Translation: Aerial Rain Translation (aerialrain.com) by koffeam

Meng Qi’s idea was simple. These men were equally handsome, but because Qin Xiumo still owed her money, she could make him follow her words.

Qin Xiumo was startled, but soon the corner of his lips curled up. Did it mean that Meng Qi considered him to be more handsome than these two?

“…Okay.” He nodded. Without breaking eye contact with Meng Qi, his fingers began to fiddle with his belt, and he asked with a somewhat hoarse voice: “Are you sure I should do this?” Qin Xiumo glanced at Chu Tianfeng triumphantly.

Damn! Chu Tianfeng was a little aggrieved. His appearance, family background, body figure, and even cultivation talent didn’t lose to Qin Xiumo. Not to mention he was full of vitality now, unlike Qin Xiumo, a sickly patient who hasn’t been recovered yet.

But why did Meng Qi choose this guy over himself?!

“Yeah.” Meng Qi answered casually. She took out a porcelain bottle from her storage space and handed it to Qin Xiumo: “Sprinkle it on your body.”

“What is this?”

“Just in case you get injured by immortal devouring vine.” After explaining, Meng Qi continued to walk.

Chu Tianfeng took a step forward and walked side by side with her. He whispered: “Can he do it? What if they aren’t interested in him?”

“What are you talking about?” Qin Xiumo had already taken off his robe, exposing his upper body. He was severely injured when facing a tribulation. Afterward, to avoid the chasing from the former best friend who wanted to kill him, he escaped from the Southern Realm where his sect was located and stayed at the bottom of Qingfeng Valley’s cold pond for a long time. At this moment, his originally healthy tanned skin still looked a little pale.

However, Qin Xiumo was young, and he recovered well. His naked upper body showed no trace of fat, and looked firm and strong. While sprinkling the powder on his body, Qin Xiumo walked to Meng Qi and asked: “Is this okay?”

Meng Qi glanced at him lightly. Her gaze was clear without the slightest ripple. She turned to look at Su Junmo: “How? Is this okay?”

“…ah.” Su Junmo’s eyes flashed. He didn’t know what to say. “It’s okay.” Meng Qi’s eyes were clear and calm. She obviously showed no ripples when looking at the half-naked Qin Xiumo. But did she know?! The white tiger clan was a rarity in the Demon Realm. Once they found a partner, they would become a celestial demon royal family for life. Their possessiveness was absolutely outstanding among three races of human, demon, and devil.

Su Junmo tried to guess Meng Qi’s mind. Although she had no special feelings for Qin Xiumo, she obviously thought that he was good looking. If the Lord knew…

Aaah!!

Su Junmo couldn’t help but shiver.

“Su Junmo, Su Junmo?”

“Huh?” Su Junmo was too deep in his thought, and it took Meng Qi several calls before he came back to his sense. “What?”

“You… be careful. Look at the road when you walk.” Meng Qi stared at Su Junmo for a moment. This guy seemed to become weird since they left Huajiang Manor. His eyes always moved between herself and Qin Xiumo, and even more strangely, he was still quiet even after they were away from the crowd.

“Oh…oh, okay!” Su Junmo nodded and seriously began to observe their surrounding.

All four of them were cultivators, and their speed wasn’t slow. They quickly left the vicinity of the city and entered the depths of the forest. The deeper they walked, the denser the forest was. Branches and leaves blocked the sun, and the surrounding gradually became dim. Sunlight occasionally shone in tiny light spots from between the foliage. But except for the wind blowing leaves and some bird’s tweet, the forest was silent.

“Huh?” Su Junmo suddenly speeded up and walked towards a big tree not far ahead. “This…” He reached his hand to touch the traces on the trunk, then gestured to Qin Xiumo. “Look at this.”

“Sword aura.” Qin Xiumo had dual cultivation in swordsmanship, and his natal weapon was a sword. As soon as he stepped forward, he could see seven to eight marks on the trunk, with traces of sword aura.

“The one who did it, are they stronger than you?” Su Junmo asked.

Qin Xiumo sighed: “…It’s a Nascent Soul cultivator.” He emphasized: “Although the cultivation base is higher, the swordsmanship is not as good as mine.”

“I see…” Su Junmo nodded. He suddenly leaned over and picked up a leaf from the ground. The leaf was yellow, with a dark brown bloodstain on it. Thanks to Su Junmo’s sharp eyes, he discovered the dried bloodstain on such a small fallen leaf.

