Chapter 264: The Greedy Aura (1/2)

Two days passed, and it was deep into the night…

Water-like moonlight and diamond-like stars decorated the night sky.

A band of Blood Skull experts were sitting on the ground among numerous oddly-shaped, huge rocks.

After marching for two days straight, many of them had consumed a significant amount of spiritual power, and thus had to stop to recover with spirit stones.

The poisonous spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth filled every corner of the Void Illusion Mountain Range. Fortunately, since every Blood Skull member had their own protective spiritual tool, they didn’t have to worry about it.

However, every one of them had spent an enormous amount of spiritual power traveling at a high speed, hoping to catch up to Ma Jiu and his men and raid their base within the shortest time possible.

The higher their cultivation base, the less spiritual power they consumed, therefore the easier it was for them to recover.

All the Heaven stage Blood Skull members spent a long time replenishing their spiritual power with spirit stones.

Dressed in simple yet pretty blue battle garments, Pei Qiqi was sitting with her back against a large rock, looking at the vast starry sky, her mind drifting away.

Showered in bright, silky moonlight, her jade-like skin seemed to be wreathed in a shimmering, precious luster.

It was like a beautiful, painted scroll that was emanating an enigmatic power.

Several meters away, Cai Yuan, who was talking to his sister in a soft voice, couldn’t help but shoot a glance towards her. Infatuation could be seen in his eyes as his gaze landed on Pei Qiqi’s desirable physique.

Cai Yue, however, glowered at him, hating him for being so vulnerable to Pei Qiqi’s charisma.

In her eyes, her brother was without doubt the most talented young man in Shatter City, or even the entire Realm of Split Void.

Ever since she was a little girl, she had admired her brother, and wanted to temper her battle prowess in the Void Illusion Mountain Range and win the respect of the Blood Skull elders like her brother had.

However, since she was a girl, her father, Cai Lan, had never had the heart to let her do that, and thus ordered her to stay in Shatter City at all times.

Even if she acted on her own and went to the Void Illusion Mountain Range, powerful experts would always be there to accompany her in case she encountered danger.

She was so envious of her brother’s life that she even dressed herself as a boy on most occasions.

Therefore, seeing her precious big brother repeatedly risk his own life to save Pei Qiqi, she felt as if someone had pierced her heart with a knife.

She believed that it was because of this woman that her brother was no longer flawless.

Cai Yue pursed her lips and said with a disdainful expression on her face, “What do you see in her, big brother? She’s nothing but a woman who’s a bit good-looking and knows some spatial magics.

“She’s got a terrible temper; she doesn’t get along with people and she won’t make a virtuous wife. Why do you like a woman like her?”

Cai Yuan fondled her hair in a doting fashion and said with a smile, “You’re still a kid. You don’t understand.”

“What’s there to understand?” Cai Yue let out a snort as she pushed away his hand and said angrily, “I’m already a grown-up! I’ll soon enter the Heaven stage and be at the same level as you. Don’t you take me as a child! I know everything! That woman plays her little games with you just because you’re the young lord of the Blood Skull; she wants to use you!”

“It’s not like that.” Cai Yuan’s eyebrows furrowed as he said, “She’s never asked me to do anything for her. I only did those things because of myself, because I wanted to be around her. As a matter of fact, she’s turned me down more than once, but I…”

With those words, Cai Yuan let out a sigh and said, melancholy filling his face, “Alright, alright, you just need to understand she has nothing to do with my decisions. I know that I might be after the wrong girl. She doesn’t belong to the Realm of Split Void, much less Shatter City. Sooner or later, she’ll definitely leave this place.

“Perhaps, I can only untie the knots in my heart and give up to fate when she’s gone.”

Cai Yue said angrily, “I wish she would leave as soon as possible!”

With another sigh, Cai Yuan shot a glance at Pei Qiqi, his heart filled with bitterness and helplessness.