Wouldn’t that be just like the Chinese saying? Despite knowing a tiger’s in the mountain, but still choosing to walk up the mountain?
Having unexpectedly received the Spirit Tamer Bracelet that she wanted so easily, Jun Wu Xie was still feeling rather surprised. But when she saw the mourful and almost tearful look on the face of the person in charge, she accepted the bracelet without stalling and immediately left the place carrying Lord Meh Meh in her arms, failing to see all the people in the Spirit Beast Arena wiping tears from their eyes after she left.
Having gotten the Spirit Tamer Bracelet, Jun Wu Xie went back to the Fiery Blaze Clan Hall to slowly study it.
Fan Zhuo was still outside the Thousand Beast City at that moment and she did not know where his exact location was. It would only be after they came into the city and initiated contact with her that she would be able to hand the Spirit Tamer Bracelet to Fan Zhuo.
The Spirit Tamer Bracelets in the Thousand Beast City were classified into different grades. The one Jun Wu Xie held in her hand was of the most inferior quality, that was only able to tame one low grade Spirit Beast. To someone like Jun Wu Xie who already had two Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts with her, the item was really not of much use to her. After looking at it carefully a few times, she then kept it away.
Jun Wu Xie then took the lotus basin out from the Cosmos Sack and slowly absorbed the spirit energy from it. She had already been at the pinnacle of the green spirit from quite a long time with her spirit power fully filled to the brim, and she would be able to breakthrough into the blue spirit anytime she wanted. But Jun Wu Xie was not too keen to do it at that moment as when she conducts a breakthrough, she would inadvertently fall into unconsciousness for a period of time. Being in the Thousand Beast City currently, Jun Wu Xie did not dare to allow herself to fall into a coma so carelessly and although she had Lord Meh Meh and the others at her side, she didn’t hold too much confidence towards Lord Meh Meh’s and the Sacrificial Blood Rabbit’s intelligence. Only the little black cat among them could be counted as quick witted but she was not certain that it would be able to handle any unexpected situations that might suddenly occur.
Afterall, within the Thousand Beast City, people from the Twelve Palaces were also present and under such circumstances, it was impossible for Jun Wu Xie to proceed with her spirit power breakthrough while alone.
As she silently absorbed the spirit energy, Jun Wu Xie’s mind was also contemplating the situation within the Thousand Beast City.
Volume 11
Chapter 1019: “A Young Girl’s Heart”
In the subsequent few days in the Thousand Beast City, life could only be described as dry and uneventful for Jun Wu Xie. She almost never left her room and even Qing Yu did not see not see any sign of Jun Xie in the Fiery Blaze Clan Hall.
Everytime he suggested to Jun Xie to bring him out on a tour of the Thousand Beast City, he was quickly rejected by Jun Xie.
That had however freed up some time for Qing Yu to deal with some of the tasks his position required of him that had accumulated up previously.
Qu Ling Yue came down to the Fiery Blaze Clan Hall on the fifth day after Jun Xie came to the Thousand Beast City. She knocked on Jun Xie’s room door as she stood uneasily before it.
“Young Master Jun, are you in there?”
The room door was slowly opened and Jun Xie appeared before Qu Ling Yue. And that one glance almost made Qu Ling Yue laugh out loud. Jun Wu Xie after having altered her looks disguised as a boy, could still be considered to be delicately attractive looking. But the delicate features on that face was always tinged with a slight chill which made the boy feel rather unapproachable. But at that moment…..
Jun Xie was carrying the round wooly Lord Meh Meh in his arms, while upon his left and right shoulders, were perched the little black cat and a snow white big eared rabbit. At first glance, those three adorable little fellows had instantly added quite a significant level of amusement to Jun Xie’s otherwise chilling demeanor.
Qu Ling Yue tried to hold herself back with much difficulty before she was able to not laugh out aloud.
“Come in.” Jun Wu Xie said expressionlessly.
Qu Ling Yue followed the youth in behind obediently and immediately upon entering, she could smell a faint fragrance of herbs. The scent was very nice smelling but when she swept her gaze over the entire room, she could not spot any traces of herbs at all.
