Chapter 10The light of the sun is slowly fading through the horizon as it gradually hid and a blanket of darkness covers the sky. Within the endless forest, a group of people is talking to each other. s.h.i.+n Jiao walked towards the cave followed by Cherry Lao.
The three cultivators frowned as they felt insulted by the outrageousness of the shameless mortal who talks to them like equals. But since Cherry Lao followed behind him, they too walked towards the cave.
"Elder brother, do you think this mortal is too shameless to talk to us this way right?" Mei Wan said in a low voice to her older brother as she didn"t want Cherry Lao to hear it. She felt that although Cherry Lao is the strongest among them, she also have some feelings for this trashy mortal.
"Keep it to yourself junior sister. Their business is none of ours, it was already nice for them to invite us in so that we could rest, don"t jump around like a rabid rabbit trying to hurt the hands of those who extend their help on you." A soft voice of neither male nor female interrupted Mei Wan.
"Shut up, you tranny! Don"t think that I don"t know what you"re thinking. I know that you"re eyeing that lowly mortal, I saw the way you look at him." Mei Wan said in a rather loud voice.
When s.h.i.+n Jiao heard this, it made him frown a bit but still continued walking as if he heard nothing. Cherry Lao, on the other hand, held herself from laughing.
Before the group enters the cave they introduced themselves. The girl Mei Wan"s older brother"s name is Lei Wan, and the tranny"s name is En Bo. After introducing themselves they quietly enter the cave and found their own place to sit and heal their wounds. After some time a delicious smell wafted and filled the cave. The group who are focused on healing their wounds was suddenly interrupted by the salivating aroma.
"Guys, eat first then you continue on healing your wounds afterward." s.h.i.+n Jiao said as he called for them.
He had already prepared the bowls and the chopsticks on a small table made of stone. On the table a large pot of wolf meat broth mixed with some herbs and common vegetables that can be found in the forest. The delicious smell of the food made them salivate more.
Upon seeing the food the three cultivators felt a little hungry and help themselves on the small stone table. Mei Wan sat beside Cherry Lao and her brother sat on the other side, while the En Bo sat facing Cherry Lao. s.h.i.+n Jiao just stood on the other side behind En Bo like a servant.
"Senior sister, the food smells nice. Your servant truly can cook good dishes." Mei Wan said with a sound of ridicule towards s.h.i.+n Jiao.
s.h.i.+n Jiao didn"t know what he did that gained the animosity of the young girl. Then he noticed something about the way her older brother Lei Wan looks at Cherry Lao, there is a glint of lasciviousness on those gazes. Actually, Cherry Lao already noticed this but she was indifferent toward these kinds of people, as she is already used to it way back when she was still in the Lotus Sect.
But as Mei Wan noticed the way her brother look at Cherry Lao a crafty smirk appear on her face.
"Senior sister, judging from your strength and spiritual tools, I"m guessing that you belong to a very powerful clan or a sect, right? If so then do you have a fiancé?" Mei Wan asked with a hint of naughtiness in her smile.
"No… I"m just… I"m just a vagrant cultivator." Cherry Lao said emotionlessly but her gaze moves towards s.h.i.+n Jiao in the corner.
Cherry Lao"s action did escape Lei Wan"s eyes which made him frown and felt a little annoyed that some random trashy mortal gets to have her attention more than himself. So he plans to get her attention by his impressiveness background. So he sent an eyes signal to his sister who also got his meaning.
"Senior sister, you"re truly amazing! If you could join our Thunder sword sect, with your cultivation level in the gold core realm, you"ll be a core disciple or even an elder in our sect. And with our sect"s resources, your cultivation would rapidly increase. Come with us instead of being trapped here helping a mere mortal." Mei Wan said as she tries to bootlick Cherry Lao while looking at s.h.i.+n Jiao in disdain.
"Little sister, don"t say it like that. Senior sister Lao has a benevolent heart. She is trying to help this little brother here. But hopefully, someone should be thankful enough and not shamelessly rely on a woman"s protection. A man should be able to stand on his own and not be protected behind a woman"s back." Lei Wan said with a righteous bearing.
