What kind of monster is he?!
Huyan Lanruo is already a 2-star Silver rank Demon Spiritist. Her soul realm is integrated with the Snow Sakura Demon Spirit. This extremely rare demon spirit lived in the depths of the St. Ancestral Mountains. It has strong charming abilities. All kinds of creatures couldn’t help going near the Snow Sakura Demon Spirit and were swallowed by it. Huyan Lanruo, later, integrated with the Snow Sakura Demon. Charming a demon spiritist of the same level was an easy thing to do.
If Huyan Lanruo were to exert a little trick, there would be a lot of men willing become her escorts. Her charming technique hasn’t failed a single time and she never thought that she would actually fail today!
Not only was the charming technique seen though, her demon spirit was also seen through by Nie Li with one look. Isn’t this boy in front of her a little too mysterious? The Snow Sakura Demon Spirit is an extremely rare demon spirit caught and given to her by her grandfather. Most people wouldn’t have even heard of it before, let alone knowing it’s abilities and origin.
Huyan Lanruo felt like she was struck by lightning. She remained speechless for a long while.
The main point is that, the receiver of the charming technique was only a little boy who’s not even a 1-star Bronze rank!
There are two kinds of people that wouldn’t be affected by the charming technique. One kind would be a person who has a mind not corrupted with impurities, for example a 5 years old boy. Another kind would be a super expert who is well knowledgeable of the charming technique.
Nie Li is already 13 years old and already has some knowledge between man and woman matters. Therefore, he shouldn’t be able to achieve the pure mind of a child. The only possibility would be the second kind.
But… How is that possible?
Huyan Lanruo would have never imagined that inside the shell of this small boy in front of her, lies the soul of a super expert. A super expert that even surpassed legend rank.
Seeing Huyan Lanruo’s startled expression, Nie Li faintly smiled and continued to walk pass Huyan Lanruo’s side.
“Nie Li, was Huyan Lanruo not pretty?” Ye Ziyun looked at Nie Li, blinking her eyes with a curious baby look.
Under that kind of temptation, Nie Li actually refused. Nie Li couldn’t have some special unspeakable secrets, right?
Nie Li smiled, looked at Ye Ziyun and said, “Huyan Lanruo is indeed very pretty, but how can she be compared to you?”
Hearing Nie Li’s rubbish, Ye Ziyun stamped her feet onto the ground and said, “I can’t be compared to Huyan Lanruo. There are a lot of people that fancy her!”
Ye Ziyun clearly knows that. Even some of her cousins in Snow Wind Family fancy Huyan Lanruo.
Nie Li knows that Ye Ziyun meant the body aspects. Ye Ziyun’s temperament and beauty has far exceeded Huyan Lanruo. However, in terms of figure, she is still a little less compared to Huyan Lanruo. Nie Li couldn’t help but laugh. He smiled as he looked up and down of Ye Ziyun. In just a few years, Ye Ziyun’s figure wouldn’t lose to Huyan Lanruo and only Nie Li knows how sexy and beautiful Ye Ziyun will be at that time. Ye Ziyun wouldn’t be like Huyan Lanruo flaunting her sexyness, but would be kind and elegant, which isn’t what Huyan Lanruo can compete to.
Seeing the strange and perverted look in Nie Li’s eyes, Ye Ziyun pouted in dissatisfaction. Becoming friends with Nie Li isn’t bad, however, going a step further, she have never thought of it before. Ye Ziyun only thinks about practising in her heart. She wants to become a Legend rank Demon Spiritist like her grandfather.
The [Nine Revolving Ice Phoenix Technique] that Nie Li gave her, allowed her to be one step closer to her dreams. Therefore, in her heart, she is very grateful towards Nie Li. If it was any of the other boys that glibbed towards her, without any sense of seriousness, she would have already turned around and left.
Huyan Lanruo turned her head and looked at Nie Li’s back. Angrily she said, “I don’t believe that I can’t subdue a small kid like you!”
Huyan Lanruo felt a little indignant in her heart. Could it be that her charm can’t be compared to Ye Ziyun?
