Chapter 62

Duanmu Xi shook her head, “I’m not sure whether this is a magic weapon. I only take it as a storage ring.”

Storage ring? Did he feel wrong? Since when was his perceptivity of the magic weapon so weak?

“Where did you get this?”

“My grandpa gave it to me.”

“Grandpa? The emperor of the Qinglong Empire?”

Duanmu Xi was a bit dazed and then said with uncertainty, “Maybe.”

Was the emperor of the Qinglong Empire her grandpa? Maybe, at least her grandpa in this world. She wondered whether her grandpa in this world looked the same as the one in modern times. Upon thinking of her grandpa’s amiable appearance, Duanmu Xi smiled sweetly. Perhaps, they looked the same.

Duanmu Xi focused her mental strength to search inside the crystal ball. Very quickly, she found the cause of the crystal ball’s abnormalcy.

As she willed her mind, a big egg showed up before them.

“What strong Qi of a mythical creature! Is this an egg of a mythical creature?”

“I don’t know. I bought it at the auction the other day.”

Duanmu Xi stared at the trembling big egg blankly. Was the cub coming out of the egg?

“You mean the auction where you bought the elf?” His voice immediately became so cold that even the temperature in the room was a bit lower.

He still cared about that thing as expected.

“It seems to be coming out soon.” Duanmu Xi changed the subject immediately.

“Mistress.”

“Mistress.”

A shaft of blue light and a shaft of red light flashed by. Lanze and Hongling appeared before them. They also felt the strong Qi of a mythical creature.

“It seems that this little guy is coming out.”

The four of them stared at the egg shaking increasingly fiercely. Shortly, a crack appeared on the egg.

A beam of pretty and dazzling green light pierced through the roof and rose to the sky.

They all raised their hands to keep their eyes from the dazzling light.

In another yard of Shengjin Academy, Situ Kong and Nalan Xi also saw the dazzling green light. They exchanged glances and rushed to Wisteria Yard. Mei Luo saw the light too.

After the green light faded away, a small green thing got out of the shattered eggshell.

Duanmu Xi bent down to carry it into her arms and stroked its head. It hadn’t opened its eyes yet.

Duanmu Xi lifted it and observed its look. It was fluffy all over its body, which looked like jade. It was pretty beautiful, which had a dragon’s head, a horse’s body and qilin’s feet but on the whole, it looked like a lion. There was a backward horn on its head and a pair of wings on its back. She wondered whether it could fly when it grew up.

What on earth was this?

“This is Tianlu Beast, also known as Pixiu. It is a mythical creature of wood property,” Lanze heard Duanmu Xi’s inner voice and explained it to her.

Pixiu? She had heard of it in modern times and thought it was a legend only. Unexpectedly, there was such a mythical creature as Pixiu for real? Legend had it that it was an auspicious beast that fed on fierce beasts and evils spirits, which could ward off evil.

However, she also heard that it loved eating gold, silver and jewelry most, just like Ying. Originally, she couldn’t afford Ying. Now, it would be too costly to raise two!

“Xi, contract with it now.” He had felt several people were heading here.

“Yeah, Mistress, contract with it now,” Hongling aside also reminded her. This little thing was qualified to be its partner indeed.

Duanmu Xi nodded her head and dripped a drop of her heart’s blood on the middle of its eyebrows.

As the life contract was successfully made, the little green thing became a grade-five mythical creature. Promoted as it was, it didn’t become bigger. It still remained the same old size.

Lanze pursed its lips and said jealously, “This little thing is so lucky. It is of the same grade as me when it enters into the life contract. When I entered into the contract back then, I was directly reduced to grade zero. Now, it is grade five right after it was born. How enviable!”

“It is because you are too stupid. Who can you blame?” Hongling made sarcastic remarks aside.

“It was a long story. Anyway, I was bullied.” Lanze couldn’t help thinking of its miserable look at that time.

When Duanmu Xi heard that, the corners of her mouth twitched. Lanze was miserably bullied by her indeed. Its cultivation over several hundred thousand years was directly reduced to grade zero. Hence, she patted Lanze’s head with comfort, “Keep up cultivating. And you will regain your original grade sooner or later.”

Lanze whimpered, its head lowered.

How could the cultivation over several hundred thousand years be regained easily?

Gladly, it cultivated much faster than the previous time. Lanze believed that it would be restored to the previous grade soon.

Looking at the green thing in her arms, Duanmu Xi felt quite delighted.

“Lyuzhu, this is your name. Do you like it? Little thing!”

Situ Kong, Nalan Xi and Mei Luo arrived at Wisteria Yard at the same time. They exchanged glances and directly went to Duanmu Xi’s room.

When the door was pushed open, Lanze and Hongling returned to Duanmu Xi’s mental space together.