He took the leaf to the tip of his nose and smelled it: “It’s the red fox! Heh…” Su Junmo sneered. Those guys have been really arrogant recently. It seemed that after the Lord disappeared from the Demon Realm, they couldn’t hold their ambition.

“Let me see.” Meng Qi stepped forward and took the blood-stained leaf. She turned over the withered yellow leaf and examined it carefully: “This is from an injury caused by sword aura.”

Meng Qi raised her head. The leaves on the trees nearby were green. However, this fallen leaf was withered, despite its shape that still very intact.

“How powerful…” Meng Qi murmured. She has seen such sword aura, or to be precise, spiritual aura. When used to attack, it’s not only causing physical injuries, but also cut off vitality. A master of sword aura could draw spiritual aura from the enemy they injured or even anything else harmed by their sword aura to restore their condition. Such an opponent was almost invincible and extremely terrible.

Meng Qi’s heart jumped, and an image flashed through her mind. But it went so fast. Before she could catch it, the image has gone.

“What’s wrong?” Qin Xiumo asked.

“Nothing.” Meng Qi shook her head, “Let’s be more careful.” She looked around: “It seems that someone has been here first. This bloodstain…” Meng Qi gently touched the leaf with her fingertip: “…should be from several hours ago.”

“Huajiang Manor’s Cultivator Alliance has issued a mission to hunt down the demon cultivators who secretly trespassed the boundary and bring the immortal devouring vine to Three Thousand World. With such a generous reward, there must be many cultivators who come to take the mission.” Su Junmo seemed to regain his vitality. “Let’s hurry!”

“Okay.” Meng Qi nodded. She thought of Ji Wenyuan. There must be many other cultivators like him, hunting the demon cultivators for the reward.

Now that they had found the right direction, the group of four continued to move forward. After walking for about two incense stick of time, they arrived at a relatively open space surrounded by dense mountainous forest without no end in sight.

On the way, they occasionally saw the bloodstains left by red fox demons and the similar sword aura they had seen before.

“Just right here,” Meng Qi took a look around. “I will stay here to prepare. You guys go and lure the enemy.”

“No!!” Chu Tianfeng and Qin Xiumo opposed in unison: “I’m staying with you.”

“No.” Meng Qi shook her head, “Even if I encounter a fourth-rank demon cultivator, I can hold on for one incense stick of time. It’s enough for you people to come back.”

“Still no!” Chu Tianfeng was anxious, “What if they all attacked at the same time?”

“I still can hold on for one incense stick of time.” Meng Qi replied confidently. She had used the Four Poles Great Array to trap enemies before. If the opponent was a Nascent Soul cultivator in the seventh or higher realm, there was a possibility that she couldn’t hold on for one incense stick of time. But against demon cultivators, it shouldn’t be a problem.

“No!” Su Junmo also opposed, “I will stay.” If it was a real Four Poles Great Array, once those stupid red foxes saw it, they would be too frightened to even move, let alone entered it. But what if Meng Qi was simply bragging? Or that the array she knew was not the white tiger clan’s Four Poles Great Array, but merely another array with the same name? At that time, if something really happened to her, the Lord would skin him alive!!

He didn’t dare to take the risk!

“Believe me, I’m alright by myself.” Meng Qi felt helpless. She also knew that her cultivation base was simply too low to convince them. However, she also had another consideration. If the red foxes were really nearby and saw that she was alone, they wouldn’t hesitate to jump on the prey.

“Anyway, you are not allowed to stay alone!” Chu Tianfeng said directly: “Pick one of us to stay with you. The remaining two will lure in the red fox demons.”

Meng Qi: “…”

Her eyes swept across their faces. Their attitude was unyielding. It was rare for these three to stand on the same front, and didn’t even attack Su Junmo. Meng Qi started to ponder. She absolutely didn’t want to be alone with the noisy fox. She also needed Qin Xiumo to lure the enemies. Then…

“Young Palace Master Chu.” Meng Qi made a decision and looked at Chu Tianfeng: “Then I will ask you to accompany me.”

“Okay!” Chu Tianfeng was very happy. His eyebrows raised, and the corners of his lips curled up. He jumped next to Meng Qi and waved to the other two: “Go, don’t waste time, lest that sword cultivator rob Meng Qiqi’s reward money.”

