruckus, Rong Ruo walked in slowly. When she came in, she immediately saw the two fighting with Fei Yan holding Qiao Chu back with one hand, but there wasn’t the slightest bit of embarrassment or bashfulness upon her face.
Instead, it was the always wayward and wilful Fei Yan that turned bright red upon seeing Rong Ruo who let go of his hands and stood morosely quiet on one side, not daring to raise his eyes to look at her.
Rong Ruo on the other hand, leisurely and gracefully sat herself down upon a chair.
“Just got here?” Rong Ruo asked, looking at Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie nodded.
“You should get some rest first. We’ll all sit down and discuss about the things here slowly tonight.” Rong Ruo said with a smile.
“Alright.” Jun Wu Xie was not in a rush. Since she was already here in the Condor Country, and from the reactions of Rong Ruo and the others, things seemed to be going well here.
Jun Wu Xie went back to her room to rest. Hua Yao and Fan Zhuo looked at Qiao Chu who was crying tearlessly as he held the blood stained clothes in his hands and then turned to look at Fei Yan who was acting very strangely. The two of them had in a show of rapport, both chosen to remain silent, except for the glint of interest within their eyes that betrayed what they were feeling at that moment, while the two of them walked away shoulder to should
er.
Rong Ruo had just walked out from the room when the coyly quiet Fei Yan suddenly went chasing after her.
“Little Ruo!”
Rong Ruo’s steps slightly faltered and she turned to look at Fei Yan, but instead saw Fei Yan whose face was so red it looked like the colour of well cooked prawns. He was dressed in female clothes and standing there looking so “bashful” in front of her, in the eyes of others, he looked every inch like a budding young girl in love.
“I…..” Fei Yan was at a loss, not knowing what he wanted to say. As sharp tongued as he always was usually, he suddenly couldn’t find the words.
Rong Ruo looked at Fei Yan, her eyes looking slightly frustrated.
“Today, nothing ever happened. You do not have to take it to heart.” She said with a smile, dressed elegantly in male clothes, looking like a distinguished and graceful Young Master.
Fei Yan was stunned. He had not thought that Rong Ruo would put it across so lightly. The two of them had ever since been picked up by Yan Bu Gui, been brought up within the Phoenix Academy. Hua Yao and Qiao Chu frequently went out on missions together, while he always moved around with Rong Ruo. Rong Ruo had always been this gentle from young and no matter what he did, she never once showed a sliver of anger or displeasure. Many a time, Fei Yan always felt that Rong Ruo was a person that was so nice and without a temper.
After saying that, Rong Ruo was going to turn and leave.
But Fei Yan found his heart fill with panic!
“I will take responsibility!”
Rong Ruo was stunned into stone. She froze in her spot not daring to turn her head back, completely unable to believe what her own ears had just heard.
“I….. will take responsibility. After we avenge our families, I will mar….. marry you…..” Fei Yan summoned up every single ounce of his courage before he could finish saying those words. After saying that, he turned around and ran off, leaving Rong Ruo still stunned, as she stood staring blankly there.
Rong Ruo’s attractive eyes were filled with incredulity. She couldn’t help but feel that either Fei Yan had gone mad, or that she was just hearing things.
[Marry her?]
[But…..]
Rong Ruo’s genteel face suddenly showed a rare moment of anxiety. Her brows creased up slightly as she stared at the highly flustered and escaping back of Fei Yan, her eyes filled with a conflicted and frustrated glint.
“What am I going to do with this now?” Rong Ruo whispered to herself with a bitter laugh.
She really didn’t need Fei Yan to take responsibility for any of it.
Volume 13
Chapter 1219: “Strange”
After Jun Wu Xie woke up from her sleep, she was feeling much refreshed. The several companions then gathered together and everything seemed just like it was before, but at the same time a little different…..
The corners of Rong Ruo’s lips were smiling, but they were tinged with a trace of bitterness, while Fei Yan’s eyes were always fixed upon Rong Ruo today.
This point, was obvious even to the highly insensitive and dumb block that Qiao Chu usually was.
“Whatcha looking at? !” Qiao Chu asked, stretching out a hand and waving it before Fei Yan’s eyes. Fei Yan was surprised and immediately shifted his gaze, showing a rare moment where he did not retaliate against Qiao Chu.
“Is there anything that all of you have managed to discover in your investigations throughout this period?” Jun Wu Xie asked, going straight to the point.
Fan Zhuo answered: “When we first came to the Condor Country, we had initially planned to investigate into the Imperial Palace right away. Rong Ruo had first released her Hell Butterflies to scout the place but then a strange thing happened. Rong Ruo’s Hell Butterflies disappeared. Or to put it more accurately, they were crushed by an immensely powerful force.”
Rong Ruo’s Hell Butterflies were different from others, where they could fuse into one whole, or split and separate into many. After they spilt apart, the Hell Butterflies would become very small in size and would not be detected by people unless they possessed the powers of a Purple Spirit before they might possibly be able to notice the faint spirit energy emanating from them.
