“But….. But….. When I saw her for the first time, she really looked just like a new spirit…..” Meng Yi Liang stuttered fearfully.
“New spirit? Which new spirit have you seen that was able to walk up to the twelfth level the first time they entered the Serene Spirit Tower? Not to mention new spirit souls. Even for you who had cultivated in the Serene Spirit Tower for so long, carelessly going up to the twelfth level would make you feel uncomfortable, much less for her!” The more Jiang Yun Long thought about it, the more he felt something was not right. Based on what Meng Yi Liang had said, Jun Wu Xie did not fit into the state of a new spirit soul.
Meng Yi Liang’s mind was struck awake by Jiang Yun Long’s words. He had only been concerned with looking at Jun Wu Xie’s stunning looks and did not think about much else other than that. Being reminded by Jiang Yun Long now, he suddenly came to realize the strange state she was in after going into the Serene Spirit Tower. She had been completely at ease, more at ease than he was when they went straight up to the twelfth level, and at the moment she was leaving, her body did not seem to be all that translucent anymore!
“I….. I….. I don’t know…..” Meng Yi Liang said mournfully, as he was badly admonished by Jiang Yun Long.
“Do you know where that lass is now?” Jiang Yun Long asked.
Meng Yi Liang continued to stutter: “I….. I think since she was following….. Nalan Shan to cultivate….. Logically, she should be in….. the Tranquil Dream Forest, I think…..”
“That lass is definitely not as simple as you think, and I fear she might be a trump card Nalan Shan holds hidden in his hand. You go bring some men to the Tranquil Dream Forest immediately and bring her here to me.” Jiang Yun Long said, his face dark.
“Yes.” Meng Yi Liang quickly nodded, not daring to hesitate in the slightest before running outside like he was almost going to wet his pants, on his way to capture Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie who was still cultivating in the Tranquil Dream Forest was still not aware that she had become Jiang Yun Long’s next target.
Among the youthful companions, only Jun Wu Xie who had gone into the Serene Spirit Tower progressed the fastest in their cultivation and had a completely solid body, while Qiao Chu and the others were slightly slower in advancement.
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Chapter 2023: Surrounded (2)
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But even though that was the case, none of them among Qiao Chu and the others dared to go into the Serene Spirit Tower even once.
There was something that was harmful to spirits who were non human and none of them dared to risk their Ring Spirits by going there.
“Whoa! These old arms and legs of mine are about to break off…..” Qiao Chu had cultivated for one whole day and he had fallen back onto the grass completely exhausted. Although cultivating one’s power of the spirit was not tiring, but it was so utterly dull where they would sit there for an entire day, not moving even an inch. Though it could be said that just sitting there for such a long period was not tiring on the body, but it was still dry and exhausting on the mind.
Qiao Chu’s mournful wail shocked his other companions awake from their cultivation.
Jun Wu Xie opened her eyes and looked at Qiao Chu who was rolling around on the grass. She could not help but smile as she shook her head.
“Don’t cry so piteously. It’s not all that tiring but you’re being too noisy. I’ll say Dumb Qiao, how old are you only? And you’re complaining about your old arms and legs. Could you be already falling frail before getting old?” Fei Yan asked as he glanced meaningfully all over Qiao Chu’s body with an eyebrow arched up.
Qiao Chu sat up with an indignant howl, his hands held protectively over his chest, looking like a aggrieved little lady who had been bullied.
“Who said I’m getting old before I turn frail. This little lord here is just brimming with vitality!”
“I really can’t see it.” Fei Yan continued to poke at Qiao Chu with a smile.
“It’s better than being a pervert who is always dressing himself up as a girl!” Qiao Chu retorted.
Fei Yan’s eyes narrowed and his fists crackled loudly.
“I am thinking that you have not gotten a thrashing for too long and your skin it itching.”
Qiao Chu was not bothered as he retorted in challenge: “Do you think I’m scared of you? Don’t blame me for not reminding you that you are now in spirit form and you don’t have your monstrous strength any longer. If it comes to a fight, nobody knows who will end up being the one thrashed!”