"You"re right! Big brother, Senior sister is truly a righteous woman. But alas, that sympathy would drag her down. Senior sister, you need to find someone whom you can depend on. A man with a strong, rich, and powerful background." Mei Wan added to hype up his brother.
"And who might that be, junior sister? Your brother? Ha, ha." Cherry Lao said with a hint of sarcasm in her tone.
"Yes, why not? We belong to the Wan clan from the city of Yi. Our family belongs to one of the top n.o.ble families in the city, and both of us is an inner disciple of Thunder Sword sect. With my brother"s background, you won"t lose anything. And I can see that he likes you, senior sister, it would be your honor to have caught his eyes."
Hearing the shameless words of his companions, En Bo was stupefied. He knows that this brother and sister duo are arrogant people, but he never expected them to be very shameless. s.h.i.+n Jiao, on the other hand, was also a little taken aback but he already has his fair share of shameless and arrogant people in his old world so he was not that affected. But Cherry Lao, on the other hand, is seething in anger, deep within her heart she wanted to kick booth clowns out of the cave. But she held herself back and just stood up from the table and walk to the bed and started to cultivate as if she didn"t care about anything else. Her coldness made the three cultivators a little scared.
"Hey! Eat first before cultivating. I don"t want to waste this food." Seeing this s.h.i.+n Jiao called for her, not minding the three people on the table.
Seeing that she didn"t react, he just went to the table pick his bowl and eat. The three people felt a little awkward with the situation especially the siblings as their effort was for naught. But upon smelling the aroma of the food, they forgot about everything and just followed suit and eat. s.h.i.+n Jiao left a portion of the food for Cherry Lao and clean up everything after everyone had finished eating. The three cultivators didn"t bother him as they too recuperate and heal their wounds.
"Brother, I think this girl is not that simple. She didn"t even bat an eye upon hearing the name of our school and your background. What should we do then?" Mei Wan whispered as she is still unable to accept the result of their machinations.
"Little sister, you don"t have to worry about this. I have a plan, just be patient." Lei Wan whispered with confidence.
The next morning, the three left the cave peacefully which made s.h.i.+n Jiao a little suspicious. Especially when they said nothing and just cupped their hands and left.
"That was weird, I thought they would convince you to go with them." s.h.i.+n Jiao said as he stood beside Cherry Lao while looking at the three cultivators who disappeared through the thick forest.
"Humph… So you want me to go and leave you here alone?" She said with a teasing smile on her face.
"Umn… No, of course not. Who would I bully if you leave me?"
"Hah! Do you think you can still bully me? With my level of cultivation now, see if I won"t make you suffer." Cherry Lao said as the temperature suddenly fell around her giving off a thin layer of frost.
Feeling the freezing aura, s.h.i.+n Jiao suddenly stepped away from her. With a sheepish smile on his face, he just raises his hands in surrender.
"Okay! Sorry, I promise I won"t bully you anymore." He said with a look of resignation.
"Well, since your cultivation is now okay. Do you want to want to go with me outside and look for something to test your strength? With your cultivation, I think I won"t spend some effort. He, he." s.h.i.+n Jiao invited with a wide grin on his face.
"No! I will stay here. I still need to solidify my cultivation level." Cherry Lao said as she turns around and closes the cave.
"This… Is this her true self? Why did her att.i.tude suddenly turn from a sweet girl to a cold princess? Truly baffling." s.h.i.+n Jiao said as he shook his head.
From his ring, he took out and put on his goggles, then luckily before he could take out the rest of his equipment he saw not too far from the area and behind a thick patch of bushes there exist three auras. They seem to be watching him and judging from their auras they are the three cultivators who just left a few minutes ago.
"Hmmm… What are they up to this time?..." s.h.i.+n Jiao thought and then suddenly he had an idea.
Not too far from him, the three cultivators are watching s.h.i.+n Jiao. They are confused about what he is thinking and, why he"s outside of the cave?
