CHAPTER 468: CHAPTER 338: A WOMAN BOTH BLACK-HEARTED AND THICK-SKINNED

A sudden strong gust of wind attacked from an extremely tricky angle, aiming for the blind spot behind Wu Zhong.

Unexpectedly, he swung his right hand and caught a chain between his fingers.

But that chain suddenly split into nine, like nine arrows, besieging him from all sides.

Wu Zhong’s expression changed slightly as he executed a step technique, moving several feet away in an instant.

Despite his rapid movements, there was still one spot that was hit.

Ye Lingyue, who had been previously dejected, suddenly leapt up with sparkling eyes, clapping and laughing loudly.

"Wu Zhong, you lost, now you can’t keep mocking me."

"Corrosive Soul Chain?"

Wu Zhong was not surprised by Ye Lingyue’s cunning; he was familiar with this little woman’s methods.

"Didn’t expect that, did you? I’ve refined Zhan Feng’s Corrosive Soul Chain," Ye Lingyue chirped merrily, not having expected to actually hit Wu Zhong.

"It’s not the Corrosive Soul Chain that hit me, but the acupuncture technique you’ve integrated into the Soul Chain. Quite interesting," Wu Zhong said of the spot that was hit, which was still numb.

Despite Ye Lingyue’s use of the Corrosive Soul Chain, Wu Zhong immediately recognized that the technique she originally used was an acupuncture technique.

He had underestimated her before and did not expect that she had even refined the Corrosive Soul Chain.

Moreover, she managed to split the Soul Chain into nine chains at once.

Such formidable control, displayed by an Elixir Realm Martial Artist, was simply inconceivable.

"A bet is a bet; you promised to teach me the cultivation technique," Ye Lingyue spread her hands, unabashedly asking for the technique.

Wu Zhong raised an eyebrow, suddenly regretting that he wrapped her face up like a rice dumpling with a cloth; her expression at this moment must be priceless.

"What do you want to learn?"

"That really powerful swordsmanship you used last time?"

Without even thinking, Ye Lingyue blurted it out.

"Emperor’s Nine Heavens, that’s an Emperor-level martial arts; even ten of you wouldn’t be able to learn it," Wu Zhong chuckled dismissively.

What he liked most about Ye Lingyue was her cunning nature combined with her thick skin.

He recalled their first meeting when she daringly fought him for the Red Sun Ginseng.

In the whole world, those daring to compete with the Ghost Emperor Wu Zhong could be counted on two hands, but only Ye Lingyue could have such a frail strength and yet such boldness.

"If I can’t learn, I can sell it. I’m guaranteed a lifetime of no worries about food and clothes," Ye Lingyue pouted, her eyes sparkling.

"If you become my woman, you’ll have no worries about food and clothes for a lifetime either," Wu Zhong said coolly.

"Pah, who wants to be your woman? If men were reliable, pigs would climb trees," Ye Lingyue stomped her foot, yet her ears suspiciously began to blush.

After these past three days, she felt that maybe Wu Zhong wasn’t so detestable after all.

"Ungrateful," Wu Zhong glared at her. "I heard that you exchanged for a Martial Arts Stone Carving of Nine Revolutions Phoenix Body at the Exchange Centre in Yan City? I’ll teach you the Nine Revolutions Phoenix Body, then."

In Yan City, there was nothing Wu Zhong didn’t wish to know and nothing he couldn’t find out.

Ye Lingyue was not pleased.

"Wu Zhong, do you have to be so stingy? You’re the Ghost Emperor after all, and there are no less than a hundred thousand Martial Arts Techniques in the Exchange Centre. You actually have the nerve to teach me something I bought myself?" Ye Lingyue rolled her eyes dramatically.

Wu Zhong gave a threatening snort.

"Stupid woman, how dare you compare the martial arts I’ve modified to the trash in the Exchange Centre? Are you going to learn it or not?"

Modified?

At those words, Ye Lingyue’s mood instantly brightened.

