Chapter 245 Missing Princess Mingzhu
“No. As long as we treat her well, she will definitely contribute even a little to Murong Family.” Old Master Murong’s bright eyes now were shining with cunningness.
Old Madame Murong faintly sighed. “You, always up to this kind of tricks. I hope we won’t bring up a heartless brat.”
Old Master Murong slightly smiled and didn’t take his wife’s words to heart because he had seen too many people and was sure Hua Mengshi was definitely the kind of people who forgot their benefactor’s kindness and otherwise clung to them when in trouble.
“Hope I didn’t make a mistake…” Old Master Murong thought like this.
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Two days later.
Hua Mengshi arrived at a mountain at the western land of Yuewu Kingdom. A plain stone tablet without words stood at the entrance of the mountain.
However, Hua Mengshi reached out, and a soft lump of anima energy brushed against the surface of the stone tablet. Then, six characters appeared: 11th Branch of the Dark Sect!
Indeed, this was the real place where she dwelled. Hua Mengshi came from Xuanyuan City and had been using Shadowless Foot she learned in Murong Family all the way. Few people could learn this footwork.
At least, Hua Mengshi felt content with her capability and was sure no one had followed her.
Hua Mengshi looked back and scanned the dense forest with her tender eyes; there was no one.
Therefore, Hua Mengshi’s figure disappeared in a flash again.
If not for Hua Qiyue, Hua Mengshi would have been pretty satisfied with her Qi Art. Unfortunately, in front of Hua Qiyue, she was totally vulnerable!
Hua Mengshi soon went deep into the mountain. Before the giant black palace, footsteps rang. The dark gate slowly opened, and two girls of 17 or 18 years old sauntered out. “Greetings to Palace Leader! Welcome back, Palace Leader.”
“Get up!” Hua Mengshi regained that look of pride and strolled into the black palace.
Two maids didn’t dare to look up and only stole a look at Hua Mengshi in fluttering pink dress until she entered the palace.
When they saw Hua Mengshi’s right hand wrapped in layers of white gauze, they couldn’t suppress their surprise.
That being said, they didn’t say anything extra, close the palace door, and followed behind Hua Mengshi.
On both sides of the palace, knelt two lines of girls, all of whom dressed in pink. They looked pretty and was neither too young nor too old, with respect on their faces.
These were people Hua Mengshi led in the 11th branch, most of who were girls. Also, there were a few boy disciples, who were now standing behind girls. Though standing, they all bowed with respectful faces.
Not until she was back in the 11th branch did she felt relieved again. Ignoring her missing right hand, she sauntered into Feather-spreading Palace.
“Leave me, all of you.”
Having entered Feather-spreading Palace, Hua Mengshi casually ordered those girls kneeling in the palace.
“Yes, Palace Leader.” The girls slowly got up and respectfully withdrew, closing the palace door for Hua Mengshi.
Feather-spreading Palace was where Hua Mengshi stayed for indoor cultivations.
She walked straight to the end of the hall and pressed her hand on the red palm print on the wall.
Boom—
With a slight noise, a door appeared in the wall and Hua Mengshi strolled in. Inside, there was a staircase-like pa.s.sage, leading underground.
After she entered, the door slowly closed. On both sides of the pa.s.sage, beads and beads of bright and beautiful luminous night pearls were studded.
Hua Mengshi walked to the underground palace. It was luxurious to the extreme as well. The floor was paved with white jade, looking even more luxurious than the royal palace.
Down here, it was a huge hall, where Hua Mengshi usually cultivated. In the center of the hall, a furnace was fuming white smoke. This was an anima energy furnace, which was given to every Dark Sect Palace Leader to help them absorb more anima energy and facilitate their lethal skill cultivation.
While on the right of the palace, there was a pa.s.sage, wide and bright.
Hua Mengshi strode forward and through the pa.s.sage, arriving at a pool which was fuming hot steam.
Inside the pool, sat a gorgeous girl. If Hua Qiyue had been here, she would have been surprised—This girl was none other than Princess Mingzhu.
At that night at Green Mountain Temple, Princess Mingzhu wanted to seduce Yun Shimo but was dragged into the bottom of the lake by Palace Leader Lin Qi. Then, she left Green Mountain Temple with Hua Mengshi.
Later, on Lan Luo’s recommendation, Hua Mengshi became the Palace Leader of 11th Branch of the Dark Sect, and naturally, Princess Mingzhu became her follower.
After having been contaminated by Lin Qi, she was possessed by hate that almost drove her crazy. Therefore, Hua Mengshi used this weakness of Princess Mingzhu’s to coax her into cultivating forbidden arts gotten from the Murong Family.
Hua Mengshi was smart, and wouldn’t give up her everything for some forbidden art.
No matter what kind of forbidden art it was, she would have Princess Mingzhu test it first. If the side effect wasn’t that harmful, she would follow Princess Mingzhu to cultivate them then.
“Mingzhu, I’m back.” Looking at the woman who was in the pool with her eyes closed, Hua Mengshi faintly said.
Princess Mingzhu walked out from the cultivation state. Now, she had been in the great completeness of Round Sun, thus she could leave the state any time.
“Mengshi, you’re back? Great! Have you bought good stuff for me again?”
Princess Mingzhu’s eyes lit up. She quickly flew out of the pool, while her clothes were still dripping water.
However, after Princess Mingzhu slightly ran her anima energy, her soaked robe immediate dried up.
“Sure. Look, what do you think is this?” Hua Mengshi smiling took out the scroll from her inner pocket.