Huyan Lanruo turned around, pointed at Nie Li and exclaimed at the crowd, “Nie Li, I will one day make you a slave under my skirt! I have decided, I will chase after this kid. In the future, this kid will be mine. Anyone that wants to touch him would have to ask if I agree to it! If anyone snatches him from me, I’ll not let them off!”
Hearing Huyan Lanruo’s domineering declaration, everyone became dumbfounded.
Huyan Lanruo actually wanted to chase after Nie Li? Everyone looked at Nie Li, then stared at Huyan Lanruo again.
A beauty like Huyan Lanruo would only need to wave her finger and a lot of men would surround her like flies. However, Huyan Lanruo wants to reverse it and chase after Nie Li? This is too weird.
Ye Ziyun look at Nie Li with a ‘wanting to smile yet did not’ expression, it seemed that Nie Li has a lot of romance. First, it was Xiao Ning’er taking the initiative to send breakfast and now, he’s being chased by Huyan Lanruo. She can’t really see that Nie Li would actually be so attractive.
Huyan Lanruo’s declaration caused a ripples among everyone and became the topic of talk. Even Chen Linjian couldn’t help but to be astonished.
The group continued moving forwards, passing through several mountains.
“Nie Li, this is an apricot cake, do you want to eat?”
“Nie Li, are you tired? Do you want me to lay a cushion for you to rest?”
Huyan Lanruo would appear by the side of Nie Li from time to time, like a ghost, and would, from time to time, rush here. The well developed chest would occasionally graze Nie Li’s arm accompanied by the fragrance of a woman’s scent that would linger around. If it was any other boys, after being provoked by such a sexy beauty, they would definitely be unable to control and eat Huyan Lanruo up already.
However, Huyan Lanruo’s seduction techniques seemed to only annoy Nie Li.
“I say, can you not be so annoying. Go, go, go! Go do what you want! Go further away!” Nie Li waved his hands and said impatiently.
Huyan Lanruo’s eye turned red. Since when has she ever been treated like this before? Is Nie Li blind? Blind to her beauty? The more she thought about it, the more she felt unhappy and indignant. She threw the mat onto the ground and walked away.
“Whew… Finally, some peace!” said Nie Li, relieved that the troublesome woman was finally gone.
But after walking a few steps, Huyan Lanruo turned her head around and said, “Nie Li do you want a drink? I have excellent quality apricot wine here.”
Hearing Huyan Lanruo’s words, Nie Li almost collapsed.
‘What’s wrong with this woman?’ he asked himself, ‘Why can’t I shake her off?’
“Can you not be so silly? Are you that bored?” Nie Li said, rolling his eyes.
Huyan Lanruo blinked her eyes and said shyly, “I realised that I have fallen for you. Although you don’t like me now, it’s fine. Who wouldn’t like a beauty like me? ,I’ll pretend that you are blind, for now. However, not long from now, you will realise how beautiful and cute I am!”
“I’d be blind if I were to fancy you!” Nie Li spatted and quickly walked away.
‘This woman is simply beyond hope!’
Of course, Nie Li did not think that Huyan Lanruo has really fallen for him. She probably finds him fun to play with. He estimates that after a while she’ll lose her interest and leave.
Nie Li ran to the side of Ye Ziyun. No matter if it’s the previous life or the current life, Ye Ziyun is his most beloved. The few girls beside Ye Ziyun smilingly looked at Nie Li and started discussing softly.
“This is the one that Huyan Lanruo is chasing?”
“He looks pretty handsome.”
“Matching with Huyan Lanruo is enough!”
Listening to their discussion, Nie Li couldn’t help sweating.
Ye Ziyun raised her head, looked at distressed Nie Li, and faintly said, “Weren’t you together with Huyan Lanruo?”
“Ziyun, you know that I have nothing to do with Huyan Lanruo!” Nie Li bitterly smiled. ‘Huyan Lanruo that ** annoyance, if Ye Ziyun were to misunderstand anything, I’ll be depressed.’
“What has this got to do with me?” Ye Ziyun shrugged turned her head and left. The corner of her mouth slightly rose, revealing a teasing smile. She finds it quite interesting seeing the distressed look on Nie Li’s face.
