Chapter 255: The Mysterious Master Was Actually Her! (2/2)
His identity couldn’t be exposed, so he had no choice but to kill and silence them.
As they made their escape, they went all out and left no room for mercy. There were even occasions when they used their spirit treasures and turned the enemies to smithereens.
More than ten young disciples from the treasure tower died to them. As for Ji Cangyue, she never appeared again and had clearly made her escape long ago. Feng Feiyun didn’t bother trying to find her as he only wanted to leave the treasure tower as fast as possible.
With the cloak missing, this place would become very chaotic and troublesome. He needed to run as far away as possible.
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In the bamboo forest, foggy white mists billowed like beautiful bridges. Xue Wu soared through the forest like a little butterfly. Each of her steps took her more than ten meters further. Suddenly, she stopped and stood under a jade-like bamboo tree then lifted her head towards the sky.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!” Several terrifying auras swept by in the sky as if they were chasing someone.
“The five guardians of the treasures tower… Looks like they got the cloak!” She twirled her hair around with her finger as a happy glimmer appeared in her pretty eyes.
“Swoosh!” Another graceful figure soared forward from the forest and drifted next to her.
This girl had a scholarly and elegant presence. She seemed younger than Xue Wu, only around the age of fourteen or fifteen with a charming figure. Even though she was not as seductive as Xue Wu, she still carried quite an amorous feeling.
Yu Chan said with worry: “Big Sis still isn’t here yet, I hope that nothing went wrong.”
So this girl turned out to be Yu Chan, the rank nine beauty of the Supreme Beauty Pavilion!
“Those geezers won’t be able to do anything to Big Sister!” Xue Wu looked quite happy as she looked towards the north and saw a crimson cloud coming towards them. Within this fiery cloud was a figure. In a flash, they were right in front of them.
It was the mysterious master.
“Big Sis!” Yu Chan and Xue Wu quickly came over. The crimson flame slowly converged and disappeared completely. A supreme beauty appeared. She wore a red dress with a white veil covering her face. Despite not being able to see her features, just her aura alone was enough to charm all men in this world.
If Feng Feiyun was here, he would be rendered speechless from shock. He wouldn’t believe his eyes because the mysterious master that he had been trying to reveal the whole time was actually the delicate Nangong Hongyan!
She was not delicate at all at this moment. Her flame-like dress had flashing lights flowing across the surface. This was a divine dress no lesser than the Cloak of Invisibility with the name “Crimson Phoenix Garment.” 1
Nangong Hongyan really didn’t have a strand of cultivation. Moreover, she didn’t have the aptitude and couldn’t embark on the path of cultivation. Because of this, she was able to fool Feng Feiyun.
The reason why she has such mighty power is due to the ancient era’s Crimson Phoenix Garment. With this dress, she gained a power comparable to a half-step Giant!
“The second divine garment is ours. Among the five, we are missing the demon’s battle armor, ‘Nine Doves Sacred Gown’ from the Feng Clan, the Nalan Buddhist Robe from the Mortal Life Temple, and the royal family’s Regal Dragon Robe.”
Her voice was as wondrous as a heavenly breeze. While holding the Cloak of Invisibility, she glanced towards the southern sky with the prettiest pair of eyes in the world: “Our next target is the Feng’s Nine Doves Sacred Gown!”
She came to the Wanxiang Pagoda specifically for the cloak.
She was the most beautiful in the world, but the high heavens was jealous of her. She had no spirituality in her body and couldn’t channel any spirit energy, so cultivation was out of the question. Even if she could sway everyone right now, ten years or twenty years later, she would certainly start aging. Her beauty was not eternal and her youth was not everlasting.
Only by obtaining all five divine garments would she be able to maintain her youth for a hundred years with their great powers. Even if she had to die from old age after one hundred years, she would still die as the most beautiful woman in the world and not as a withered granny.
All women were afraid of growing old. The more beautiful one was, the more afraid they would be. Nangong Hongyan was scared to death because of it since she was the world’s most beautiful after all.
No one could defy the heavens, not even her. She only wished to live a carefree and graceful life, immortality was not something she was searching for.
One hundred years was the limit even after obtaining the five divine garments. This was the sad fate of those who couldn’t cultivate. This type of pain was not so easily accepted contrary to what she told Feng Feiyun.
In fact, half of her pain that echoed in her zither was due to this.
“Kill everyone involved in this heist, don’t leave a single one alive!” She was not willing to accept how the heavens treated so easily, thus she wished to defy it!
Xue Wu clarified: “Even Feng Feiyun?”
“He knows too much. I feel that he has become suspicious of me, so we have to eliminate him. Leave him to me. I’ll use his demon blood to refine the Nine Doves Sacred Gown.” Nangong Hongyan stared at the horizon. Her mind was no longer at the Wanxiang Pagoda.
Their next stop was the Feng Clan in the Grand Southern Prefecture for the third divine garment. Xue Wu and Yu Chan acknowledged the order and set off to kill everyone involved in this mission.
Meanwhile, Nangong Hongyan’s slender fingers were holding a crimson knife. She went back to the Martial Tower alone and quietly waited for Feng Feiyun’s return.
1. The bird here is actually a luan, a mythical bird closely related to the phoenix. It is usually blue in color, but it is red in this case, so it is close enough to be a phoenix. No one really knows what a luan is though, so phoenix is an okay substitute here.