Princess Mingzhu’s eyes were flashing with green lights, and she readily grabbed the scroll from Hua Mengshi’s hand. After opening it, her pretty face started to glow because of excitement.
“My! The Deity-slaying Dragon Formula. I remember reading about them in the legend, and it’s a very powerful forbidden art!”
An exclamation escaped Princess Mingzhu.
“Yes, it is. This is the forbidden art I’ve got from the Murong Family, so I present it to you first.”
Hua Mengshi smiled but failed to conceal the fatigue all over her face.
“Mengshi… gee, what happened to your hand? Why is it wrapped in gauze so thick?”
Princess Mingzhu noticed Hua Mengshi’s right hand in white gauze, startled.
Painful emotions and tremendous reluctance to admit defeat registered on Hua Mengshi’s face.
“I met with Tianci, so I wanted to hold him hostage to threaten Hua Qiyue. After all, I didn’t know what realm she had been at that time. I didn’t expect when I was about to take Tianci… she showed up and chopped off my hand with one stroke…”
Hua Mengshi’s eyes flashed with intense hate. “I didn’t expect she reached the great completeness of Round Sun too, and she should hack off my hand in one blow… I didn’t want to give up, but how could I defeat her when I was injured? So…”
Hua Mengshi’s words immediately aroused the hate that was so thick in Princess Mingzhu’s heart that it almost exploded. After all, in Tianyuan Continent, women in some conservative countries still treasure their virginity very much.
If a woman lost her first time to some nasty b.a.s.t.a.r.d, that meant she would never have the chance to marry the man she loved. Moreover, never would she marry someone as his legal wife, instead, she could only marry into some family as a concubine.
However, being a concubine meant that she would need to tolerate many things and people, including even the legal wife’s servants. This was the last kind of life Princess Mingzhu wanted.
At the end of the day, it was all because of Hua Qiyue that she had been contaminated by Lin Qi!
But for Hua Qiyue, Yun Shimo wouldn’t have ignored her, Princess Mingzhu!
Without Hua Qiyue, Yun Shimo wouldn’t have chased after Hua Qiyue to Green Mountain Temple, and Hua Qiyue wouldn’t have set off with Hua Mengshi…
If she hadn’t been to Green Mountain Temple, then she, Princess Mingzhu, would still be an innocent girl, without the intense hate in her heart, or those nightmares that involved that monster Lin Qi…
“Haha, Mengshi, when I cultivate the Deity-slaying Dragon Formula, I’ll slay that Hua Qiyue for you!”
Princess Mingzhu sneered and greedily skimmed through the content of the Deity-slaying Dragon Formula for once.
Hua Mengshi said, her tearful eyes flashing with grat.i.tude. “Mingzhu, don’t force yourself. Keep the scroll for me now, and let’s cultivate together!”
The two girls looked into each other’s eyes deeply and both smiled sincerely.
However, before Hua Mengshi began their close cultivation, the Sound-Transmitting bell rang to paused their plan. Therefore, she had to leave Princess Mingzhu to her cultivation and went out to handle Dark Sect’s affairs.
This time, the guest actually was Lan Luo.
Lan Luo’s hair was scruffy as ever, but he looked not so spirited as usual.
“Luo? How nice of you to visit me here! I heard you killed Hua Qiyue?”
Hua Mengshi threw herself at him. Lan Luo circled his arms around her slim waist and kissed her red lips hard. “You’re the best. That nasty woman…”
Lan Luo exhaled. He was a man; naturally, he wouldn’t give in to Hua Qiyue. Therefore, he was happy with Hua Qiyue’s not taking him to Yun Shimo’s array interior.
“What? Was it… a bait?”Hua Mengshi’s face darkened. Lan Luo was much stronger than her in strength.
Otherwise, Hua Mengshi wouldn’t have gotten on Lan Luo’s bed. This man indeed was handsome, but his scruffy hair really turned her off.
“Yes, it was just a bait. Hua Qiyue asked me to watch the Dark Sect’s move and waited until she found me. But I wanted to become strong. That wicked woman’s Hallucination Art was powerful. I was controlled and defeated by her even before releasing my lethal skill.”
Lan Luo said dejectedly.
An ice-cold smile flashed upon Hua Mengshi’s face. She gently stroked Lan Luo’s pretty face. “Luo, that wasn’t Hallucination Art but Spirit Summoning Art!”
Lan Luo widened his eyes hearing Hua Mengshi’s words.
“Spirit Summoning Art?”
“Isn’t that a secret art of the three ancient clans? How did Hua Qiyue get her hands on it?”
“Where did she get this kind of secret art? Is she from the three ancient clans? Or did one of the three clans choose her?”
Lan Luo hatefully gnashed his teeth and was also feeling scared now. If one of the families really laid their eyes on Hua Qiyue, he could only wind up dead.
“It doesn’t look like it… From what I know, Yun Shimo has a family feud with the Xuanyuan Family. Hua Qiyue is capable in Spirit Summoning Art, but you can tell she doesn’t learn it in just a few days but starts learning long ago… which means that her master shouldn’t belong to the three ancient clans.”
Hua Mengshi rationally a.n.a.lyzed.
Lan Luo’s face appeared cold, while his heart was burning in flames.
Hua Mengshi smiled as if she suddenly saw a glimmer of hope. “I’ve learnt many secret arts in Murong Family, and we should learn them together to cooperate to kill Hua Qiyue. In this way, not only can we revenge ourself, but also we can contribute to Dark Sect!”