Qin Xiumo: “…” He and Su Junmo exchanged a glance, then turned around and walked deeper into the forest.

Meng Qi watched the two left, then took out many materials from the storage space and began to set up arrays on the open space. This was one of the modified versions of the Four Poles Great Array. Because it was very useful to trap enemies and save her life, when Master taught Meng Qi, he forced her to learn it by heart. It was not an exaggeration to say that as long as the materials were sufficient, Meng Qi could set up this array perfectly with eyes closed.

Meng Qi grabbed the materials and began to get busy. Her thin and slender figure resembled a working sparrow, diligently drawing the array while skillfully throwing various materials at the large and small formation eyes. The Four Poles Great Array itself was extremely complicated, but this first variation wasn’t that hard. A Foundation Establishment cultivator like Meng Qi could draw each part of the array without running out of aura.

Inside the beast house, Xiao Qi laid down lazily. His azure blue eyes didn’t reveal any mood at all. He could clearly see what Meng Qi was doing. The slender figure was busily drawing array on the open ground. After drawing one part, Meng Qi would stop and wait for her spiritual aura to recover.

Ah, this time, it’s the Four Poles Great Array…

Xiao Qi’s mind already numb. He no longer felt surprised. Four Poles Great Array was one of the secret techniques of the white tiger clan. Although it was far less precious than their star array, knowing how to set up this array meant that Meng Qi was a recognized member of the celestial demon white tiger clan.

Of course, it actually was pretty natural for Meng Qi, who knew the star array, to also knew the Four Poles Great Array. But who taught her? The range of suspects seemed to be getting smaller and smaller. Except for himself, there were only four clansmen who knew how to deploy Four Poles Great Array.

Great uncle and elder has long retired and no longer dealt with worldly affairs. They also hadn’t left the Demon Realm for thousands of years, so it obviously wasn’t them.

So, was it his cousin brother or uncle?

Xiao Qi narrowed his eyes slightly and watched Meng Qi’s busy movement outside. It didn’t take long for her to finished setting up seven or eight copies of Four Poles Great Array, almost covering the entire open space densely.

Xiao Qi almost laughed angrily. It was the enemy-binding technique of his white tiger clan, used by the high-ranking clansmen to trap any creatures of the three realms. Back then, the celestial demon white tiger clan dominated the world, and when people heard the name of Four Poles Great Array, they would shudder and flee without a second thought. But she was using it just to trap some puny red foxes, and even to earn spirit stones!

Alright, Meng Qi actually wanted to earn spirit stones for his sake.

Xiao Qi scratched his fluffy claws on the ground, suddenly feeling a little itchy.

“They come!” Chu Tianfeng, who had been standing by, suddenly yelled in a direction. He quickly walked to Meng Qi’s side and raised his hand to activate a spell. A circle of blue flame instantly ignited around him, protecting the entire open space.

“Haha.” Sweet laughter came from all directions. Amidst the laughter, an enchanting and charming woman’s voice rang: “I am so scared…”

With a bang, the blue flame suddenly diminished. Chu Tianfeng groaned lightly and took a step back. His face was a bit pale.

Meng Qi gripped a handful of seventh-grade spirit stones in her hands, having prepared at least two to three hundred of these. Meng Qi held her breath, stood beside Chu Tianfeng, and flared up a small firework.

The firework flew into the sky and exploded. This was the communication tool Su Junmo gave them. After seeing the fireworks, the other two would come back immediately.

“Ah…” Amidst the sweet laughter, a red fox woman in a long red dress walked out. “What a cute little sister. This big sister likes it.” She lifted her slender hand, and a thick immortal devouring vine raised its tip and pointed straight at Chu Tianfeng.

“Little sister, let’s go with this big sister. Big sister will treat you well. Men here all are bad guys who deceive women, don’t get fooled by them.” The red fox woman smiled at Meng Qi. Her eyes were drifting charmingly.

“Go away!” Chu Tianfeng raised his hand furiously. A flame rose into the sky and rushed towards the red fox woman.

“Ouch~” The red fox woman moaned coquettishly. Under the flame, her originally beautiful face became even more charming. She squinted her eyes and smiling at Meng Qi, her silk-like eyebrows were raised: “Little sister, did you see it? These men can only shout and scream. How boorish. They don’t deserve you. Let’s go with big sister.”