Book 1 Chapter 8: Dead? Who is?


    Jinghua had wished that she could just screw the meeting with the Big shot and go back to her room to sleep. Her mood wasn''t good. Her lack of sleep was making her lethargic in both her mood swings and her personality. She feels like a pregnant woman with her moods being in a swag, it is unpredictable as hell. There was no telling what kind of aura she would emit as it changes nearly constantly.


    She really has a hard time keeping up with the former Jinghua''s personality when she''s this sleepy. This was proven to be very badly perceived too since a lot of people near her now are very sensitive toward changes. Especially that old man and the man behind her.


    Tao Mi Ling looks at the man behind his little sister''s back. Who at the moment, was looking at her with a complicated expression in his eyes, and immediately, a somewhat dreadful feeling started to emerge from the deep of his heart. The man''s expression was totally expressionless, like a block of wood. But his eyes say more than needed.


    He hopes that this man wasn''t interested in his sister. With the man''s background, there was no way that they could afford to annoy him. Just by looking at the garment that he was wearing, Mi Ling knew right away that this man wasn''t someone that they could afford to offend!


    Tao Mi Ling has never seen a garment of that design before, but he can tell that the materials used to make it were expensive.


    The man behind his sister looks way younger than he should be. Judging by his looks alone, Mi Ling would reckon that the man looks like he''s a boy, and not as a man.


    The man looks like he was in his 15th year, not older. However, Tao Mi Ling wasn''t so ignorant that he would believe that the man was merely a boy. The aura that he gave out along with his very presence demanded respect and awe! This is the presence of someone who had already experienced what life was like out in the world! There was no way that someone like that would be called a boy anymore!


    Tao Jinghua didn''t see the man behind her but judging by her brother''s expression, the man must be very young or incredible. She didn''t care either way.


    Hmm? What is this? Jinghua turned her head toward the window. Not even knowing when the light outside had already darkened and the wind started to pick up. There were signs of snow falling down, as the wind blew harder and harder.


    "It''s snowing?" Jinghua whispered with a confused voice. Her voice was so small that Tao Mi Ling nearly didn''t hear it. However, the old man and the man behind her can hear her clearly. They turned to the window and both their eyes narrowed dangerously as they saw the fresh snow.


    This wasn''t a joke!


    It was now in the middle of the summer! How could it snow? Something must''ve happened deep in the Mountain Xue for it to snow this far away.


    Mountain Xue from Xue Chengsi wasn''t that far away but it wasn''t near either. Flying with the Nine Wings Bird was faster than foot traveling and yet, it still took they a while. If viewed in distance using miles, there are more than 250 miles between the two of destination.


    Xue Chengsi was called Snow City because of being the nearest city within the velocity of Mountain Xue. Aside from that, it was because the first City Lord of this city was called Xue Fanghua. Other than that, there wasn''t much connection.


    This town had never snowed in the summer before. This was the first time. So, it is imaginable that people will panic when situations that have never happened before happen.


    "Snow?" Tao Mi Ling was also shocked. He had seen snow before. However, this was the first time that he had seen snow in the summer. And of this color.


    A thought suddenly enters Jinghua''s mind. There was no way that this snow was normal. Aside from how it looks, there was another thing that caused Tao Jinghua to tense slightly.


    A thought entered her mind as consequences, causes, and effects flashed by. One word entered her mind; The Abyss Beast.


    "Big brother, where are Qingshan and the boys?" Jinghua asked, making Mi Ling jump in realization.


    "Shit!" Mi Ling cussed without a care as he jumped up from his seat and ran toward the door.


    "Hua''er, go back to your room!" He ordered before he vanished with a movement martial art, the Vanish Step. The only martial arts manual that the Tao family has.


    Jinghua blinked. Well... She didn''t think that Tao Mi Ling would be in this panic...


    She closed her eyes for a second as she put the snack into her mouth and chewed, tasting the after-effects that come out from the fruit? Nut? No idea if this was a fruit or a nut. Well, whatever. It does taste pretty damn good. She likes it.


