Countless magical beasts rushed toward them in a violent surge with an imposing manner and a scathing murderous killing intent!
Two feet simply could not hope to outrun four-legged magical beasts; and even if they managed to outrun it also doesn't necessarily mean they would come out unscathed.
The depths of Nangong Liuyun's eyes contained a thick chill. He picked up Su Luo and whirled his body around, flying towards the nearby small wooden house on top of a tree.
Liu Ruohua and her companions imitated Nangong Liuyun one after another. Everyone of them used both their hands and feet together to quickly climb up the millennium old ancient trees. They tightly hugged the tree branches, hopping that they could escape this wave of magical beasts.
Jade Lake's fairy turned her body around and looked toward Nangong Liuyun with a detached expression. She saw his silhouette carrying Su Luo in his arms. Her elegant and vibrantly beautiful eyes seem to be covered in a layer of watery mist, nobody understood the meaning hidden in the depth of her eyes that were as pitch-black as ink.
Her face lacked expression, and her red lips slightly opened into an arc, evoking a trace of an impassive smile. Her jade arms clenched at her thin, misty green, full-length, muslin gown that swept the floor as if it was leaving behind a trail of running water. Immediately, the light muslin danced in the breeze like fireworks that become faintly discernible before fading into nothingness.
The Jade Lake's fairy whirled and immediately flew away in a graceful and naturally relaxed manner.
Around a dozen maidservants by her side were shrouded in icy-cold expressions as they coldly launched their gazes at Su Luo. Soon after, they too, followed her and flew away.
Su Luo's thin eyebrows hesitantly knitted. Her intuition told her that this Jade Lake's fairy smile was somewhat… mysterious?
Sure enough, just when she had flown a short distance away, numerous vultures suddenly surrounded them in a circle.
The vulture king seem to be fixated on the Jade Lake's fairy, and each maneuver was filled with malicious ruthlessness.
The vulture king was a seventh ranked magical beast. It was also a flying type magical beast; compared to similarly ranked land type magical beast, it was even more difficult to handle.
At this time, Jade Lake's fairy's circumstances appeared to be extremely dangerous.
The vulture king was in hot pursuit of the Jade Lake's fairy, as it followed tightly behind her. It seemed that the Jade Lake's fairy was about to lose her life under the sharp claws of the vulture king——
Nangong Liuyun's star shaped eyes held a complicated light, and his expression fluctuated between brightness and darkness, while being profoundly mysterious.
Suddenly, he hugged Su Luo to him, and left a passionate kiss on her bright and clean jade like forehead. His serious expression condensed into an austere stare directed toward Su Luo. "Be good. Just stay here and wait for me. Don't go anywhere else."
Before the words completely left his mouth, and without waiting for Su Luo's reply, his body had already elevated to midair. Fast as lightning, he rushed toward the place where the Jade Lake's fairy was.
"Nangong Liuyun you keep on saying that you like me, but when all's said and done, in your heart she is still more important."
The corner of Su Luo's mouth rose into a faint and bitter laugh such that even she did not realize. A poignant and acerbic meaning was mixed within her bitter laughter.
Now Su Luo finally understood why the Jade Lake's fairy was smiling before with such a hidden meaning.
This woman, her appearance and martial arts, were both viewed as at the top. In addition, her sophisticated shrewdness and scheming was also very deep. And on top of that her extraordinary family background… Gods were truly generous in their treatment of her, providing her with a gifted advantage.
As expected, this kind of talented person was really Nangong Liuyun's perfect match. How could she, Su Luo, the unfavored, good-for-nothing, common woman from a Great General's Manor be considered as something?
Su Luo coldly smiled, set aside all her negative mood and started to size up the small tree house.
The small tree house was very clean, roughly about ten square meters of space. Inside the tree house, besides the woven mat spread on the floor there was nothing else.
Su Luo motionlessly and quietly sat in the small tree house.
Perhaps it was because of the loneliness of a person being isolated in the way she was, but Su Luo's thoughts had a strong feeling of disappointment.
In her previous life, she had been a renown assassin, who was the cause of the sentencing and the obliteration of numerous people. The vast majority of the people were just a mark to her.
But ever since having arrived in this world, she frequently felt as though she was being thwarted by the gods.
Here she was, only a member of the ordinary people. She could rely on her previous incarnation's skills to defeat a first ranked Su Wan. However, if she were to genuinely battle it out with the second ranked Su Xi, she may not necessarily be able to win.
Let alone daring to challenge someone as strong as the Jade Lake's fairy.