“We are guessing that someone from the All Dragon’s Palace is definitely residing within Condor Country’s Imperial Capital and we held ourselves back from making any rash moves. Over this period, we have been secretly observing the things here in the Imperial Capital and we have noticed some strange things. Over this period, there were often many convoys from other countries coming into the city and totaling them up, we have seen convoys from almost seven or eight other countries. Why have all these teams from differing countries all appeared here together which made us find it rather suspicious. Since the Condor Country’s Imperial Palace has people from the All Dragons Palace residing within, we did not dare to infiltrate the place in fear of alerting them, But Rong Ruo secretly sent the Hell Butterflies to keep tabs on the people from the other countries and discovered even stranger things…..”
The people from the various countries were arranged to stay within the city and they frequently went in and out of the Imperial Palace and another place. The companions were not able to go inside the Imperial Palace but for the other place, they sent out the Hell Butterflies and made sure that there wasn’t any people from the All Dragons Palace before they secretly went in to investigate.
And what they found out made the several youths feel rather flustered.
“That place is in a far corner of the Imperial City and highly inconspicuous. But the things inside that place were rather terrifying though.” Fan Zhuo said as his brows furrowed up together, like his mind had recalled a certain unpleasant memory.
“That place is filled with people who are imprisoned in there….. Or should I say they were people who did not possess any self awareness.”
“What does that mean?” Jun Wu Xie’s eyes were slightly startled.
“Those were all some young men, but it was strange that the muscles on all their bodies were developed to highly extreme extents, and they did not seem to possess any awareness but only to attack anyone they saw where even Qiao Chu had difficulty receiving an all out attack from them. They possess immense and terrifying strength that is only slightly weaker than Fei Yan.”
Fan Zhuo did not know how to fully describe what they all saw. The people they saw were no longer humans but more like monsters which was nothing like anyone of them had ever seen.
Those people were imprisoned in a house and separately locked up in chains, frequently letting out bestial roars. They were loud and the neighbouring citizens have all been moved out from there with all the houses nearby sitting completely empty. Within the Imperial Capital, rumours were rife that the place was haunted and nobody dared to go near the place where even the Condor Country’s soldiers had been sent there to have the place heavily surrounded to prevent anyone from going near it.
But it was exactly such a place that the dignitaries and delegations from various countries went to repeatedly, and with none returning. All of them were even led in there by the Condor Country’s Emperor himself.
Volume 13
Chapter 1220: “Strange (2)”
Jun Wu Xie’s brows creased up slightly. For no reason, Fan Zhuo’s description made her subconsciously think about the Buckwheat Kingdom’s last horse carriage in their convoy.
“I had once heard, in the Middle Realm, there exists an insidious method that could greatly alter an average person’s body constitution. That method by manner of speaking, was invented by the Soul Return Palace. They used a person’s spirit as the price in exchange for the physical body’s might. The condition of those people in that place in the Condor Country seems rather similar to that.” Fan Zhuo said.
“That method, although it can make one’s body incomparably strong, but at the same time, those people who lose their spirits become just a mere shell and reacts only according to orders, unable to feel any pain an
d does not know fear. And as their bodies have been soaked in a kind of poisonous brew for a long time, those people develop a high resistance to poison their bodies turn very tough, their skin highly resilient. At the time when the Soul Return Palace just developed this method, the Dark Emperor rejected it and immediately crushed the person who developed it into minced meat. Now….. it seems the All Dragons Palace has somehow managed to get their hands on it and is using it here in the Lower Realm.” Fan Zhuo said as his brows came together in a frown.
There are limits to a person’s body, but such a malicious method uses the sacrifice of one’s spirit as a foundation, to create a monster that breakthrough those limits. People who were put through such alteration, could no longer be termed as human, but pure war machines.
“For the All Dragons Palace to secretly introduce this into the Lower Realm, I’m afraid they would have more terrifying intentions behind this.”
“Isn’t the All Dragons Palace just completely devoid of conscience here? They are completely not treating the people of the Lower Realm as humans! Nobody in the Middle Realm dares to use this and they have instead come to stir up this storm in the Lower Realm.” Qiao Chu harrumphed indignantly.
Having the Middle Realm not seeing the people of the Lower Realm as human, it was already a mentality deeply instilled into their consciousness. In the eyes of many in the Middle Realm, the people of the Lower Realm held less dignity than beasts. Whether it was to kill them or to undergo extreme alterations, they were all playthings that could be used to merely kill time as well.
Qiao Chu and the others had left the Middle Realm from a very young age and hence, such a mentality had not been inoculated into their minds. With deep blood vengeance upon their shoulders, they had long forgotten about such division between the realms.
Jun Wu Xie’s eyes were narrowed. On this path in search of the human skin maps, she had seen too much of such instances. Regardless whether it was the Qing Yun Clan’s Ke Cang Ju, or the Zephyr Academy’s Gu Ying, or even Qu Xing Rui in the Thousand Beast City, in their eyes, people of the Lower Realm were not human. They killed whenever they wanted, without the slightest hesitation.
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