    Finishing her snacks, Jinghua stands up from her chair and walks toward her room, totally ignoring the two men behind her. Their eyesight never left the girl as she made her way to her room, even when she was ignoring them. She had already forgotten that the old man and his grandson hadn''t left and were watching her.


    No, that was a lie. She knows that they are still here but she couldn''t care less. However, no matter how much she didn''t care about the two men, the way that the man called Yang''er was looking at her made her back shiver in coldness. Not cold as in fear or intimidated but cold as in heated cold. The kind of cold that makes people want to sweat in the heat. The kind that she doesn’t want to know about.


    The heat from his eyes made Tao Jinghua scared for the first time since she came to this world. The way that he looked at her made her mind numb. It reminds her of a certain someone. And that caused her heart to ache in a way that made Tao Jinghua want to just stab it and take it out.


    It would have been less painful that way.


    She didn''t want to stay near this man any longer than necessary.


    Both Jinghua and Shangyang haven''t even seen each other fully yet and Jinghua had already instinctually decided that she didn''t want to be anywhere near the man. She didn''t know why either. Neither does Shangyang. Shangyang knew that he was very interested in this girl, who looked like she was only 13 years old. He knew that she was important but to who? Himself?


    For reasons unknown, her very presence made his heartbeat with something that made his heart beats with something.


    What is this? What is this feeling? Shangyang wondered as his fist tightened to himself with every step that the girl took away. Each step that she took syncs with his heartbeat, making it strangely hurt.


    Just before the girl vanishes from his sight, a blast of cold wind knocks the windows open. Sending lanterns on the ceiling to come down.


    "!"


    “Look out!” Shangyang vanished from his spot and pulled Jinghua into his arms just as a large lantern dropped right where she used to be.


    A sharp electric sensation shoots up Shangyang’s body as he touches Jinghua, sending his heart to a near stop for a second. Shangyang’s eyes widened in that split second, making his body cold and his lips trembled slightly.


    Jinghua didn’t notice the trembling of Shangyang’s body but the old man’s eyesight was far too good to let that pass by. No matter how small that trembles of Shangyang’s body was, the fact that the spiritual forces coming out of Shangyang’s body at that very moment were caused by this girl, was already enough to cause the Oldman to gasp in shock.


    It wasn’t a small thing either. The amount of pure spiritual qi that got cast off from his body wasn’t a joke. The old man’s eyes widen in both happiness and hope.


    He had been looking for artifacts all over the world to help his grandson’s body for the past 18 years of his life. Yet, no matter how far he travels, no matter what kind of forbidden land it was, all he found was useless treasures. He, along with his son and daughter-in-law, have to watch as their brightest and smartest grandchild/child slowly turns into a demon.


    The child’s teacher did all that he could to slow down the intake of pure spiritual qi that Yang’er involuntarily took into his body but there was only so much that he could do.


    The only two ways to make sure that his body was able to take in all those pureness of spiritual qi was to have exchanges energy from sex and combats. However, that has its own dangerous aspects too.


    The pureness of the spiritual qi from Yang’er was far too pure for a normal human and normal cultivator to intake or use. Their body cannot handle that amount of pureness. The only one that hadn’t had any problem when sharing and exchanging spiritual qi was his Younger and older brothers and mother. Even his own father cannot share energy or exchange it with him.


    Although sharing spiritual qi or exchanging spiritual qi with someone else won''t be that dangerous, it was still being something that shouldn’t be constantly in use, especially when it comes to sex. In fact, if done once in a month, it would help both parties with their cultivation progress and stabilize the foundations for their cultivations. However, the thing was that Yang''er''s body needed to be exchanged once a week at the least, otherwise, the pain that he would feel would be... unimaginable.


    Shangyang was pretty used to the pain already but the pain of the soul wasn’t something that anyone could get used to. Especially when the pain from the soul and the pain from the physical body both happen at the same time.