Yes, the Jade Lake's fairy continuously smiled at her, with an ordinary expression which lacked emotions. But from within her smile, Su Luo could clearly read her state of mind; and it showed a kind of——disdain.
She had exuded an air of contempt. As if to say, just by a slight move of her finger; she could squish Su Luo like a bug.
This type of impression made Su Luo feel extremely out of sorts.
Within her heart a raging fighting spirit had been ignited!
She, Su Luo was not a good-for-nothing; on the contrary, she was a super gifted genius with an affiliation for three elemental systems. If she was only given a chance, her future accomplishments would not be any bit inferior to others!
Su Luo made a fist!
This time, she must find dragon's blood in order to open up her space element. This way, her wood and fire dual systems wouldn't be firmly suppressed, giving her the opportunity to start cultivating.
Otherwise, no matter how great her innate talent, it would still be useless.
The person she was right now could be considered the richest individual under the heavens. There were mountains of gold and silver within her grasp, but, up until now, she couldn't find the keys to open the door. She could only gaze at the ocean and lament her inadequacy (1) from outside the door.
Time passed slowly, bit by bit.
However, Nangong Liuyun hadn't returned yet.
She was not sure what had happened, because all of the magical beasts had run away. For at this time, the surroundings were very still and quiet. The stillness was strangely eerie, like the calm before the storm.
Suddenly, the storm winds began to rise.
The powerful gale whistled and screamed with blasts that made the entire earth tremble. The small tree house swayed and tottered in the wind's midst.
Su Luo leaned forward and looked out the window.
Laid before her was the scene, of a tornado as black as ink, moving rapidly while roaring towards her exact location
It was similar to a giant creature that extended its bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (2), with thunderous snarls, while baring its fangs and brandishing its claws (3). It was as if both heaven and earth allowed it to do whatever it pleases. Nobody could possibly prevent it.
The tornado came hurtling past.
The small wooden house teetered on the verge of collapse.
In order to not be blown away flying, Su Luo tightly clutched a pillar.
Suddenly, Su Luo became aware that under her foot she sensed bouts of earth quaking and the mountains shaking (4). She looked out the tiny window and couldn't help be somewhat flabbergasted.
She discovered that her entire person, oh, it should be more accurate to say the entire small tree house had actually been lifted from the ground.
Very quickly, the small tree house broke away from the thousand year old ancient tree trunk. It was uprooted and the tornado swept it up into midair
However it could be deemed fortunate that the small tree house hasn't collapsed and fallen apart, rather it still stood firmly.
But still, Su Luo's complexion had turned somewhat pale.
She visually estimated that her current distance from the ground was roughly about a hundred meters. If she was to fall from such a height, she would become nothing but torn body and crushed bones (5) not even crumbs would remain.
She have yet to cultivate flying techniques. If she fell down, then there was only one word…death.
Su Luo aggravatedly scratched her head.
That damned Nangong Liuyun! He only knew how to be concerned about the Jade Lake's fairy, while leaving her as he pleased in a random spot at the original place.
And also that damned tornado! Why sweep up the small wooden house where she was? Obviously there were still other small tree houses over there….
Like this, she could also be chosen? In the end what kind of luck was this? Su Luo was hit by a moment of extreme speechlessness….
The surrounding gale of the tornado rages on; however in the eyes of the tornado the breeze was still, and waves were quiet (6). At present, Su Luo sat in the faintly fluttering small tree house, just as if she was sitting in a hot air balloon.
Now if someone was to see this, they would certainly be stupefied such that their chin would drop to the ground.
Because the people of this world had never seen a house flying in the sky….Could this be considered the first time since the beginning of history?
Just when Su Luo had became all too nervous, suddenly, a tiny spherical body was thrown into the small wooden house. It tumbled to the floor and rolled about until it finally stopped by Su Luo's feet.
This spherical object….
Su Luo meticulously looked it up and down. In her heart a trace of misgivings flashed through, it looked like a type of egg, moreover it was a very large egg.
Could it be that even flying in the sky, she could still pick up an egg?
Was it possible for the mother bird to be flying and laying an egg at the same time?
At that moment, three black lines appeared on Su Luo's forehead.
1) gaze at the ocean and lament her inadequacy – idiom: to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
2) bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl – idiom: ferocious mouth of beast of prey; greedy exploiter; rapacious aggressor.
3) baring its fangs and brandishing its claws – idiom: to make threatening gestures.
4) earth quaking and the mountains shaking – could also mean: tremendous battle
5) torn body and crushed bones – figuratively meaning to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life
6) breeze was still, and waves were quite – idiom: tranquil environment; all is quiet; a dead calm (at sea)