A corner of Fei Yan’s mouth was twitching from Qiao Chu’s taunts and he jumped to his feet to pounce on Qiao Chu. The two youths then immediately rolled into a ball of scuffling upon the grass.
Hua Yao, Fan Zhuo and Rong Ruo were not able to calm their hearts enough to continue to cultivate with the racket and they just sat there upon the grass to watch Qiao Chu and Fei Yan going at each other.
Suddenly, Jun Wu Xie sensed something strange.
“Stop fighting.”
Jun Wu Xie’s voice made Qiao Chu and Fei Yan stop immediately.
“What’s wrong?” Rong Ruo asked, looking at Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie’s power of the spirit was stronger than any of them and hence she was able to sense any movements in the Tranquil Dream Forest better than anyone.
“Someone’s coming.” Jun Wu Xie narrowed her eyes, carefully listening for the tiny sound.
The Tranquil Dream Forest had long become a place that few people stepped into. In the two weeks that they cultivated in here, the companions had not seen any other spirit appear here besides themselves.
“The source of the sound is coming from the direction of Nalan Shan’s house and it’s approaching right towards us.” Jun Wu Xie said.
In that instant, the youths were all on their guard.
Jun Wu Xie raised her hand and gestured for them to climb up into the trees. Without another word, Qiao Chu and the other companions scuttled right up the nearest large tree and quietly concealed themselves among the dense cover of the leaves.
In moments, a group of human spirits came to the grass patch that Jun Wu Xie and the others had been just before, and the leader of the group of spirits was someone familiar, Meng Yi Liang.
“Senior Meng, would you say that that Jun Wu Xie is really here in this forest?” A man looked at Meng Yi Liang to ask.
Meng Yi Liang looked around where he was standing. They had been in the Tranquil Dream Forest for a period but they had not discovered anything. “She should be here. Search carefully. If we can’t find Nalan Shan, then we need to dig Jun Wu Xie out. Otherwise, it will not be easy for us to answer when we go back.”
“Why will Eldest Senior want us to find a little lass?” Another man asked in puzzlement, as they had not even known that such a person existed before.
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Chapter 2024: Surrounded (3)
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Meng Yi Liang’s lips stiffened, and it might be because they were tired from searching that his footsteps came to a stop as he turned his head to glare at the group of men with so many questions.
“Why are all of you chattering so much? Eldest Senior asked all of you to search, then search! There’s no need to ask so many questions! That lass is linked to Nalan Shan in some way and we don’t know where Nalan Shan is hiding, so we need to find Jun Wu Xie before we can possibly find out where Nalan Shan is hiding. Do you all understand now? If all of you are going to continue to be so long winded, I will go tell Eldest Senior to sew up all your mouths one by one.” Meng Yi Liang said maliciously as he stared at the group of men.
Being threatened by Meng Yi Liang, those people no longer dared to question any more.
“But with the Tranquil Dreams Forest being so vast, with so few of us, how long will it take us before we finish searching?”
“It’s not just us. Eldest
Senior has sent people to search from other directions as well and we will be closing in with circle that surrounds the entire place. That lass does not know anything so it won’t be difficult for us to capture her.” Meng Yi Liang said gloatingly all by himself, his heart even feeling a twinge of regret. Jun Wu Xie was one of the topmost beauties he had seen and he had initially wanted to win that lass over into his hands. Never had he thought that Jun Wu Xie would turn out to have links with Nalan Shan which caused Jiang Yun Long to have his eyes now set on capturing her, dashing any chance of Meng Yi Liang’s dreams from fulfilment.
Without any chance of becoming intimate with the beauty, Meng Yi Liang thought it rather unfortunate.
