Ultimately, Zhao Fao's sixth sense, honed by his Heart as Arrow, Will as Bow intent, allowed him sense the situation of things even before he arrived on the scene in person.The situation seemed dire; Jiang Ping lay convulsing on the ground while Qing Qing's aura was raging violently as she held Aunt Wang in a tight grip. Zhao Fao sucked in a cold breath."Undo whatever sorcery you just performed!" Qing Qing's fury was palpable as she screamed at the older lady. "NOW!"Aunt Wang looked lost for words, "I....I..... I""What the hell happened?" Zhao Fao felt a pang of discomfort seeing Jiang Ping writhing in pain. While he had speculated on the possibility of an incident in two hours, he hadn't thought it would manifest as an accident."She inflicted him with some unknown curse, it's presently corroding his true soul!" Qing Qing explained. Her voice held a tinge of desperation and helplessness.If she were here in her alternate body, the Spirit Queen, it would barely cost anything to el

The scene in the cultivation field was very harmonious as the couple hundreds of youngsters moved and breathed in sync under the morning sun, all proactively circulated the Red Yang Furnace Art. On close inspection, one could make out a thick sheens of reddish-gold mist enveloping their bodies and tempering their constitutions as they exercised.By the time the sun loomed brightly overhead at noon, most of the youngsters had ended their practice. Although cultivating the Red Yang Art still yielded gains after the purple Qi of the morning sun had passed, it was negligible in comparison, and a smarter investment was to consume Yang Pills directly instead. However, there were still a couple of youngsters who remained in the yard to practice.One of them was a handsome young man who had a dazzling sun mark on his forehead. On the surface, he was Zhao Fao, a genius cultivator from the House of Zhao who recently apprenticed under the Vermillion Sunfire Sect, but unbeknownst to anyone, he wa

"Puchi!"Without suspence, the flickering needles pierced into the body of the unknown assailant. His body trembled as tiny droplets of poison coating the tip of the sharp objects dissolved into his bloodstream.Under Ah Huo's terrified gaze, the assassin's body decomposed rapidly. In no time, only leaving the items on his body; a robe and a storage ring."Corpse Dissolving Spirit Fluid?" Ah Huo wasn't ignorant about items with such effect and her gaze as she glanced at Zhao Fao turned several shades more cautious.Zhao Fao did not pay heed to her guarded expression and simply stooped to pick the storage ring and black robe on the ground. He rubbed the latter between his thumb and first to check the material; it was made out of top-quality spirit silk, impervious to both flame and water erosion."Is this why we've been unable to find any traces of the assassins on your trail? You've been killing them and eliminating traces with Corpse Dissolving Spirit Fluid?" Ah Huo asked what felt l

Meanwhile, back at the Repository, Zhao Fao did not flinch as the first Law Enforcer landed right in front of him. His calm demeanour made the former stop for a bit, but then she recovered and spoke loudly."Do you know your crime?"Zhao Fao studied the lady's face and advised quietly, "You should be able to tell this is a covert plot. Don't play into the hands of others."The Law Enforcer was apparently as stubborn as a mule as she barely considered his advise before shouting a second time at an even louder pitch, "What covert plot? Do you mean to say someone else killed Huang Po right now and machinated it so that you'll take the blame?"Zhao Fao blinked calmly, "Yes."Hearing the conviction in his tone, the spectating crowd could not help but fall into doubt. However, the incident had happened right in front of them after all, and some cultivators soon stepped out of the crowd to act as witnesses."I saw you raise a hand to strike him.""I saw it too.""Oh, surely you must have als

The First Elder was the most powerful Elder, and he was also the most reclusive.As it was, none of the younger cultivators on the scene recognized him, which went on to hint just how reclusive he was. As a matter of fact, if it wasn't for the purpose of fulfilling the favour Alchemist Qin had hold on him, he wouldn't have interfered in this matter at all.Now that he was involved of course, he took action resolutely. From his demeanor, it felt like he wanted to quickly end the disturbance and go back into hiding."This is an internal matter of my sect. Every other unrelated person you can get lost now," his tone was calm.The hundreds of cultivators and those still arriving instantly made a U-turn and left without saying a word. Alchemist Qin secretly took a moment to forward a broadcast message of appreciation and acknowledgement that their granted favours had been used up.First Elder's gaze fell on Alchemist Qin and he shook his head. In his mind, he was thinking the man was rathe