    So, imagine his surprise when he saw that just by touching that little girl, Yang''er''s pure spirit was repelled from his body without consequence. He was so damn happy that he felt like he''s going to cry!


    Someone told him that this isn’t a dream!


    “Thank you, you can let me go now,” Tao Jinghua’s cold voice said with an indifference that made Shangyang let go of the girl instinctively. The girl did a small bow in thanks before turning to see what kind of damages the stairs suffered was due to the fallen lantern.


    There was no damage done to the wood at all.


    Tao Jinghua nodded in satisfaction that the stairs weren''t damaged. She’ll hate to pay for it if the owner thinks it was her fault.


    Tao Jinghua totally ignored the fact that this world, every building such as this inn was built using semi-spiritual woods so it was far sturdier than concrete. This was a precaution toward fights between cultivators, because, otherwise, such a building won’t last a second before it was destroyed.


    Shangyang’s eyes haven’t left the little girl at all. No, that’s not right. It wasn’t that his eyes haven’t left the girl but rather that his eyes can’t leave the girl.


    Already, Shangyang had already started to feel the effect of having liberated a large amount of spiritual qi instantly.


    He feels less heavy, less stressful, and less of a burden on his soul and body.


    Just in that one split second, the amount of spiritual qi that he lost was enough to nearly kill low-grade cultivators, but yet - that girl who has no spiritual qi of any kind actually wasn’t harmed at all.


    What the hell?


    While Shangyang and the old man were still shockingly frozen in their spots, not caring at all that they were still looking at her, Jinghua left behind the two men as she closed the door to her room.


    Her hands were shaking slightly. She sighs out loud as she clenches her chest.


    Too similar. Too familiar. Their glazes were far too alike.


    They are so similar to the point that Jinghua was afraid to look at the man called Shangyang.


    A name came into her mind and heart instantly; Chen Huafei. A very girly name but was, in fact, a true male.


    An image of a thin, tall, and yet very handsome and firm face appeared in her heart. Hair the color of platinum blonde, eyes as cold as ice, and an equally expressionless face.


    No - stop thinking about him. Don’t think about him!


    Jinghua clenches her heart as she bites her lips hard enough to bleed.


    “Jinghua, remember that the dead do not come back alive, the soul which has left will never return!” She told herself as she clenched her hand hard enough to bleed. Tears blurred her vision as her memories nearly awaked.


    While this was taking place within her room, the two men from before were already gone.


    “Yang''er,” The old man started only to stop once he saw the looks within his grandson’s eyes.


    “Grandfather... that girl... I know her... I... her soul feels so familiar...” Shang Changyang, whose real name was Shang Yangli, was so lost that he didn’t notice his soul reacting to his mentality.


    They were flying toward the Snow Mountain to stop whatever it was that’s causing the Dark Snow to form. However, with the man’s current mentality, will he be able to fight? The old man worries.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    However, he soon found that his worries were not needed.


    Three hours passed by so fast that Tao Jinghua totally forgot about her lack of sleep.


    Tao Qingshan and Mi Ling came back with everyone''s presence. However, the dark snow was oddly cold with a chilliness that sunk deep into the bones, so both Tao Baiyu and Honghui caught a cold. Lucky for them, Tao Jinghua was prepared so they only got sick for a night before they were already better.


    Due to Tao Baiyu and Honghui’s fever, they stay inside the inn for one more night. While that was happening, the City’s people were making plans for war.


    Why?


    Because of the odd Black Snow. Due to the black snow, hoards of beasts were running away from the Snow Mountain. Or not; it was due to the Abyss Beasts that waves of beasts are running away from their homes.


    So, now, the majority of the families in this city were preparing for war against those beasts.


    Lucky for them, such things as beast hoards happen once every two to three years. So, the majority of the humans in this world were already pretty used to this kind of thing happening. Although, this belief was for towns and cities that are near to a beast''s habitable like the Mountain Snow. After all, Wuzhi Kingdom was already a kingdom full of poisonous beasts- other beast types don’t have much opportunity to live here before they were pretty much snacked on by those poisonous beasts.