“Something you need?” Jun Wu Xie asked, putting Lord Meh Meh upon the table, before picking up the Sacrificial Blood Rabbit and the little black cat to put them on the table as well. Fortunately, Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts were able to alter their weight as well when transforming their bodies or with her thin arms and slender legs, it would really be rather tedious to carry around all three of those adorable looking beasts.
“Erm, it will be the end of the month soon and Father made me come to ask whether you have any plans made.” Qu Ling Yue said, looking at Jun Xie, the smile upon her face from earlier had faded, her expression stern and serious.
At the end of every month, Qu Xin Rui would bring all those people she had released at the beginning of the month back out of the city and release another batch of prisoners only in the beginning of the next month. If they wanted to find out where Qu Xin Rui imprisoned all the people of the Thousand Beast City, that was the only window period that allowed them to do anything to find out.
“No.” Jun Wu Xie answered very calmly.
Qu Ling Yue was slightly shocked. Jun Xie had been in the Thousand Beast City for several days now and she had not seen him take any action. It was not that she did not believe in Jun Xie’s capabilities, but as she knew absolutely nothing about what the youth was planning, she could not help but feel slightly uneasy about it.
“Aren’t you going to meet with any of the people who came back from there? And try to ask where they had been imprisoned?” Qu Ling Yue asked cautiously with trepidation.
Jun Wu Xie shook her head. “As the entire Thousand Beast City has fallen under the control of that person, anyone who comes in contact with those people would be discovered by that person. Moreover….. if she dared to release those people, it would mean all those people has no idea where they had been imprisoned. It would just be a waste of time to ask them and only serve to alert the enemy instead.”
The proper way to resolve the predicament the Thousand Beast City was facing, would be from outside, and not from within.
Qu Ling Yue then said: “Young Master Jun has guessed it correctly. For all those people who had been released, their family members had asked the released prisoners and tried to decipher where they had been hidden in imprisonment but none of them were able to tell them anything. After they were sent out of the Thousand Beast City, all of them would quickly be knocked out and by the time they regained their consciousness, they were already back in captivity.”
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Chapter 1020: “A Young Girl’s Heart (2)”
“That would naturally be so.” Jun Wu Xie was not surprised in the least.
To have been able to hold all those people hostage against the Thousand Beast City for so many years, the Great Aunt would naturally have been a highly capable person, and she would naturally have prepared against this.
Qu Ling Yue shrugged. She had not seen her mother for a long time and she missed her mother terribly. Whenever she saw the family members of others return, while still not being able to see her own mother, the many times that she had been hopelessly disappointed, had made her begin to feel more and more anxious as time went by.
Seeing Qu Ling Yue looking sad and highly depressed, the little black cat used its tail to poke at Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie turned to look at the little black cat blankly and saw that the little black cat was trying to signal to her with its eyes.
“Meow.”
[Mistress, haven’t you yet realised that the Young Miss Qu came to find you seeking for an elixir of assurance?]
Jun W
u Xie lifted an eyebrow. She seldom told anyone about any of the plans she had in her head and it had already become a matter of habit for her. Qu Ling Yue knew absolutely nothing about any of her plans, and having been disappointed countless times in the Thousand Beast City, Qu Ling Yue was desperately wishing for just the slightest glimmer of hope to manifest.
Jun Wu Xie suddenly said: “Dumb Qiao and the others are already stationed outside the city and once those people are brought out of the city, they will then follow behind them. They will be able to find out where all the people have been imprisoned.”
As expected, upon hearing Jun Wu Xie’s explanation, Qu Ling Yue immediately lifted her head, her face filled with delighted surprise.
Jun Wu Xie looked at Qu Ling Yue’s big round eyes which were suddenly shimmering with so much joy and hope and she understood why the little black cat had said that. Just a simple line from her, had been able to help Qu Ling Yue reignite that sense of hope and make her regain her confidence. It was just that simple.
Having seemingly learned something from this, Jun Wu Xie raised a hand and copied what Jun Wu Yao had done before, her tiny hand gently patting Qu Ling Yue lightly on her head.
