Chapter 98: Red Xiaoyue’s Sorrow

“Eat more, all of you. You are far too weak—your foundation is still much too shallow,” Zhu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.

It seemed that the two disciples he had just taken in must have suffered terribly outside. Otherwise, one of them would not have been unable to lift a small hoe even after half a day.

As for the other, he had been told to feed the fish, and yet the poor fellow looked so frail he was on the verge of collapsing!

Zhu Xiaoyuan kept shaking his head inwardly. How had all the disciples he was taking in lately ended up so pitiful?

Still, if staying in his little courtyard for a while could help their bodies improve, that would not be a bad thing.

Hearing this, both Long Ruxuan and Lu Ran trembled all the more.

It was all because their cultivation was far too low. Otherwise, their master would not have looked down on them.

But they would work hard, and from now on they would do their utmost not to let their master be disappointed!

At that thought, the two of them began to eat with resolute determination.

With trembling hands, Long Ruxuan and Lu Ran lifted their bowls and took a mouthful of rice.

Then, with shaking chopsticks, they picked up the dishes before them and put them into their mouths.

My heavens, these were all divine medicines, and now they were being eaten just like this. What a waste of heaven’s treasures! How improper this was!

Yet they still forced themselves to swallow the food.

They had never imagined it was true—that vegetables could actually be eaten as if they were ordinary fare!

Lu Ran’s expression was beyond description.

At that very moment, he even wanted to praise the Wan Sword Sect, which had sent him here before.

If they had not sent him to his death, how could he possibly have had the chance to sit at this table and consume such sacred medicines as though they were nothing more than everyday dishes?

He really wanted to tell those people about it, just so they could die of envy!

Heh heh.

Just as everyone was enjoying the meal, the little white cat, Red Little Moon, swayed out of the room, still wearing a sleepy look on her face. Clearly, she had only just woken up.

Meow meow meow... tasty food! Tasty food!

The little white cat stretched lazily, then with a light and graceful leap, jumped directly into Zhu Xiaoyuan’s arms and began to act coy and spoiled without end.

She even rubbed her head against him.

“Hahaha, you little glutton. You still won’t admit it when I call you a greedy little cat. Sleeping all day long, and only getting up when it’s time to eat!” Zhu Xiaoyuan said with a laugh as he scooped some of the dishes into Red Little Moon’s bowl.

Red Little Moon immediately began eating happily.

Long Ruxuan and Lu Ran, however, looked on with somewhat complicated expressions.

Even a cat could get to the table and enjoy these sacred medicines.

They were not even as good as a cat.

Very soon, everyone had finished eating.

Red Little Moon’s cat belly had bulged out with fullness, and she looked down at her very round figure, meowing in distress.

How had she started putting on weight again?

Sigh.

Only after Red Little Moon had worked through this wave of sorrow did she remember something important.

She did not know how long she had slept this time.

It seemed she had been sunk in slumber for a very long time.

Red Little Moon activated her inner vision and examined every part of her body.

The instant she finished, she fell into an ecstatic daze.

In those lovely cat eyes, disbelief was written all over them.

This was an astonishing surprise!

Just now, when she looked into her own body, she saw that the blood flowing through her veins had turned entirely golden.

Truly a brilliant golden hue!

As all that blood flowed, it seemed like a magnificent river, dazzling to behold and exhilarating to the soul!

This was pure bloodline power!

All the mottled impurities that had once existed in her body had vanished completely.

“Meow... meow...” Red Little Moon was so overwhelmed with excitement that she rolled upright from Zhu Xiaoyuan’s embrace and then gratefully licked him with her tiny pink tongue.

Zhu Xiaoyuan did not know what the little white cat was doing, but he only felt that the cat was adorable.

He rubbed Red Little Moon’s little belly and said, “This cat... truly is...”

...

At this time.

Several beams of light rushed toward the South Ridge Mountains like falling stars.

Soon, the light landed on the ground and became several human figures.

“The princess is somewhere near the South Ridge Mountains. The soul lantern is flickering; it seems we came to the right place!” one of the men said.

“But I cannot sense the princess’s aura. Could it be that something in these mountains is concealing it? We simply have no way to investigate.”

“If that is the case, the princess must be trapped. It could very well be a forbidden land!”

An elderly man stood to one side, holding a lantern in his hand that flickered on and off, yet shone brightly.

“We should return at once and report this to the Tiger Emperor!”

“Leave now!”

In the span of a few breaths, the people before them vanished once more.

The place returned to silence, as though nothing had ever happened.

...

At the same time.

Somewhere in Southern Barbaria.

Two elderly men were walking across the land on foot.

They looked like ordinary old men, yet their steps were steady and their breathing even. Though their pace seemed no different from that of a common person, each step carried them thousands of miles away.

“Why have we still not sensed his aura? Could it be that he was utterly killed and erased without a trace?” one of them asked after a long while.

They had been ordered to come to the Heavenly Martial Realm to investigate why the black-robed man they had sent out had died for no apparent reason.

“The one who killed him must still be in Southern Barbaria. Otherwise, why don’t we use our heads and think of a way to force him out?”

The other man was Qi Ming.

His eyes were now icy cold. “I already have a plan. Let’s go.”

Very soon.

Inside the Ruofu Sacred Land.

The Holy Lord of Ruofu Palace was cultivating.

They had already arrived in Southern Barbaria not long ago, and precisely because of that, the Holy Lord of Ruofu Palace had become even busier. He wanted to seize every moment to improve himself.

At present, resources were terribly scarce; only by becoming stronger could one obtain more resources!

Before the Holy Lord of Ruofu Palace lay a book that appeared to be a manual, though it was badly damaged.

No one knew where the Holy Lord of Ruofu Palace had gotten it from.

“Ruofu Palace? Interesting enough, but it really is rather ordinary.”

All at once, a ripple passed through the air, and in the secret chamber that had originally held only the Holy Lord of Ruofu Palace, another person suddenly appeared.

He wore hemp-colored clothing, and as soon as he lowered his head, he reached out and picked up the damaged book from the floor.

Only then did the Holy Lord of Ruofu Palace react; he had not noticed at all when this person had appeared in the chamber!

“Who are you? Why are you here!”

“Tsk.” The man shook his head, casually tossing the book in his hand to the ground, his eyes full of contempt.