
Hui tu entered the cave slowly, increasingly walking into the sense of smell Hui's catch a foul smell that increasingly sharp pierced the nose.
"Was this cave they used as a mass burial of their victims?" hui asked in the form of murmurs after seeing there were many bodies with bodies torn apart piled up in the cave.
The cave was filled with human bones and some decomposing bodies. Most of the bodies were the bodies of a young girl as seen from their small body shapes.
Hui tu covered his nose with a cloth that he washed using holy water to reduce the foul odor that was smelled by him.
"Tap tap tap." Hui tu suddenly heard the sound of footsteps of several people approaching.
Hui was forced to immediately have to hide behind a pile of corpses that mount it. From his place Hui tu can see some people carrying the bodies of 2 little girls who were also torn apart by the stomach and chest.
"Huh, the longer the more often they just take the tumbar. Makes us have to enter this rotten cave more often." complained one of them after throwing a corpse into the pile of other corpses.
"It's still better than before. We just came to dispose of the body like never before the chairman took over the Ouyang familywe had to live near the rotting corpse" said his friend.
"Why do we have to pile all those bodies up here?" ask one of them.
"I don't know for sure why either. But, from what I've heard, the chairman has something in this place that needs a lot of bodies to be more useful" replied the others.
"Here you go, let's get out of this rotten place. I've been wanting to vomit to smell the stench of the corpse." said the others then immediately left the place.
"Ugh, because of them I have to let my body smell." lamented Hui.
"What light is that?" hui muttered as he unintentionally saw a faint purple-colored light among the scattered corpses.
Hui tu walked very carefully to find out the origin of the light. His eyes widened to see a small plant whose leaves, stems, flowers and fruits were all purple. While the faint light came from the fruit which was shaped a pomegranate with a size as large as a marble attached to the trunk.
"The soul-devouring plant." muttered Hui tu.
"From its faint shape, color and light, the fruit is almost perfectly ripe. The foolish woman should come immediately so that this plant can be moved into her dimensional stone. Once the fruit has matured, the plant no longer needs the essence of a deceased human body so it is better to move it to be safe from people who are eyeing the fruit for bad purposes." hui tu muttered.
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My Liu immediately returned to the upper palace of the clouds with an annoyed face restraining anger. He did not expect the person he valued and regarded as a brother all this time with no guilt wanted the destruction of his daughter's happiness just for the sake of obsession from the daughter of his beloved brother.
"I'm really careless. I may have forgotten that Sia Wu once mentioned Jin hu as the young man of her dreams. I forgot because it was a long time ago. I think he's forgotten his obsession for a young man who doesn't even know him." he blames himself.
My Liu arrived at the palace at night as the whole family gathered in the hall to talk.
"Dad.." call Ze who first saw my Liu enter the hall.
"You're back, what about your meeting?" ask Mei yin.
"Nothing happened, they just didn't meet for a long time and asked to meet because they happened to be near the border." lied my Liu while putting on a smile so that his wife did not suspect.
"It seems like the palace is getting crowded" said Liu I switched the conversation.
"Yes, now the palace will be more crowded because of the presence of two baby relatives from Jin hu" said Mei yin.
They ended up talking together and Ze even left Yang ruo to his father so that his father could guide the young boy as long as he left later.
While Yang ruo was just speechless in disbelief seeing my Liu who had long been his idol standing in front of him. He increasingly did not believe that Ze was asking the man to be his guide.
"Ah, sorry your highness queen Jin. I was just shocked to see grand master Ji whom I had long wanted to meet standing in right before me." said Yang ruo.
"I hope that since Dad is someone you admire, you will be more eager to practice" Ze said.
"That's for sure." said Yang ruo making many of them laugh.
"It turns out that King Jin's in-laws are the grand masters of Ji who are famous for being the greatest alchemists and cultivators" said one of the Ouyang family guards.
They chatted for quite a while and then returned to their respective residences to rest. My Liu had time to see Ze before taking a break to apologize because she felt that Sia wu's problem was her fault.
"Had been dad, he had been craving my husband for a long time so, with us not meeting now it is possible not to meet forever given his obsession with my husband. Dad is innocent even I'm proud to have a father who ignores anything for my happiness" Ze said.
"Thank you my dear daughter, a lucky father has a daughter as great as you" my Liu said as he hugged his daughter whom he loved dearly.
"It's very late at night, go get some rest because tomorrow you have to travel again" said Liu.
"Okay dad, good night." said Ze.
"Good night dear" said my Liu and returned to his residence.
The next morning Ze and Jin-hu continued their journey after Hui. He forbade Huo nan from taking part in their journey because Huo nan had to immediately return to Beicheng's palace.
"You go back to the Beicheng kingdom only. Let the fire snake take you back so you can come back faster. You've left the kingdom long enough and Uncle Rui." said Ze.
"Good sister-in-law." resigned Huo nan.
"Antar Huo nan to the Beicheng kingdom and immediately returned to the palace. Even though the palace should be safe, I'd be more at ease if there were more people guarding the family inside the palace" Ze said.
"Good noble." said the fire serpent.
"Yang ruo, your current cultivation ability does not allow you to join our journey. Stay here and train hard. When you're capable enough to follow us then you'll be part of our journey ahead" Ze said.
"Good noble." said Yang ruo.
Ze finally set off as did Huo nan and the fire snake. The fire snake carried Huo nan flying then turned into a huge snake when it was above the clouds.
"Kangkasnya with the human form of the fire snake, I forgot that the original form is really creepy." murmured Huo nan on the back of the fire snake.
"Did you say something prince Huo nan?" asked the fire snake made Huo nan surprised.
"Ah, no I didn't say anything." Huo nan replied as he stroked his chest.
"Oh, that means I'm wrong to hear you say the word creepy." said the fire snake.
"He he he." Huo nan chuckled stiffly while scratching his nape.
"Lucky he only heard that last word." Huo nan muttered softly.
"Did you prefer this original form or your human form as a fire snake?" ask Huo nan.
"Actually more comfortable with human form because there will be no running in fear just by looking at me. But, like other spirit animals, my true strength is also limited when using human form. So, each form has different flaws. I simply use the form according to the situation." replied the fire snake.