Although she had not been practicing martial arts for long, she knew that only a supreme master who had perfected a Martial Arts Technique could modify it.

"Learn~" Ye Lingyue gazed at Wu Zhong with eager eyes, but the latter was suddenly overcome with a sense of powerlessness.

Strangely though, after Wu Zhong agreed to help her transform her Nine Revolutions Phoenix Body, he didn’t start teaching her right away. Instead, he continued to lead her forward, crossing a flat icefield, until they reached a rugged cliff face.

Beyond the cliffs lay an endless sea of clouds and mist.

At the moment, it was just around sunrise, and the sea of clouds was filled with rosy light, an overwhelmingly beautiful sight.

"Wu Zhong, what are you playing at? Weren’t you supposed to be transforming my martial arts?"

Ye Lingyue was not in the mood to watch any sunrise.

Wu Zhong glared at her irritably.

"Do you know what lies beyond the foggy sea of the Luoshen River?"

"..."

"It’s the Yaochi Immortal Pavilion."

"..."

"The Yaochi Immortal Pavilion, one of the Three Sects on the mainland!"

If Wu Zhong’s glares were lethal, Ye Lingyue would have died hundreds of times already.

"Surely you aren’t ignorant about the Three Sects among the Three Sects and Nine Schools of the mainland?"

"..."

"To transform the Nine Revolutions Phoenix Body, one must enter the forbidden grounds of the Yaochi Immortal Pavilion," Wu Zhong couldn’t resist tapping on Ye Lingyue’s forehead.

What on earth was this woman thinking?

"Wait! The forbidden grounds of the Three Sects? Wu Zhong, you dare to trespass? Are you seeking death? And if you want to die, don’t drag me down as a cushion; I still have a bright future ahead," Ye Lingyue said while rubbing her head. She suddenly became alert when she heard the latter part of Wu Zhong’s words.

"Try leaving. I swear I’ll toss you straight into the sea of clouds. And you still don’t understand why I would come to this godforsaken place for someone," Wu Zhong threatened.

Seeing Ye Lingyue looking like she could bolt at any moment, Wu Zhong’s long arm stretched out, pulling her petite body into his embrace.

Holding her, Wu Zhong found that she felt very nice in his arms, and he couldn’t help but adjust to a more comfortable position to keep holding her.

Wu Zhong was the head of the Underworld Yama Palace. In recent years, the Underworld Yama Palace had been quietly rising to become the number one power among the Dark Forces, naturally at odds with the Yaochi Immortal Pavilion, one of the Three Sects.

Ye Lingyue obviously wasn’t willing and shot Wu Zhong a glare.

This guy, he’s been hugging for three days and now he’s hooked on it? She struggled a bit, but at that moment, Wu Zhong gestured for silence and quickly took out two elixir pills.

He popped one of them into Ye Lingyue’s mouth, and with just a glance, she recognized them as the Invisibility Elixirs she had previously given to Master Sha.

"Silence."

Having spoken, Wu Zhong quickly set up a prohibition around them.

The clouds in the sea churned tumultuously.

As the sun rose, the sky was filled with splendorous dawn light.

Just as the sun ascended, before Ye Lingyue’s astonished eyes, a massive and colorful mountain formation broke through the clouds. In front of them, a palace appeared, covered with numerous spirit birds and auspicious clouds above - stunningly beautiful.

A few women in feathered garments flew out from within the sea of clouds.

Beneath them rode various colorful spirit birds; they were beautiful, and their cultivations were not shallow, with the lowest among them already being in the Reincarnation Realm.

After the women flew out from the sea of clouds, they landed on the ground, talking and laughing.

Were these the disciples of the Yaochi Immortal Pavilion?

After consuming the Invisibility Elixir, Ye Lingyue was held tight in Wu Zhong’s arms as they waited for the women to drift away.

Then, Wu Zhong swept up Ye Lingyue in his arms and soared into the cloudy misty sea.