"Brother, why did she closed the cave door? Did she just kick him out? This might be our chance." Mei Wan said excitedly.
"Hey, you two. What are you planning now? I will tell you this once if you are going to do something crazy I"m out." said En Bo with a hint of threat in his voice.
"Hah! Who needs your help? I and my brother can do this... By the way, what is your plan big brother?" Mei Wan asked remembering that she still didn"t know what they would do.
"He, he. Well, it"s actually simple. You see, I think that b.i.t.c.h has feelings for that lowly mortal. So we just have to kidnap the mortal and then make her eat this meridian clogging pill. Once her cultivation level goes back to the core forming realm, that way we three can defeat her easily. What do you think?" Lei Wan said with a sinister smile on his face.
"Brother, you"re a genius! That"s right we can do that. Ha, ha, ha." Mei Wan laughed evilly.
"Both of you are crazy. If I didn"t promise master to help you two, I would have gone back to the sect already. This is such a waste of time." En Bo said with a tone of helplessness.
"Look, brother! He… he went to the forest by himself! Is he crazy?... He"s just a lowly mortal... I think he"s trying to impress Senior sister. What a fool... Well, this is also good for us. Let"s go and follow him, brother." Mei Wan excitedly said.
s.h.i.+n Jiao casually walks through the forest while clearing some bushes every now and then. Acting as if he didn"t know what he is doing. After some time he came across a two meters tall level 2 red mantis. The beast is busy digging something from the ground and was startled when a small young human appears behind it.
As if by reflex and mantis immediately swung its blade-like front leg towards s.h.i.+n Jiao who quickly ducked thus missing its target. Then s.h.i.+n Jiao quickly ran away but his direction is towards the three people hiding in the shadows. When he was close to their hiding place a smile appear on his face as he made his pace a little slow. When the mantis was near him, he immediately jumped to his left evading another cross slash from it. But that strike cleared the bush that the three cultivators are hiding thus exposing them.
"You! How come you guys are here?" s.h.i.+n Jiao said with disbelief plastered on his face.
The three were surprised by the turn of events. While the red mantis was also surprised upon seeing that the number of its enemy has increased. Then as if by instinct it became enraged as it roared and pounced towards the easiest to hit. According to the physique, it deduced that the tall young male is the would be an easy target.
"Brother, watch out!" Mei Wan shouted as she draws her sword from her waist.
Seeing the mantis slas.h.i.+ng towards him, Lie Wan smirked and condense a large amount of Qi on his hands. Then he extended his hands in an attempt to catch the incoming blade-like front leg of the red mantis. When he got hold of the legs, Lie Wan was pushed back because of the force, but he didn"t let go of his grip.
"Ha!"
With a shout, he broke the front leg of the mantis. Then he quickly dashed forward swinging it towards its head. When he landed on the ground the mantis" head rolled down and green gooey blood spurted out.
"This beast is too weak. He, he." Lei Wan said proudly.
"Hey, little mortal! What are you doing in the middle of this dangerous forest?" Lei Wan then turns his attention to s.h.i.+n Jiao who is standing on the other side.
"Me? Nothing much, just looking at some bugs." s.h.i.+n Jiao replied with a smirk and a ridiculing tone.
"You got guts! Let me teach you some lesson trash." Mei Wan shouted as she suddenly swung her sword at s.h.i.+n Jiao"s head.
The strike is without a doubt aiming to take s.h.i.+n Jiao"s life. She has been gritting her teeth this whole time as she felt it was an insult knowing that a cultivator is treating this lowly human as an equal. She is unsatisfied with Cherry Lao"s behavior towards this lowly mortal. As a young mistress of her clan, she would always throw her weights around and have her own way. She would kill whomever she wanted to kill without worrying about the consequences.
"Humph, this is what you get for acting like an ugly frog trying to eat the swan." Lei Wan said in a cold tone.
"No! Don"t!" En Bo shouted with a frantic face upon seeing the dangerous situation that the young mortal is about to face.