Nie Li opened his mouth but didn’t manage to get anything out. Looking at Ye Ziyun’s tender back, his heart felt depressed. When can he be like the previous life, hugging this pretty girl in his arms? The road ahead is still long!
He’d better raise his strength first. After a few years, Glory City will be under the threats of demon beasts. Even Ye Ziyun’s grandfather, who is a Legend rank Demon Spiritist, also dies in the battle. Therefore, Nie Li has to reach Legend rank before that. For him, this is a huge challenge as the time is too short.
He must use all the methods available to enhance his strength, which includes this this journey to the Ancient Orchid City Ruins! He must get the spirit lamp!
For the next few days, Nie Li continued to refine the soul force that he got from Chu Yuan. However, Huyan Lanruo, this woman was too annoying. When Nie Li is practising, she would stand guard beside Nie Li and not moving a step. Hence, Nie Li can only choose to ignore her.
Walking through the mountains for two days, and passing through a deep canyon passage. A distant plain valley, finally, appeared in their sight.
This is a piece of relic from the ancient city. The place covered a radius of a hundred miles. Most of it was covered in dense woods, only leaving some mottled walls. The roar of demon beasts could be heard from within the ruins. The demon beasts that are above Gold rank have already left the place. What remained in the ruins were Bronze and Silver ranked Demon Beasts.
These remains from the Age of Darkness vaguely told the story of the glory of humanity at that time.
Seeing these broken walls and scattered bones lying around, everyone couldn’t help but feel desolation. If Glory City were to be broken through by demon beasts, it would become the same as this ruin. Only leaving behind bones and ruins everywhere.
The rampant demon beasts during the Age of Darkness destroyed all of the human’s empire. Only leaving behind several lucky survivors who were still struggling with the demon beasts. However, much of the knowledge and civilization has been lost in the disaster. For example, many of Glory City’s cultivation techniques, martial arts, and inscription patterns are all incomplete. Therefore, it’s very possible to get some stuff left behind by the Age of Darkness, if they were to explore these ancient ruins!
What Nie Li wants is the spirit lamp. It was a powerful item left behind by a Legend rank Demon Spiritist of the Age of Darkness!
Before the arrival of Nie Li and the group, every family has already dispatched some people to explore these ancient ruins. It was a pity that there wasn’t much of a discovery. Hence, there aren’t that many people who come here to explore after that. Chen Linjian somehow got his hand on the map of the Ancient Orchid City Ruins, which is why he decided to explore this place.
“Finally, we’ve reached the Ancient Orchid City Ruins! Now, we have two routes that we can take. Here’s the map!” said Chen Linjian, spreading out the map and pointed to the lines on the map.
Everyone began to surround the map and started to discuss which route to take.
“The first route is towards the west gate. By walking along the walls, we can reach the main city quickly. However, what can we find on this route? We’ll definitely want to enter the houses in the city so that we can get some spoils!” said one of Chen Linjian’s underlings.
“I agree to his view!”
“Yeah, we should search around this house area!” Everyone parroted.
Chen Linjian was silent for a moment. He raised his head, looked towards Nie Li and asked “What do you think?”
Everyone got a little surprised. They never thought that Chen Linjian would ask for Nie Li’s opinion at this moment.
Ye Ziyun also looked at Nie Li with her bright eyes. Huyan Lanruo was also unable to take her eyes off Nie Li.
Now, everyone was very concerned about Nie Li’s view.
Nie Li spread his hand out and said, “If you guys came here just to search the houses, then that would be a big mistake! Those that came before have already searched the commoner’s houses. Even if we were to search them again, we wouldn’t get any gains. Generally in a city, who is the wealthiest? Is it the commoners? Of course not. 90% of the wealth of a city are in the hands of the big families.”
“There’s a radius of hundreds of miles in this place. There are so many commoners houses and a lot of the places here have been destroyed. How would we know where these big families are located?” Shen Yue retorted at one side. As long as it’s Nie Li’s words, he must retort.
“Continue speaking.” Chen Linjian said, looking at Nie Li in an interesting manner. Apparently, he agrees with Nie Li’s deduction.
“It’s easy to find the inhabitant of big families. Which building in this map is the most sparse? That is the location! Generally, big families would have their own courtyard.” Nie Li continued.
