The smell of incense faintly wafted out when Guo Fen opened his eyes. His vision was slightly blurry, but then a slightly dim light appeared in front of him. He got up quickly as if realizing that this was not a safe place. After only a few seconds of silence and gathering his soul, Guo Fen sat on the edge of the wooden bed and held his head.Someone jabbed something into his neck. He immediately touched the place where the needle was inserted by the stranger earlier. It still hurts a little, but it's nothing. He immediately got up from the wooden bed and swept his eyes around the room.The room was circular in shape and there were small steps that circled the floor as well while on the inner edge, there were many other wooden beds. Candles are placed on each side. In the middle of the room, the roof was perforated, and the moonlight pouring into the room became bright. From a distance, Guo Fen could see Tao Ling and Xiao Ahn lying unconscious.Damn it, Guo Fen muttered. Where is
The crystal sword shield magic repelled the arrow tip that almost hit Guo Fen. With one punch, he pushed away the arrows that were aiming at him, then threw them back onto the ground. Standing straight, Guo Fen glanced around the roofs of the buildings, squinting. From a distance, he could see a young man in black clothes and a dark blue robe standing with his hands behind his back. There were ten soldiers in iron uniforms striking their bows from behind the canyon roof.Guo Fen exclaimed, “I can see you! Come down!”The man smiled crookedly. He was definitely not General Yin. Just like that was enough to relieve him because as long as it wasn't General Yin who had half demonic magic power, at least he didn't run out of energy anymore.“It seems that you really are not an ordinary person.” His voice echoed slightly in the middle of the night. Xiao Ahn and Tao Ling came out of the room and approached Guo Fen who looked up at the roof.The man mastered weight in light and descended
“This is so crazy. All women who don't have regular jobs have to volunteer to work in the palace?” Lan Qi took down the flyer she got from Xiao Zhun. That night, in the Shanyi market, several stalls were already closed. In the kitchen, Jing Hua was still tidying up some utensils before putting them in the basket. On the table, the flyer that Xiao Zhun had snatched from the notice board in front of his academy stretched wide. Meanwhile, Xiao Zhun who was clad in a gray robe was hugging his sacred sword while leaning against a pillar."I thought it was all just rumors because people are worried about the bodyguards who frequently roam around the village," Lan Qi said quietly.Xiao Zhun chuckled. "This village has been the softest target for the palace in terms of manpower.""Why do you say that, Xiao Zhun?" asked Lan Qi innocently.Xiao Zhun glanced slightly at Lan Qi's new appearance today. “The guards are watching this village because of you. Look, it's you. It's a good thing tha
"No. She is my sister in the academy. I used to learn finger strength from Master Zhao Peng. He is the founder of the Bai Sect. A branch from the Snow Tiger Sect Academy.”Lan Qi pointed at the longsword that Xiao Zhun had been holding in his arms. “That snow tiger sword you mean?”Xiao Zhun nodded. “You don't know that there are several sects spread across Shancha and some of them passed down excellent martial techniques. But especially Tao Ling… she's a different girl.”“What sect? Different how?” asked Lan Qi impatiently. From a week ago, Lan Qi had been staying alone in Jing Hua's small hut while helping her look for firewood and sew some clothes. While Jing Hua looked for tools to help with her disguise, Lan Qi rarely went down the mountain except to buy ingredients for buns. Because of that, she rarely explores life in this village if not through the stories of Xiao Zhun or Jing Hua."Didn't the palace ever mention that?" asked Jing Hua from the direction of the kitchen. She had
Still 6 Years ago in the Bai Sect Academy."Master! Why did you have guests and never told me before!? Master! Can you hear me?!” Tao Ling's scream could make the ants living underground hear the vibrations of her anger. Even though she looks cute and petite, with her blue-yellow hanfu and hairpins that tie up her long hair, that look flips upside down when she's angry. Xiao Zhun didn't want to protest as the girl brought herself to Zhou Peng. The person he had been looking for.After an argument at the archery field, Tao Ling walked stomping while kicking her hanfu skirt in annoyance and led Xiao Zhun to meet Zhou Peng. He took out Deng Hou's letter which was written as an intermediary and evidence for new students, Tao Ling did not move. She knew the letter looked official because it bore the official seal of the Academy of Snow Tiger Sect.A man with long hair and a bun up with a blue rope sitting cross-legged facing the door. As soon as Tao Ling opened the door, the wind erupte
Cornflower Field, Bai Sect Academy, 6 years ago.“Master Zhou, where exactly are we going?”After agreeing to bring palace tea and her mother's concoctions later, Xiao Zhun followed Zhou Peng up a hill not far from the forest. Coming out of the Bai Sect Building, walking a little into the forest, they climbed onto a wide plateau. Around the small hill, there is a wide field that is covered with yellow flowers. The flowers that bloomed in the tall grass fluttered in the wind. While in front of him, Zhou Peng smiled slightly as he pointed around the flower field.“We have arrived! How, isn't this flower field beautiful?” Zhou Peng exclaimed as he spread his hands. The ends of his arms caught between the flower stalks. The man was standing in the middle of tall flower grass. Makes him look like a scarecrow.As if he had just realized that he had arrived, Xiao Zhun spread his gaze, and the tiredness he had felt earlier disappeared as the waving flowers lightened his sight.“Wow… so beaut
Cornflower Fields, 6 years ago.The Silver Nail Strike was just an opening. Just when Xiao Zhun was about to take a breather to rest for a moment, Zhou Peng launched another Lightning Needle. Five needles were thrown at once, the exhausted Xiao Zhun couldn't take the attack and he could only block while turning backward. Still following the wind, he dodged four needles through the wind-thin opening. But when the last needle slid later, Xiao Zhun was almost back on his feet. Luckily, he was still fast. Instead of dodging the needle, Xiao Zhun stretched out a hand as straight as his eyes, then two fingers; middle and thumb, Xiao Zhun held the needle together with the internal energy cultivated with the wind.The force of the needle that was about to stab restrained Xiao Zhun's middle finger and thumb. While Zhou Peng, who was still controlling the needle, then smiled and dropped it on the ground. He felt that Xiao Zhun's inner strength radiating from his middle finger and thumb was st
"So there are some people who are capable of controlling magic?" Lan Qi looked at Xiao Zhun who shook his head.“That's not called magic. But inner energy. That energy I learned in the Bai Sect six years ago from master Zhou Peng. Tao Ling's master. In this world, when the era of heroes was still in its heyday, some of them had been passed down by divine power—which was that inner energy. Meanwhile, people who don't have that talent have to learn it by themselves by meditating and uniting their energy with nature. And I am one of them,” explained Xiao Zhun."You?"Xiao Zhun nodded. "Yeah. That's why I learned a lot from the Bai Sect and got to know Tao Ling. Seeing the difference between people who have already lowered their internal energy directly. Makes me self-motivated.”While thinking, Lan Qi remembered that night on her fifteenth birthday, when she saw Lightning Villain spin his ice blade so that it turned into a stunning crystal bow. That amazed feeling was able to make he