“Rest assured. Whatever I promised you, I will achieve it.” In order to get the map, she would not allow herself any mistakes in this.
Qu Ling Yue was slightly stunned as she stared at Jun Xie, the pair of cold eyes seemingly having lost some of their chill and filled with a slight tinge of warmth. Although still cold, but these eyes seemed no longer biting.
Although Qu Ling Yue and Jun Xie had known each other for a period of time, those eyes of Jun Xie’s had always made her subconsciously not dare to get too close to the youth. Even coming here to get news from him today, had required her to summon up a great deal of courage. Although Jun Xie was slightly younger than she was, she had never dared to see Jun Xie as an ordinary youth. In her eyes, Jun Xie’s existence had far transcended the boundaries of seniority traditionally limited by age.
In her heart, Jun Xie took on an image of someone who was powerful, cold, wise and farsighted.
But when Jun Xie was now seemingly looking as if he was comforting her, having raised his hand to pat her on the head, Qu Ling Yue suddenly found that her heart had skipped a beat.
Her clear and tiny face suddenly felt a warm surge. Her eyes widened, as she stared at the youth who wouldn’t be considered to be highly exceptionally good looking. Without knowing why, at that moment, she suddenly felt that Jun Xie was actually even more attractive looking than that incredibly handsome man everyone had been drawn to back at the time at the Flame Spirit Auction House.
At that moment, Qu Ling Yue could feel as if several deers were leaping around in her heart and even her breaths were suddenly coming in in quick short gasps.
Jun Wu Xie looked at the suddenly red flushed face of Qu Ling Yue and her eyes narrowed up.
Her instincts as a doctor thought that Qu Ling Yue was feeling unwell and although their relationship was only one of cooperation, Jun Wu Xie was usually more gentle towards females. She immediately looked up and placed her palm upon Qu Ling Yue’s forehead.
Volume 11
Chapter 1021: “A Young Girl’s Heart (3)”
When she felt Jun Xie’s slightly cold hand placed over her forehead, Qu Ling Yue’s face quickly turned even redder!
“You…..” Jun Wu Xie could feel that Qu Ling Yue’s forehead was getting rather warm and she was just about to take her pulse when Qu Ling Yue suddenly stood up with a swoosh.
Qu Ling Yue’s face was so red that her face looked like it was about to burst. She stood there in a fluster, her hands twisting helplessly together before her.
“I….. I….. I am fine…..” Qu Ling Yue stuttered nervously. When Jun Xie had been standing so close to her earlier, she had felt like her heart was almost going to jump out of her throat.
Jun Wu Xie looking puzzledly at Qu Ling Yue’s rather strange actions, unable to understand why Qu Ling Yue was reacting like this.
“Erm….. about that….. I….. I’ll take my leave first….. If….. If there’s anything else, I’ll come look for you then….. No….. no no, you can get Uncle Xiong to tell it to my father…..” Her tongue was getting all twisted up and Qu Ling Yue was getting more nervous the more she spoke, so she suddenly decided to just turn around and just run out of the room in a panic instead.
Qing Yu was just coming in to look for Jun Xie when Qu Ling Yue suddenly ran straight into him. He did not even have the time to apologise when Qu Ling Yue already had her head lowered and after quickly apologising a few times, she ran away like she was escaping from something.
“What happened to….. the Young Miss?” Qing Yu asked looking at Qu Ling Yue’s back as she ran away, his face puzzled as he turned to look at Jun Xie.
Jun Wu Xie shrugged her shoulders. She didn’t know what happened to Qu Ling Yue as well.
She was completely fine just moments ago when her face had suddenly turned red and she had quickly run away after saying barely a few words after that.
Qing Yu scratched at his head but very quickly, he couldn’t make himself worry about that anymore. He placed the invitation he held in his hand and placed it upon the table before Jun Xie.
Jun Wu Xie lifted an eyebrow as she glanced at Qing Yu and picked up the invitation to look at it, before quickly putting it back down on the table.
“This, was just brought in by the people from the Icy Frost Clan.” Qing Yu said with a frown. When it was delivered here, the person specifically stated that it was to be given to Jun Xie and that had greatly puzzled Qing Yu.