    Three days later, after the city went through its beasts hoard- with little to no damage since this hoard was pretty small- Tao Jinghua and the rest of her brothers left Xue Chengsi behind and flew on the Nine Wings Bird and went to the location that was on her elder sister’s letter.


    It was a small forest called the “Purple Blazed Bamboo Mountain”- about 150 miles away from Mountain Xue, to the northwest. This mountain was famous for both mortals and cultivators alike since the laws of this place put a restriction on both cultivators and mortals.


    Purple Blazed Bamboo Mountain was called so because of the large, thick, and abnormally fire-glazing looking bamboo forest. This mountain was known to be the only mountain that has successfully planted herbs that both cultivators and mortals needs; The Morning Dew Mysterious Grass, Overlord Fire Branch, Nine-Yang Scarlet Bamboo, Hundred- Years Red Ginseng, Snow Wolfberry, Rising Sun May Fire Grass, Maiden’s Fragrance Fruits, and Spirit Grass.


    According to Tao Suyi’s letter, all of these herbs were needed to make Body Tempering Pills. She said that the woman who controls this region was looking for a mortal girl who knows how to create a porcelain chest for storing the herbs listed above. However, she must be under 13 years old, must be a virgin, and must have a Yin-Body constitution type.


    Tao Jinghua doesn’t have a Yin-Body Constitution type but she wasn’t looking for such an opportunity anyway. She was here because this town has a Mechanic Guild. And because she was bored and wanted to learn more about this world.


    A Rank 1 Mechanic Master. His name was Jin He. He was sister Tao Suyi’s subordinate. Tao Suyi left something for Tao Jinghua with Jin He.


    This was the real reason why Jinghua wanted to come here. According to her knowledge of her sister- it seems like the older woman left behind a lot of books for them before she went on her seclusion.


    It was also likely that this action of hers was the equivalent of exchanges or her action of leaving the Tao Family behind. After all, she''s going to be an immortal cultivator and immortal cultivators live a long life. Who knows if the Tao family would still be existing a hundred more years. Which was why she wanted to form and train the foundation of the family even more with those things that she left for her.


    Out of all the girls and boys in the family, Tao Suyi doted on her the most. Although, that might be because they have the same mother.


    Regardless of the reason, Tao Suyi had entrusted the future of the Tao Family to Jinghua - at least this was until Jinghua got engaged to Tang Beifeng.


    So, Jinghua is here to get the things that Suyi left behind for the family. While she’s here, she’s also experiencing this world for the first time and learning things about this cultivation world that she’s currently living in.


    When they met with Jin He, the man was very respectful toward them.


    Reading both this man’s intention and his eyes, Jinghua knew right away that this man wasn’t one of those two-faces men out there in the cultivation world. Maybe it was because, in the 25th Century, it was just the beginning of the Martial Arts Information Age - but there was a lot of information and sources for Jinghua to study and train in. There was one Art that Jinghua specialized in; Intentions Arts.


    Or better known as “Heart, Soul, and Spiritual Intention of Humans Arts.”


    In this Arts, more like Skills, Jinghua had trained both her mentality sensitivity and her Sensing sensitivity towards such things as men’s and women’s intention to the point that her Grandmasters had chosen for her to interact with the normal human society. Something that was never heard of for an assassin her of grades.


    Why? To train her reaction, interactions, and mentality towards human intentions. She even went to Middle School, High School, and College just to train those Skills of hers.


    So, you can say that her ability in reading a human''s mind and their intentions was top notch.


    Which was why she knew right away that this cultivator named Jin He was a pure-man. As in pure in intention, pure in feelings, and pure in body.


    A virgin.


    A 50 years old virgin. Who has no intention of ever getting out of his virginity status?


    “Young Lady and Young Masters, please, this way,” the old man- who doesn’t even look like it, led them away toward a two-story house to the west of Purple Blazed Town.