The three of them didn’t expect to see such a warm scene when they entered the room. A beautiful girl in white held an unknown green thing in her arms while a handsome man in black stood aside and fiddled with the thing held by the girl.

What a well-matched couple! They looked like a loving family.

“Masters?” Duanmu Xi’s voice woke them up from their fantasy.

“Is this little thing Tianlu Beast?” Situ Kong widened his eyes. Unexpectedly, the dazzling light was given off by Tianlu Beast.

“Yeah.” Duanmu Xi showed the little green thing huddling in her arms to the three masters as if presenting a treasure, “It is called Lyuzhu. I’ve just contracted with it.”

“Its aptitude is quite good. You have a good eye,” Situ Kong looked at the little green thing carefully and said approvingly.

“Where does it come from?” Nalan Xi looked at the shattered eggshell and asked.

“It has just come out.” Duanmu Xi was afraid of mentioning the auction again so she hastened to change the subject, “Why did you come here together?”

“I’m here to give you the lesson,” Mei Luo glimpsed Situ Kong and Nalan Xi and said as a matter of course. She had a justifiable reason.

Situ Kong and Nalan Xi heard that and then both thought Mei Luo was too crafty.

“We are here to check on you.” Nalan Xi elbowed Situ Kong next to him secretly.

Situ Kong collected himself and chimed in, “This morning, he told us that you were sick so we are here to see if you are okay.”

Then, the three of them all gazed at Duanmu Xi, looking her up and down. In the end, their eyes were all focused on Duanmu Xi’s neck.

No matter how thick-skulled she was, she would know something as she was gazed at by them like this.

Duanmu Xi pulled her collar lightly and meanwhile glared at Xuanyuan Mo secretly.

Duanmu Xi’s gaze was not obvious but it didn’t escape her masters.

Instantly, they all looked at Xuanyuan Mo.

“This brat dares to do that to my precious disciple…” Situ Kong thought with a furious look.

Nalan Xi observed Xuanyuan Mo as if looking at his son-in-law, thinking, “It seems that Xi had has slept with this brat. I wonder how the brat’s personality and cultivation level are. Is he good enough for my precious disciple?”

“Some strong power seems to be sealed in the brat’s body. Even I cannot see it through. He is not simple!” Mei Luo thought with a suspicious facial expression.

Faced with their sharp eyes, Xuanyuan Mo was not nervous at all. He directly went forward and saluted respectfully, “I’m Xuanyuan Mo. Greetings, Masters.”

Master? Situ Kong pursed his lips. This brat did know how to take advantage of him.

Master? Nalan Xi narrowed his eyes. Evidently, this brat admitted what he had done then.

Only Mei Luo was expressionless with a bit of appreciation flashing across her black eyes. Her disciple had a good eye.

Xuanyuan Mo was so unbelievable. Duanmu Xi rolled her eyes inwardly. Judging from the three masters’ reactions, she knew that they must have got them wrong but she couldn’t be bothered to explain. After all, that would happen sooner or later.

As a result, Duanmu Xi slept well tonight while Xuanyuan Mo had to be tested by her three masters one by one. This was also the first time that Duanmu Xi found it a happy thing to have three masters.

…

In the blood pool of the Wilderness Holy Hall, Liqing woke up.

She didn’t know how long she had slept. All she knew was that the sense of suffocation of dying was gone. She could clearly feel that the fresh blood in her body was flowing.

Her blood was successfully changed.

The huge ethereal figure reappeared before Liqing.

“I’ve fulfilled your wish. Now, it is your turn to give me what I want.”

When she heard the ethereal and cold voice, Liqing’s heart clenched. If her soul was taken away before her blood was changed, she wouldn’t be afraid. Yet, she was afraid now. She was worried that she would become a walking corpse without a soul. However, she knew that it was no use worrying. The Wilderness Holy Hall was too strong for her to resist.

While Liqing couldn’t help shivering, an invisible hand covered her head.

“Argh…” This was the true pain, much more severe than the pain of skin cutting. This kind of pain of soul extracting was too much beyond words and also unimaginable for ordinary people.

Liqing closed her eyes in pain and her cold sweat wetted her hair, which streamed down along her forehead. Her body also started to tremble.

“Argh…”

Moments later, after another cry, Liqing’s soul was completely taken away.

“From now on, you are one of the people in Wilderness Holy Hall. If you betray the Wilderness Holy Hall one day, your soul will be dispelled and perish in the universe.” The words–“your soul will be dispelled and perish in the universe” reverberated through the whole Wilderness Holy Hall, which lingered on for a long time.

“Yes.” The voice was as flat as a machine.

“Come to the Dark Purgatory with me now. You are still too weak. The Dark Purgatory will make you very strong, strong enough to complete your wish and mine.” Dark Purgatory was a sinful and bloody place that was built on the basis of corpses. It could make people strong and also destroy them.

“Yes.” She also wanted to become strong. Only when she became strong could she win his heart.