15. Sworn Enemy

“From now on, “I, Ye Lan, will be the sworn enemy of the Ye family!” She said word by word, clenching the jade pendant in her hand even harder. The joints of her fingers rattled. Though her face still looked normal, the hatred within her eyes was overwhelming. The hostility surging in her heart also made Xiao Hei aware how much hatred she was harboring now!

However, the strong hatred was like a double-edged sword, which might hurt Ye Lan in return. Xiao Hei instantly held Ye Lan’s wrist subconsciously as he thought about that and called out, “Mater!”

Ye Lan came back her senses, her eyes focusing on her wrist held by Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei also realized this and was about to apologize when he heard Ye Lan saying thanks constantly instead.

Xiao Hei passed the roasted mushroom to Ye Lan quietly as he didn’t know how to accept her gratitude and would rather avoid talking about it.

“I need your help, Xiao Hei!” Ye Lan pursed her lips and started think straight. Now that she had cut her connection with the Ye family, she only had hatred in mind. She swore to let the Ye family pay by blood!But currently she was still too weak as a stage three spiritual cultivator, with only Xiao Hei as her guard. These were not enough, in fact far from enough!

“Be it killing someone or setting a fire, I will sacrifice myself for you, Master.” Xiao Hei said seriously.

“I need to have my own force, the one and only force of my own!”

“Yes!” No matter how much hardship was waiting for him, Xiao Hei was ready to face it head-on!

Ye Lan was touched, wherever she was, in the modern time or here, she always had someone to help her. Her hatred towards her enemy grew even more intense, “Xiao Hei, do you know any place where I can improve my skills within a very short time?”

“…” Xiao Hei hesitated and looked into her eyes. He knew he couldn’t disobey her order and that she was more than an average woman. He couldn’t stop her from doing what she aims to. Ye Lan glanced at Xiao Hei as he secretly hid his thoughts and said, “Forest of Beasts!”

The night came with the moonlight scattering on the Continent. Ye Lan was alone, fighting in a world where only the strongest could survive. She wanted theYe family to disappear; she wanted the whole Continent to be trampled under her feet. She was the goddess of death! The devil who fell asleep in the fragrance of datura.

“From now on, we should split up. I will go to the Forest of Beasts, while you go organize our force.” Neither of them knew when they would reunite again, or if they would be able to see each other alive. But Ye Lan sounded calm, like they were going to have some fun. Xiao Hei didn’t know what to say, but he could see the determination and alertness in Ye Lan’s eyes. He had no idea what she had been through in the past, but it had turned Ye Lan, a teenager girl, into a murderous fighter! He couldn’t imagine how horrible that experience was.

“Yes!” Xiao Hei answered with one word, as he always did.

They split into two directions at dawn. Xiao Hei prepared a steed, some money, food and a water bag for Ye Lan, and then he bade her farewell, “I will always wait for you.”

Hearing that, Ye Lan felt warm and secure, so she nodded. She was never a girl who made people worry, and she had got used to death since every time she would have an reincarnation. After experiencing numerous life and death, she had become quite callous in this aspect. She felt relived by this kind of trust, but would be uncomfortable if Xiao Hei gave her an unexpected consolation.

She got on the horse like a warrior, without turning back. Her black hair flew wildly with the wind, just like her unconstrained spirit and vigorous energy. Her heart is so strong, full of aggressiveness, like the world was created for her.

A feeling of loss crept up in his eyes as Xiao Hei saw her off, so slight that even Xiao Hei didn’t realize it.

Ye Lan set off without looking back after she asked Xiao Hei to stay and build her force. Xiao Hei chose a good horse for her and it took Ye Lan to the Forest of Beasts within just three days. Ye Lan went into the forest at night and tied the horse beside her. She made a fire next to a tree to keep herself warm, as there would be intense fights from tomorrow on!

Ye Lan found it hard to relax and tried to practice what the old man had taught her with her eyes closed. Shreds of spiritual power in her body were swirling up las she was doing the meditation. The power was circling around her and protected her very well, though it looked loose. Her moves quickened as the spiritual power built up and her pretty face flushed within no time. Her forehead was also covered with a thin layer of sweat.

The old man was sleeping already, however, because the ring was connected to Ye Lan, as her infinite spiritual sea started surging and her spiritual air overflowed to cover her, the spiritual core vaguely emerged. The old man was too excited to sleep and stared at Ye Lan, murmuring ‘it’s coming, it’s coming!’

Ye Lan happened to hear it as well. She frowned and gathered all her power and breathed softly, Ha! The spiritual power pouring out from her hands seemed to get through all her meridians as she felt her inside had been cleared up, and she, as a whole, was very much refreshed! It was just annoying to see the black colloid afterwards. Ye Lan felt great when she got up. She had advanced into a new level! The old man at the same time jumped high out of ecstasy, good lord! You really deserve to own the holy spiritual body! A genius was a genius! The old man was now more determined to have her as his apprentice!

