42 Chapter 36: He simply leads, I follow (1/2)

A day earlier,

Tao lie sat up against the moldy, straw-filled bed and began to examine his surroundings.

He had been following the Deava girl like the Grand ancestor asked for years now, but there hasn't been anyone that approached him with the Emperor seal yet.

His eyes had quickly adjusted to the darkness making The room was bright as day to him as he was snake demon.

He then looked at the dark blue evening sky from his windows and couldn't help but sigh.

'She's getting better at controlling her Aura, luckily a blood moon would be appearing soon.'

He forced himself to stand, feeling every ache of his muscles and each creak of his bones.

The aching has become more evident as tracking the duo hasn't been easy at all.

'why are they even travelling without appropriate rest?, and from the looks of it, we are just a day away from the northern dessert...could she be trying to return to the demon realm?.'

He chose this window to observe the outside, finding the small quaint town lit blue by starlight and a full, glowing moon.

Cobblestone roads were lit by candle filled lamp-posts. A few dozen people still walked the streets. And He happened to spy upon a few cultivators from the scholar sect walking casually in light green robes, armed with swords and white hand fans.

'if I were to choose to sect to destroy first, it'd be this cocky B*stards'. He thought while tapping his fingers on the wooden windowsill impatiently.

Noise emanating from the ground floor was mixed with laughter, yelling, and the garbled speech of dozens of speakers.

Soon, the delightful smell of blood drifted into his nose. He licked his lips and could swear that he could taste his next bloody meal.

As he was busy fantasising, he felt the aura of the Daevan girl move once more, so he quickly exited his room.

He grumbled inwardly as he picked up his short sword. Mentally filing away the sights, sounds, and smells, he returned his attention to the quest he held of utmost importance: To follow his target.

As he maneuvered his way through the crowd, he noticed a number of unfriendly gazes upon him-- his vision and senses were excellent, even though he has been away from the fighting.

He quickly chose to divert into a nearby dark alley, in order to deal with this as he was confident in his skills that even if he failed, he could still escape.

Not long after, about five men in loose cultivator outfits appeared behind him.

But moment he prepared to fight, a pale faced youth with long raven black hair slammed a man's head against a nearby wall within the alley. With two swift movements of arm, the youth stabbed two bleeding holes in the side of another's neck and chest.

”ARRRGH!” the victim screamed but was not able to react. The youth swiftly and smoothly whipped his arm down, immediately washing off the blood on his hand with his expression unchanging.

”r...r...RUN!!!.” someone shouted warily.

The pale youth said, ”As if!, your all dead, trash.”

”W… Wh-...” a Lanky man held his saber forward, granting himself confidence, but under the youth's gaze he dropped it and ran while yelling. ”…RUN!!”

The two other men took a step back, terrified.

In their attempt to run, the youth simply flicked his arm and the three fell simultaneously.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Tao lie looked at their corpses and noticed they had died to flying needles but what shocked him was the designs of this Needles. So he quickly went on his knees saying ”Tao lie greets Third Prince!!”.

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Presently,

After Tao lie explained the whole situation from over the years, Xue shan could only say one thing.

An odd girl.

That was his impression of the girl.

He turned his head and looked toward the source of this incomprehensible question,

”….a Goddess”He spontaneously muttered those words from his mouth causing Xu yi to frown.

There stood an unbelievably beautiful girl.

Her pure milky skin was without a single stain like it was covered in dissolved moonlight, her long black hair further down from her waist was like it was enhanced by the dark night and when it came to her small face build, it made the most beautiful girl in the usual Grand banquets in the palace fail miserably.

What he heard from the tales of old about the Daevan women being abnormally beautiful was certainly true.