    Purple Blazed Town was the town closest to the Purple Blazed Bamboo Forest. It was the only town that the women who controlled this region of the world had allowed men to enter. Passed this town, no men could enter without permission - of course, unless the so-called man himself doesn’t want his family jewels anymore.


    The house that Jin He led them to was a normal family size courtyard house with a small pond in the middle of the yard and a couple of flower brushes.


    He led them to the guest-hall as he served us tea while we waited. It seems like this guy doesn’t even have a servant to help him out. Weird but acceptable.


    The boys were curious but they all knew that they shouldn’t be naughty so they behaved themselves. They talk in low voices as they brainstormed what kind of things Suyi left for Jinghua.


    Ten minutes later, he came back with 12 Universe Bags.


    Only, this kind of bag was different from the ones that they are used to.


    It was made with purple-colored fabrics that have gold threads and stitches fingorm some kind of talisman on it.


    Just by the appearance of the Universe Bags, anyone could tell that it wasn’t a simple bag.


    And Jinghua was proven right again.


    Turns out that these bags were called Primal Universal Bags - not just universe bags. Each Primal Universal Bags cost 5 Mid-Tier Jingshi - that’s about 5,000 Low-Grade Jingshi right there. Enough to feed a mid-sizes clan of cultivators for five months at least.


    This caused Jinghua to be suspicious. Where did Tao Suyi get all the money to buy these bags from? Or does she make it herself?


    Within these bags were 50 million mortal Gold Coins, 200 Low-Grade Jingshi Stone, and 30 Foundation level manuals for bodybuilding, swordplay, spear arts, and other weapons parts. All of these resources were enough for a rich young master to live his whole life carefreely. And yet, Tao Suyi gave them to Jinghua? If Jinghua doesn’t suspect Tao Suyi’s intention then she’s a moron. And Tao Jinghua was not a moron.


    Even though all of these were all low level at the grade of a 1, they were still all priceless treasures for the Tao Family.


    With these many items from Suyi, Jinghua knew right away that something was going to happen to her. Or did it happen already?


    What were Tao Suyi’s plans?


    Jinghua’s eyes gleamed underneath her bangs, as her mind went through a hundred different kinds of reasons, causes and effects, details, and suspicions that she could think of.


    No matter what happened, Jinghua was going to be calm about this. Her sister trusted her with these items for a reason, she wasn’t going to make her hard work turn to nothing due to Jinghua’s own actions.


    “Young Lady, Master told me to give these bags to you and also inform you that in the Gold-Purple bag, there is a book on Alchemy for you to study. She hopes that with this book, you won’t be bored anymore.” Jin He said with a small smile on his face.


    Jinghua could hear this man’s heart beating and understand why he was secretly shocked at his master’s action toward her mortal family.


    Jinghua nodded her head while Qingshan and Mi Ling were secretly shocked at her actions. They don’t know what happened or what was inside these bags, but they were shocked that Suyi had left Jinghua an Alchemy Book.


    After all, an alchemy book of low level would already cost more than ten thousand gold coins- something which the Tao Family cannot afford.


    Everyone from the Tao family was so shocked that they didn’t even notice how they left Jin He’s house or how they made it to the inn for the rest of the day.


    When they left that night, they had brought three Talisman for the Nine-Wings Bird.


    It cost 3 Gold Coins each but it was worth it. Because with the materials on Jinghua right now, no one wanted to risk anything so they secured their traveling safely first and foremost.


    The Talisman was a speed flight Talisman for Bird Creatures like the Nine-Wings Bird. Increasing the speeds in which the bird can travel by 500%, making the distance that they had covered within three days into 3 hours of traveling. The speed was so fast that Jinghua couldn’t even see anything, just a blur of things for 3 whole hours. While Jinghua was slightly sulking because she couldn’t see anything passed by, all the boys were so tense that their bodies'' postures looked even more awkward than a newborn deer.


    When they finally stopped to rest at Xue Chengsi, all the boys were so grateful that they kissed the earth underneath their feet. All Mi Ling and Qingshan did was shake their heads with fond smiles before they left to buy some presents and gifts for the people back at home.