Everyone’s eyes fell on the map upon hearing Nie Li’s speech.
“Here!” Huyan Lanruo said, pleasantly surprised.
“Correct. This should be this place. A lot of buildings here are very large!”
Chen Linjian frowned and said, “This area has already been searched. Although some goods were found, it wasn’t much. Some of the people even dug 3 feet down into the place and couldn’t find any chamber related areas!”
“I say, what you are thinking of, couldn’t others have thought of that, too? You think that every big family in Glory City are vegetarians?” Shen Yue snorted.
Nie Li frowned, stared at Shen Yue and said, “When I’m talking, can you shut up? Since you’re so smart, why don’t you take over?”
Just when Shen Yue is about to retort, Chen Linjian stared at Shen Yue and snorted “Shut up!”
Shen Yue opened his mouth, then closed it, feeling depressed. Although he’s a direct descendent of Sacred Family. His position could not be compared to Chen Linjian. Even if he had ten times the amount of guts, he wouldn’t dare to refute Chen Linjian.
“It’s normal for this area to have already been searched. Lets continue to look at the map. This big family’s house is located at the central axis of the city. Because of this, the place would be the most guarded area, as well as the safest.” Nie Li pointed to the area behind the house and said, “This area should be where the City Lord Mansion is located!”
Chen Linjian nodded. Up till now, Nie Li’s deduction was correct. However, even this City Lord Mansion has already been searched by those that came here first, including underground, but no one made many discoveries.
“Lets continue looking at the map.A few hundred miles from the City Lord Mansion, there are three areas. Do you know what these three areas are?” Nie Li asked Chen Linjian.
“Within these three areas, one of them is the military ground, which is where the City Lord’s soldiers trained. Another one is a heavily built stone fort. It is empty inside, and made from black marble. Even a chisel couldn’t damage it. As for the last one, I don’t know what it is for. It’s right beside the stone fort and is forested with trees and weeds.” Chen Linjian answered. Before coming here, he had already memorized the Ancient Orchid City Ruins area.
Hearing Chen Linjian’s word, Nie Li smiled and said, “Not far from my guesses!”
Chen Linjian’s eye lit up and said, “What you mean is that these three areas are very suspicious? Could it be that stone fort? But… It has already been searched!”
“That stone fort should be a disaster refuge. When a disaster arrives, they probably hid in the stone fort. Therefore, there should be some kind of secret room hiding the treasures. The piece of land near the stone fort is obviously a trap area, which was used to ward off demon beasts. If they come near to investigate, they wouldn’t even know when they died. Furthermore, I find that the most suspicious area is this military ground!” Nie Li said, faintly smiling.
“Why would the military ground be the most suspicious place instead?”
The military ground is a piece of mud land, which is the training ground. Why would it be suspicious?
“The most inconspicuous area would be the safest place! Moreover, this City Lord placed the military ground at the central axis of the city and, with this alone, proves that it isn’t that simple. There should be something important hidden below the military ground!” Nie Li pointed to the map and said, “We’ll search around this area!”
“Okay! So, it’s decided, then!” Chen Linjian picked up the map, and slightly chuckled. Since the direction has been decided, they can save a lot of time and take less detours.
Chen Linjian’s underling’s eyes had traces of admiration in them when they looked at Nie Li. At this moment, no one looked down on Nie Li and felt that it’s proper for Nie Li to choose a piece of treasure first.
Huyan Lanruo lifted her head. Her eyes were filled with splendor. Nie Li’s strict reasoning caused her to admire him with respect. She faintly felt that Nie Li isn’t simple. Otherwise, how would a 1-star Bronze rank be able to break her charming technique?
‘The man that I chose, naturally isn’t simple!’ Huyan Lanruo proudly thought. Although Nie Li completely ignores her, she firmly set her eyes on him.
If Nie Li were to know of Huyan Lanruo’s current thoughts, he would surely burst into tears. Why would he step into the limelight for no reason? After having her stick to him like sticky candy, he would fear that he wouldn’t be able to get rid of her.