Ye Lan was relived and then sat down cross-legged, with a smile on her face. She continued to practice as she just got the hang of it. As expected, she could feel an abundance of spiritual power. There were unavoidable light surrounding her, which quickly formed into hand prints as she flipped her hands. Time seemed to halt at this moment. A stream of hot air was now gathering in her stomach, guided by her willpower. She just had to put more efforts into this as she was getting to stage four, level 2, 3, 5, and 7. Keep going. Ye Lan told herself, all she needed was a bit more efforts!

“Who is there!” Several darts came right at Ye Lan after a soft call! Ye Lan was in the middle of making her breakthrough and was unable to dodge them, but she had to. Though she was under the protection of the spiritual shield, she still suffered the backfire and spat out some black blood. She became instantly furious! Goddamn it! Ye Lan went towards the direction where the darts came, withanger and fury burning inside.

A line of eight vigilant people, formed an even closer circle as they saw Ye Lan falling from the sky. They were staring at Ye Lan on the alert. The woman in the middle being protected must be someone important and inexperieced, who had grabbed her weapon and was ready to fight already! Ye Lan slowed down her attack when she saw this group of people, however, she didn’t unleash all her fury and asked, “Who shot the darts at me?” While the spiritual power on her hands turned red.

The people were baffled at hearing it and they all turned to look at the woman in the middle! Ye Lan sighed with her eyes half closed. She knew it was that woman, who was ready to fight even before knowing whether the coming person was an enemy or not. What a brainless bitch!

“It really was you!” Ye Lan scoffed.

The woman was surprised by Ye Lan’s tone, “How do you know it was me?”

“Biting dogs don’t bark!”

“You!” the woman flushed, feeling humiliated. She was thinking to herself, where did this bloody woman come from! How dare she challenge her like that!

The woman dashed forward with her weapon fearlessly, thinking that she had a whole team bacing her up. Ye Lan, on the other hand, found nowhere to vent out her anger, so she rushed forward after gathering her spiritual power without any protection. That woman was no match for Ye Lan and was beaten down on the ground within less than two rounds. She struggled to get up but failed, breathing heavily. Ye Lan looked at her palms and realized that her power didn’t get stronger. Dammit, she almost made it to be a level 5 spiritual cultivator, but the woman ruined it! Thinking of this, Ye Lan became even more furious! There was a murderous look in her eyes.

“Miss!” Someone from the group wanted to come up but was stopped by a man who looked like their leader!

“Chief!”

“Shut up!”

The man who was called chief glanced at the wounded woman on the ground but didn’t say anything. He then went forward, keeping a safe distance with Ye Lan, with his hand clasped in a respectful manner and said, “Miss, are you a spiritual cultivator?”

Ye Lan didn’t respond. She turned around and looked at that man. The coldness in her eyes make him shudder. He used to be a mercenary and had seen numerous brutal and decisive people, however, he didn’t expect such a delicate little girl would have murderous look, as if she had just crawled out of the hell. In a few seconds, he already knew that he was no match for her. If they risked everything to fight with her, both sides would get wounded, and surely they would suffer much more than Ye Lan!

“We’re here on a mission. I guess you come here for some rare herbs and beasts that can advance your cultivation. Since we have the same goal and you are alone, how about we travelling together and look after each other!” The chief ventured.

“Sounds great!” Ye Lan said causally. The chief was relieved after hearing that. He was about to speak when Ye Lan said slowly, “I have one condition though.”

“Please say it, Miss.” The chief paused as he knew this condition would be hard to meet.

“I, want her!” Ye Lan raised her hand slowly and pointed to the girl softly with her slim fingers. The chief’s heart twitched. The girl in front of him must have reached level four or even above, that was to say, she definitely got some talent at such an early age, and she could be called a genius. Considering the circumstances, he looked at Yu Jue, the woman lying on the ground. He remembered what they were told when they started the journey: Dead or alive, it would be fine as long as they took her back! He couldn’t afford to risk so many people’s lives to fight with this genius!

He then turned his head sideways and remained silent, letting Ye Lan do whatever she wanted. Yu Jue, was shivering when she saw Ye Lan walking towards her.

Yu Jue’s eyes were now filled with horror. Her mask was long gone after the fight with Ye Lan. Yu Jue looked very much like a daughter from an affluent family. She was only a stage one, level 5 spiritual cultivator. How brave she was to come to the Forest of Beasts with these mercenaries! What an immature girl! Ye Lan had no intention to cause any trouble. She just wanted to teach Yu Jue a lesson as she couldn’t forgive Yu Jue for ruining her cultivation to the next level!

“You, you, what do you want to do? You, I, do you know who my father is? I… you guys, help me!!” Yu Jue spluttered out of terror. She felt overwhelmed by the imposing manner of Ye Lan, though Ye Lan looked younger than her. Yu Jue moved backwards, scared, until she hit a stone and screamed out!

Ye Lan slapped her as she found Yu Jue’s scream annoying. Yu Jue became mute immediately!

Comments (7)

(Image)

Melissa Carrasquilla

the story was promising. only they ruined it, it seems more like a poorly made summary of 10 chapters in one.