The faint sound of someone stirring in a bowl woke Tao Ling up. She blinked open her eyes and the sunlight from outside the window lit up the room. Tao Ling's nose sniffed the warm scent of cinnamon and ginger. She looked to her left, beside the bed was Guo Fen without his silver robe sitting on the edge of the bed stirring something in the bowl. His eyes looked glazed, his bangs were not tied in small braids hanging down to his temples. As soon as Tao Ling took a deep breath while struggling, Guo Fen glanced over and handed the bowl to Tao Ling.“Drink this,” said Guo Fen as he stood up. Tao Ling observed the contents of the liquid in the white bowl. The liquid is brown in color but light in texture like tea. As soon as she looked up, Guo Fen was almost at the door. Tao Ling hurriedly stopped him."Hey, what's this?"Without looking up, Guo Fen replied flatly, "neutralizer."Instantly Tao Ling remembered that last night she almost died of shortness of breath due to poison. She e
"When are we leaving?" asked Xiao Ahn who had fully recovered. He was sitting on the edge of the pavilion. After yesterday's incident, leader Wen Mang told Guo Fen to come to him when he finished taking care of his friend who was poisoned. In this Hawk Troop Fortress, they gathered a lot of materials to make poison. Tao Ling said that because the Hawk Troop Fortress was close to the Bai Sect Central Academy, they had met several times. But as long as the Bai Sect did not have malicious intentions toward them, the Hawk Troop Fortress did not care about the Bai Sect.At the edge of the pavilion, Xiao Ahn looked at Guo Fen's palace clothes that had been stripped off.“Wait for me to face Wen Mang. I was trying to reclaim the sword before we left.”"But what if he doesn't give it?" asked Xiao Ahn sounding worried.Guo Fen lowered his head, thinking of another solution. But not found."We'll talk about that later."“You should have just thrown my ugly sword. Ah, annoying,” Xiao Ahn g
Not an ordinary person again, muttered Guo Fen."What do you mean?"Wen Mang brushed aside his robe that was dragging on the floor and returned to his seat. “I saw you slash through the Rain of Hawk Arrows that we launched at you. But you, using only a sword, I can feel the wind rushing like a hurricane in one second, then brush all those arrows away so they don't hit you. What's that move? Did the Bai Sect teach it?”In his heart, Guo Fen began to be careful. He should remember what he had talked about earlier.“It's just ordinary internal energy,” said Guo Fen hoping not to be suspected. He himself did not know what kind of martial arts techniques were taught by the Bai Sect.“The Bai Sect is famous for small arms. They are assisted by the wind as the object of their energy union. I am not a descendant of heroes in ancient times. We both know that whoever descends from a hero, receive energy equal to the power of a god. It's like magic, but it's like the inner energy you said.
Tao Ling got one horse from Wen Mang before they left the Hawk Troop Fortress. Making them each have one horse. When Guo Fen led the way, under the shade of the trees of the Middle Forest, he looked up and saw many ropes tying each other between trees and branches to other trees as well. Beneath the dense foliage too, Guo Fen could see small huts hanging from each tree. It would be hard for other people to find the little cottage in the shade of the trees, but Guo Fen easily saw it through the thin gaps in the leaves.Following the path that slowly led to the river's edge, they took a short break after having ridden for nearly two hours at a moderate pace. Tao Ling's horse drank water from the river directly. On the banks of the river, forests grow wild. Meanwhile across the river, they can see a short plateau cliff. Then behind him, dense trees ended his sight.During the trip earlier, they had not started a conversation. Xiao Ahn knew because he was worried that some Hawk Troopers w
The Hong Tian Sect's residence wasn't too far from their previous position. And since it was in the direction of En Shu, Guo Fen didn't mind stopping by this residence for a bit. Tao Ling said the Hongtian Sect and the Bai Sect were quite close. So the Hongtian Sect didn't attack Tao Ling, instead, it felt familiar. Moreover, Huang Jin and Huang Xin didn't look threatening. Along the way, they didn't even ask Guo Fen where he was going. Huang Jin is even busy teasing Tao Ling who is now clinging to Xiao Ahn. Hoping to get protection from the young man.“Tao Ling, we Hong Tian Sect youths often wish to visit the residence of the Bai Sect. Our residence is not too far. Moreover, my master and Zhou Peng's master are friends, you shouldn't put such a long distance between us, right?” replied Huang Jin who always looked more confident. Meanwhile, Huang Xin just smiled shyly beside his brother. He looks younger and only laughs as a team when his brother is cracking a joke.Tao Ling who was
Huang Jin led Guo Fen past the main building the Hong Tian Sect leader was in. As soon as he entered the room, there were no people or guards in it. The room is wide enough and supported by wooden pillars. Form a rectangle and leave the windows open. Behind the room, there is a door without a gate that leads directly into the backyard.Not the backyard, but rather, the fighting yard."Master! There is someone who wants to meet you!” Huang Jin exclaimed. At that time, a woman clad in a green and white hanfu with a red belt was dodging attacks from a handsome young man wearing matching clothes. As soon as Huang Jin said so, the young man still attacked the figure of the master that Huang Jin called just now.From the sidelines of the battle area, Huang Jin and Guo Fen observed the battle that had just started.“They are practicing,” Huang Jin said.The woman tilted her body as the boy extended his palm. The attack happened very quickly. The boy’s feet were fast, moving forward while his
The evening sky began to gradually turn darker. An orange tinge splits the horizon, signaling that the sun is about to disappear from the surface. Candles and lanterns around the buildings and yards have started to be lit. Meanwhile, Guo Fen was still following the steps of the woman in front of him to a room in one of the buildings that were separated from the main building earlier.“Come in. I will tell you everything." The woman whose name he still didn't know was standing in the doorway. Above it is a board with the words 'library' written on it. Guo Fen thought that this was the library that Huang Jin was referring to earlier this afternoon."I may be presumptuous but... how do you believe that I'm the one you've been looking for?" as he entered a room filled with cupboards and bookshelves lined up on every side, Guo Fen asked.The woman took the lantern from the side of the door and approached Guo Fen. Her face reflected the yellow light from the candle flame.“I am Chen Yi
“Once upon a time, this Shancha Country was inhabited by humans who helped each other. Sharing each other and the land is rich with various plants, especially tea leaves, and rice. That's why the first emperor of Shancha—Li Shan Lao, preserved some agricultural land in the Li Ming area because it was the only place where the soil was most fertile. With the condition of the fertile land, many people moved there and settled there.“But because of the happiness of its people, Li Ming City started to be attacked by black magic disturbances from the demons that live in the mountains. They want the people's souls to be happy because the devils' food source is those who are prosperous. With all his resistance, the emperor Li Shan Lao also begged the sky to lower the guard on this land with an heirloom he found at the foot of Mount Zainan. The heirloom is shaped like a crystal but brightly colored like the moon.“No one ever knew where this relic came from, but when the Li Shan Lao emperor