Ye Ziyun pursed her lips laughing. That charming expression caused Nie Li to be stunned, it had a kind of familiar feel to it.
Seeing the attracted look on Nie Li’s face, Huyan Lanruo was about to go mad! Such a sexy and charming beauty like her was standing in front of Nie Li, yet Nie Li seemed to be blind. He only has eyes for Ye Ziyun.
‘This is simply too outrageous!’ Huyan Lanruo thought, ‘Nie Li, I hate you!!’
Nie Li can’t even be bothered about Huyan Lanruo’s thoughts. He took out a bolt from his backpack, then took out Purple Haze Grass agent and smear it onto the arrow.
“Nie Li, what are you doing?” said Huyan Lanruo as she and Ye Ziyun looked at Nie Li with curiosity.
Nie Li shrugged and said, “It’s nothing.”
“Okay, off we go!” Chen Linjian shouted. The group slowly advanced towards the Ancient Orchid City, walking along the edge of the walls and chose a relatively quick and safe route. If they were to move according to the original route, they were afraid that it would be very tough since there were a lot of demon beasts hiding in the complex terrain.
Roars of demon beasts came from the depths of the Ancient Orchid City Ruins. Aside from demon beasts, there would, occasionally, be some groups of people. They were, also, from Glory City. They came here to explore the ruins of the Ancient Orchid City.
Just as Chen Linjian, Nie Li and bunch were moving to the depths of Ancient Orchid City, a group of people appeared at the Ancient Orchid City’s entrance.
The group of people were dressed in black robes, a total of 15 people.
“Are you sure that those kids are from nobility families?” The leading man swept his gaze to the few people by his side and asked. His figure was tall, a head taller than those by his side.
“Yes, Yun Hua Deacon!” One of the black robed men replied.
“Good!” Yun Hua Decon’s face had a grim smile and said, “Go capture three kids with the highest rank. Use them to exchange for ransom with those big families and kill the rest!”
The Dark Guild is a dreadful existence in Glory City. They would often kidnap nobilities kids to exchange for random. They are like a bunch of leeches, living in the shadows of Glory City. They would use all sorts of methods to gather money to provide training resources to the members in the guild. Although many families in Glory City would gather together numerous times to wipe the Dark Guild out, the Dark Guild would suddenly disappear.
It’s said that the Dark Guild’s headquarters was located at a very secretive location in the St. Ancestral Mountains. They are an extremely powerful force which even Lord Ye Mo could not eradicate.
*Sou Sou Sou* The black robed guys all skimmed towards the Ancient Orchid City.
Inside the ruins of Ancient Orchid Ruins
The group was having difficulties moving forward. Occasionally, there would be Giant Blue Armed Apes appearing. These demon beasts have a height of two meters. Their thick arms were like black pillars, but they were very agile and they are generally Silver ranked.
Six Giant Blue Armed Apes were flying across the walls of the ruins, tailing Nie Li and the group.
These Giant Blue Armed Apes have fearsome intelligence. Realizing that there were over 30 people, they didn’t go forward. They only tailed them, waiting for their chance.
“These Giant Blue Armed Apes are really annoying!” Chen Linjian frowned. Although these Giant Blue Armed Apes did not charge at them, they couldn’t do anything to the Giant Blue Armed Apes. And as time passed, more and more Giant Blue Armed Apes would gather together. Once the amount of Giant Blue Armed Apes increased, they will group up to attack them.
At this moment, *sou* a sound was heard. A cold light cut across from the shadows of the corner.
Chen Linjian and bunch soon saw it clearly. It’s an arrow. The arrow had cut through the gap of the branch at an extremely tricky angle and headed for one of the Giant Blue Armed Apes.
Pu!
That arrow struck the Giant Blue Armed Ape. That Giant Blue Armed Ape wailed and fell from the high wall, landing heavily on the ground and caused the dust to cover the surrounding area. That Giant Blue Armed Ape struggled on the ground but was unable to get back up.
Seeing that, Chen Linjian immediately rushed over, wielded his sword and chop downwards. *Plop* The blood of that Giant Blue Armed Ape splattered with the demon beast dead on the ground.
The group looked backwards in amazement and only saw Nie Li walking out of the shadow.