They were all unaware that every single one of Meng Yi Liang’s words were all overheard by Jun Wu Xie and her companions hiding up in the trees. Jun Wu Xie and her companions then waited till Meng Yi Liang and his men left before they jumped down from high up in the trees,
“Darn it! Is that fella so tired of living already? First it was trying to capture Brownie, then it was searching for Nalan Shan, now he has his eyes set on Little Xie?” The moment Qiao Chu landed on the ground, he started howling indignantly. All of them had not thought that Meng Yi Liang target would turn out to be Jun Wu Xie!
How long had it only been since Jun Wu Xie came to the Spirit World and she was already caught up in such a great disaster!
Jun Wu Xie’s brows creased up slightly. She was not a person to be afraid of trouble, but as she still did not have sufficient powers, it was rather frustrating.
“What do we do? From the tone of that kid, they seemed to have laid out an extensive web over the Tranquil Dream Forest to capture Little Xie. How are we going to go out?” Fei Yan rubbed at his chin. If this was in the Middle Realm, no need to even talk about the entire Tranquil Dream Forest having been surrounded. Even if an army stood at the borders, they had nothing to fear. Unfortunately, the powers they possessed was rather sad to look at in this place.
“We’ll go have a look first.” Jun Wu Xie said composedly.
Jun Wu Xie and her companions moved quickly towards the edge of the Tranquil Dreams Forest. But before they could get out from the Tranquil Dream Forest, they saw a large number of human spirits gathered outside. They were stationed one at every ten paces, completely surrounding the Tranquil Dreams Forest. All of them were holding a portrait in their hands, and Rong Ruo sent a Hell Butterfly to go peek at them, where she then discovered that the person depicted in the portrait was Jun Wu Xie!
It was then feared that the moment they charged out of the Tranquil Dream Forest, those spirits would surely come surging up against them.
“Damn it! Such a big group. They are coming for Jun Wu Xie for real” Qiao Chu said through gritted teeth.
Jun Wu Xie looked calmly at the heavy encirclement. She was not surprised that she was being targeted, as afterall, she had come into contact with Meng Yi Liang and the two times she was seen by Meng Yi Liang, she was with Nalan Shan. Hence, now that Meng Yi Liang cannot find Nalan Shan, he would naturally come seek her.
“What do we do now? Why not we use Rolly and the others to charge our way out?” Qiao Chu suggested.
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Jun Wu Xie shook her head. “Go back inside the forest.”
“Back into the forest?” Qiao Chu was slightly taken aback.
The corners of Jun Wu Xie’s mouth then curled up into a sinister arc.
“With such a “grand reception”, if we do not present them with a “reciprocal gift”, then we’ll be embarrassing ourselves.” Meng Yi Liang and the human spirits’ ways had truly enraged Jun Wu Xie and it did not matter what kind of secret was hidden within the Serene Spirit Tower anymore. With Wu Jiu being so aggressively on their heels, it was no longer something Jun Wu Xie wanted to put up with.
It was not that she could not tolerate it, but just that she did not want to!
Being the “furnatic” that she was, when saw Meng Yi Liang and Jiang Yun Long bring a whole bunch of spirits to harm Brownie and the other Beast Spirits, she had wanted to exact revenge against them. Since they had delivered themselves right up to her door today, Jun Wu Xie would naturally not show them any mercy!
Qiao Chu was still a little confused but Jun Wu Xie beckoned at her little companions and six heads huddled together while Jun Wu Xie whispered several sentences softly to them.
“I think that will work!” After listening, Qiao Chu’s face immediately revealed an ecstatic grin.
He had been repressed being a new spirit soul here where his hands and legs were tied down and restrained. He would finally be able to even the score this time!
Hua Yao and the others had naturally agreed to Jun Wu Xie’s suggestion without a word. It must be known that ever since they came to the Spirit World, their hearts had been highly repressed as they had just lost their Purple Spirit so suddenly and had to restart it all from the very beginning. The days of having their hands and feet bound in such constraints were not what something they liked going through.
“Go!” With that order given by Jun Wu Xie, the group of several youths immediately shot themselves deeper into the Tranquil Dreams Forest right behind her.