    Jinghua brought a lot of fabric brocades and all sorts of materials for making and creating different kinds of accessories, along with books on Pottery techniques for everyone at home. The boys brought weapons, armors, and talisman protection for everyone.


    Jinghua pretended that she didn’t see Qingshan and Mi Ling buying a lot of cooking wares and different kinds of ingredients, even seeds.


    With the money that Suyi gave Jinghua, she gave the boys three gold coins each to buy whatever they wanted. In the end, Tengyu was the only person to have brought a lot of leather.


    “Teng’er, why are you buying so much leather?” Tao Jinghua asked, curiously, at her younger brother.


    The so-called brother blushed bright red as he scratches his cheeks nervously. “Big-sis, I want you to help me make a set of clothes for me....” He said as he looked down on his feet, his whole body radiated nervousness. Jinghua blinked her eyes a couple of times in surprise before nodding.


    “Sure, however, you have to get to the Martial Artist Tier 2 first before I make you a set of clothes,” Jinghua said with a glim in her eyes. The boy’s eyes widened as he looked at his sister.


    “Okay! It''s a promise!” Tengyu shouted excitedly as he skipped toward Qingshan. Mi Ling and Qingshan both rolled their eyes at the boy’s tacit. So easy to read.


    They rest for two hours before going back to their little home town, Xichang Town.


    On the way, the bird’s speed was slowed down due to the Talisman running out of spiritual energy, making it easier for Jinghua to notice something that she had missed before.


    As they got nearer and nearer toward Xichang Town, all of them noticed signs of battle. With the height that this bird can travel at, they couldn’t even see anything from the ground. However, the smell of blood that was carried by the wind wasn’t that easy to dismiss for Jinghua.


    Jinghua’s expression was unchanged but her eyes were already gleaming with lights in them.


    “Lil Nine, go closer to the ground,” Jinghua suddenly instructed the bird, causing the bird to cry out loud in reply.


    Mi Ling and Qingshan looked at her questionably but she ignored their looks as she focused on what was going on in the ground.


    Bodies of large beasts were literally loitering all over the forests. Trees were burning, freezing, wet with water and some even bear no leaves at all for no reason.


    The earth cracked in odd places. Jinghua’s vision was not normal. She can see far better than normal people but she wasn’t an immortal cultivator. Once the distance between the sky and the earth lessened enough, both Mi Ling and Qingshan were so shocked that their bodies literally froze in fear.


    Jinghua ignored them for now as the Nine-Wings Bird got closer to the ground.


    She could see a lot of smaller beasts still fighting. Jinghua took out her bows and arrows. She silently and steadily smeared poison to the tips of the arrows before knocking them to her bows.


    Within a split second, five piercing arrows flew out of her hand towards the beasts that were on the ground. Even though the poison doesn’t have much effect against poisonous beasts, it still slows down the beasts enough that the cultivators who were fighting them had a chance to critically injure them or even kill them.


    With Jinghua helping from the sky, the cultivators who were fighting against the beast on the ground had some time to breathe. Mi Ling and Qingshan weren''t normal either as they both came back to their senses earlier than normal. Their help with distracting beasts by sending killing intent at a critical moment distracted the beasts enough to be injured by any cultivators.


    As times slowly passed by, the small beasts slowly stopped showing up as more and more were killed. Once Jinghua judges that the cultivators won’t die from overwhelming beasts waves, she tells the Nine-Wings birds to go nearer to their hometown.


    It was not a pretty sight that they saw upon coming closer.


    The wall surrounding Xichang town was literally ruined. Cracks were all over the place. Some places don''t even have any rocks to tell them that this was once a wall.


    Jinghua’s eyes dimmed with the chilling lights within. Mi Ling didn’t even wait for Jinghua’s instructions when he commanded the bird to go straight toward their house.


    Luckily, only the store was wracked. Their house was safe and sound. Everyone was safe- if not mentally scarred. Her mother and father were so worried about them that they cried literally when they saw them.