“Why would you be invited to that person’s birthday celebrations?” Qing Yu had thought long and hard but still had no answers to that question. How long had it only been since Jun Xie came to the Thousand Beast City? Qu Xin Rui’s birthday celebrations usually only included the Clan Chiefs and their deputies from the various clans, and the people within the Grand Chieftain’s Residence. Other than that, no one else would be allowed to attend.
And Jun Xie would not even considered to be from the Thousand Beast City, so why had Qu Xin Rui suddenly decided to issue an invitation to Jun Xie?
Jun Wu Xie calmly replied: “Because the Devious Wyvern is gone.”
“What?” Qing Yu was stunned for a while.
“Remember the time I went by myself to the Spirit Beast Arena for the match between the Devious Wyvern and Lord Meh Meh?” Jun Wu Xie asked.
Qing Yu immediately nodded. Of course he remembered that. He had still been highly relieved that Jun Xie had been able to bring Lord Meh Meh back in one piece. He had been afraid that Jun Xie might still be sore about it and so he had not dared to bring the matter up with the youth.
“That day, Lord Meh Meh swallowed up the Devious Wyvern.” Jun Wu Xie said, her face highly calm.
With a loud thunk, Qing Yu’s jaw dropped onto the floor.
“Wh… What….. What did you say? Lord Meh Meh….. swallowed up….. the….. the Devious Wyvern?” Qing Yu could not believe what his own ears were hearing. He had seen with his own eyes just how huge the Devious Wyvern had been and with Lord Meh Meh’s tiny body, even if it was to eat up the Devious Wyvern, they would first have to slash and grind the Devious Wyvern by a million cuts and that would take Lord Meh Meh an entire month to eat it as ground meat!
But Jun Xie had just said…..
Lord Meh Meh swallowed the Devious Wyvern up?
Volume 11
Chapter 1022: “Dangerous Feast (1)”
[Lord Meh Meh swallowed up the Devious Wyvern?]
[How was that possible?]
Qing Yu stared very hard at the round ball of wool that was Lord Meh Meh, but he still could not find anything out of the ordinary.
“Meh?” Lord Meh Meh heard Jun Wu Xie mention its name and thought that its feedstress was heaping praise on it and it wiggled its little tail, its rear end wobbling as it came to Jun Wu Xie’s feet, shamelessly rubbing itself against her c
alf.
It looked at that moment, exactly like a shameless, fawning lackey!
The perspective that Qing Yu viewed the world with, was suddenly shattered…..
[That dumb looking sheep….. was really able to swallow up the Devious Wyvern?]
[Was Jun Wu Xie really not pulling his leg?]
“But you….. you previously said….. that you lost the match?” [How did it turn to become Lord Meh Meh swallowing up the Devious Wyvern?]
Jun Wu Xie said: “Lord Meh Meh’s foot stepped off from the platform first.”
Qing Yu very nearly spurted out blood upon hearing that.
It finally dawned on him that when Jun Xie had said that they lost the match, he had not meant that Lord Meh Meh had been defeated by the Devious Wyvern, but it was actually because Lord Meh Meh’s foot had fallen outside the battle stage platform and that was how they lost. And the result of that loss had happened with Lord Meh Meh….. swallowing up the Devious Wyvern!
At that moment, Qing Yu suddenly thought himself hopelessly naive. He had thought that Lord Meh Meh had been defeated by the Devious Wyvern and assumed the matter to be over and done with. Never could he have ever thought that something so absolutely terrifying had happened after that!
“You can’t go! You must absolutely not turn up for the birthday feast! That person was the one who specifically asked Lin Que to help her locate the Devious Wyvern. Lin Que spent almost ten years’ time before he managed to find it and you can see from that, just how rare the Devious Wyvern is. If you show yourself there, that person will definitely do something to you! That person’s methods are extremely cruel and vicious and she has never cared about consequences. For her to suddenly decide to send this invitation to you, it is obvious that she has malicious intentions behind it. If she really does anything to you at that time, I’m afriad even the Grand Chieftain will not be able to save you.” Qing Yu said, suddenly in a panic.
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