The tree fell with a last screech, finally all four of them sighed as they watched. They also had to slaughter any beasts that wondered far too close to the clearing that was attracted to the tree's screech, and they also had to destroy the body when they did so. In fear of the tree enslaving the corpse.   Throughout the entire fight, they have noticed that Zhi Ruo wasn't particularly strong, it's just that Zhi Ruo seemed to have an uncanny ability to know when the next attack was gonna go through.   They could not have particularly know that Zhi Ruo relied heavily on her stingy discharge of energy and her experience to win most fights. The three mistakenly thought that Zhi Ruo had an innate talent relating to foresight.   The girl shuddered when she remembered that she insisted that Zhi Ruo was atleast only a rank lower than that tree. If Zhi

Minister Wu snorted coldly as he replied to Ye Gu Shi. "Patriarch Ye must be joking!" Minister Wu started. "How could a person with a trashed meridians be able to cultivate? It's already a great honor for the Young lady to be able to marry my son as his concubine." He shamelessly said.       Not at all finding his words too much.       "Trashed meridians? How could that be?" Of course Ye Gu Shi had heard about the infamous nickname his granddaughter had upon her head when he had heard news about her whereabouts.       But Ye Gu Shi did not believe that Zhi Ruo was really someone like those rumours had described her. He had all reason to believe that his granddaughter was not that easy to work around with. He had recalled how his granddaughter had looked at Ye Kohaku and Ye Qing Qing, when he had first introduced them to her.  

The hunting grounds, or as other people had dubbed it as the uncharted territory. Was vastly different when the sun was up, and the sun was down. It was like the hunting grounds had truly revealed it's true colors.   The moment the sun disappeared from the sky, low raors resounded throughout the whole forest. Zhi Ruo had witnessing numerous birds descending from the sky, and into the forest. Where the trees shook, but never yeilded at the intimidating amount of numbers of flocks that returned to their homes.   The beasts deep in the forest woke up. And it was this moment, Zhi Ruo really knew why the hunting grounds was called the hunting grounds.   She saw a beast stalking from under the tree she was on. It's mouth hang and was dripping with a dark liquid, which she soon realized that it was blood. Two of it's kind followed from behind, each on