    “My babies!” Both Jinghua’s mother and her stepmothers ran toward the boys as they hugged each and every one of them with a hold that could crack bones. Jinghua steps back slightly so that she isn''t in their direct sight. As a result, both Mi Ling and Qingshan were hugged until their faces pale and turned green.


    If Jinghua used her assassin abilities to hide her presence for a while longer because of this then no one can blame her.


    Two hours later, Jinghua found out that due to the Abyss Beast driving out all the beasts in Mountain Xue, the surrounding regions were also affected too. As a result, clans and sects all over the country send their students and members to help out. Luckily for Xichang town, it wasn’t in the direct path of the beast hoards so only the wall and a couple of buildings were destroyed.


    The number of mortals that die could be counted on one hand, this time around, unlike every other time that a beast hoard happens.


    “Tao Jinghua! Tao Jinghua! Are you there! Please! Please! Open the door!” Suddenly, a piercing yelled from outside the Tao Family home. The door was banging loudly and the presence of a normal person was right outside.


    As sudden as the presence was, a bad feeling surfaced within Jinghua’s heart.


    Her eyes gleamed darkly. Because that voice was the voice of Tang Beifeng’s second wife, Liu Ying.


    The maid that had been behind her father went to open the door. Stumble in was a young girl about 16 years old with a bloody outfit and teary eyes filled with heartache, disbelief and a look of madness in her eyes.


    “Ying Er?” Jinghua asked the second wife’s of Tang Beifeng, feeling slightly confused.


    Once she saw Tao Jinghua, Liu Ying broke into tears and threw herself into Jinghua’s arms. Her body shakes as grief clouded her face and she cries her eyes and heart out.


    “Hua’er, Hua’er... Beifeng... Beifeng is... Waaaaa,” She cried as her words started to not make any sense.


    “Ying Er, calm down. Why are you crying? Where are Meier and Beifeng? Why aren’t they with you?” Jinghua asked as she patted the older girls in her arms.


    At that question, the girl cried, even more, harder as she collapsed to the ground. “Wuu Wuu, Hua’er, wuwuwu. They-they’re dead!” She cried out loud as her voice shook with emotions and her facial expression turned near insane.


    Jinghua blinked her eyes for a couple of seconds as she let the words enter her mind.


    What? Did I just hear that Tang Beifeng was dead?


    “Ying’er... what... What did you say?” Jinghua’s expression was completely expressionless and her voice was completely calm but for some reason, everyone’s eyes widened as they looked at Jinghua with a worried expression.


    “Dead! He''s dead! Sister Meyer is dead too! Everyone is dead!” The girl shouted out with her eyes in fear and a look of near insanity entered her face.


    “W-wait, Liu Ying, what do you mean by that?” Mi Ling asked with a pale face as he put his hand behind Jinghua to steady her, just in case.


    “B-beast, a pitch-black beast- it kills everyone!” Liu Ying’s hands were holding onto Jinghua like it was her lifeline as she shivered in fear and her eyes deluded in fright.


    Jinghua’s knees give out- due to disappointment and from Liu Ying’s hold, causing both girls to collapse into the ground. While she was at it, Jinghua faked fainting, too.


    “Hua’er!” Both Liu Ying and Mi Ling called out as they tried to prevent her head from hitting the floor. The floor was a stone floor, so they did anything to prevent Jinghua’s head from hitting the floor.


    The situation turns instantly chaotic but for some reason, Jinghua has been feeling like someone or something was watching her every movement. She can’t tell where or which direction it was from but with her sensitivity at her current range, she could tell that whoever it was, it was very curious about her.


    Whoever or whatever it was, it has no ill-intention towards her or anyone near her so she let it go.


    And she had a feeling that whoever this being is, it wasn’t a beast nor a human.


    So, something ‘else’ got interested in her?


    First, her so-called Fiancé was dead. Now, something or whatever it was- was looking and watching her?


    What the hell was going on?