Inside the Tranquil Dream Forest, Meng Yi Liang led his men aimlessly in search for any sign of Jun Wu Xie. The Tranquil Dreams Forest was vast, a place that was able to hold the biggest number of human spirits at one time in the spirit world with a large part of the Spirit World’s Spirit Fires gotten from here.
Searching in the Tranquil Dreams Forest, with the skies dark and the trees densely packed, only the tiny bits of light form the Spirit Fires lit the way. Meng Yi Liang and his men held fire torches in their hands to light the path forward. But ever since the Serene Spirit Towers appeared, basically none of the human spirits were willing to come cultivate in the Tranquil Dreams Forest anymore. Hence, towards the complicated and seemingly monotonously similar paths in the Tranquil Dreams Forest, Meng Yi Liang and his men found the place to be so dreary they wanted to die.
“Damn it! This lousy place should have been torched and have it burnt cleanly away.” Meng Yi Liang could no longer count the number of times he had been scratched by branches and his clothes were becoming tattered from the numerous tears, which just drove his mood to escalate from dreariness into frustration.
“Senior Meng, do we have to continue to search?” Having searched for the better half of the day, they had not gotten anything at all. The deeper they went into the Tranquil Dream Forest, the poorer visibility became, while the density of the surrounding trees grew thicker which made the way forward all the more arduous for all of them.
“What do you think! ? Of course we have to continue! Eldest Senior gave us three days and if we are not able to find Jun Wu Xie, the consequences will be more than we can take!” Meng Yi Liang’s voice was highly agitated and impatient. If not for the quaking rage his Master had flown into, he would not have wanted to come to this damned place.
“I really do not understand it. Before the Serene Spirit Towers came about, how could human spirits possibly want to come cultivate in such a godforsaken place.” Meng Yi Liang complained incessantly, till he could not endure it any longer where he pulled out the short blade at his hip, to hack away the endless tree branches blocking his way one by one.
The swishing sounds of the forest accompanied the sounds of footsteps, disappearing into the seemingly endless Tranquil Dreams Forest.
Suddenly, at the edge of the light from the torches, Meng Yi Liang seemed to see a blurry figure under the trees not too far off. Meng Yi Liang immediately perked up as he drew a deep breath and gestured at his companions behind him, asking them to keep their voices down.
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Chapter 2026: Overlapping Slaps (2)
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e edges of Meng Yi Liang’s mouth then turned up with sinister mirth.
He had finally found her!
He looked around at the surroundings and after making sure that there was nothing else that was strange, he then went walking straight towards the place. He purposely lightened his step, afraid that he would make a sound.
But no matter how light his steps were, the rustling of leaves still sounded under his feet. Meng Yi Liang paused, and raised his eyes to look up at the figure.
The shadowy figure moved slightly and came walking out from under the trees. The surrounding balls of Spirit Fires then lit up that figure.
Like a goddess that had descended down to the mortal realm, the faint orange light from the Spirit Fires bathed that peerlessly stunning face under the dim darkness. She stood alone within the dense forest, so beautiful looking that it felt so surreal.
For a moment, Meng Yi Liang was actually mesmerized as he stood there dazed, his mouth agape as he gazed upon that figure that was too beautiful for words. Even the men following behind him was bedazzled. When they had first received the portraits, they had already thought that the person in the painting was too beautiful to exist.
But when the saw it for real, they then came to realize that the beauty in the painting was not even one single percent of the real thing.
Under these Heavens, how could there possibly be a girl that was so beautiful?
Jun Wu Xie treaded upon the dry leaves, as she looked at Meng Yi Liang and his men calmly, the eyes chill as autumn waters under the orange glow of the Spirit Fires tinged with a peculiar colour, adding to them a devilish charm.
“Wu….. Wu Xie.” Meng Yi Liang was finally able to locate his voice as he stared at the figure of Jun Wu Xie, feeling his heart stir. The feelings that had disappeared rose up once again in his heart.
“Hmm?” Jun Wu Xie answered softly.
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