Chou was beginning to regret his code of honour, his desire to kill the Mushroom only intensifying with every passing moment. He made another attempt to seize Ben Mo from Master's chest again, but the crafty Mushroom skillfully evaded his grasp.

'She murdered me!' Ben Mo lathered himself with Li Meirong's blood from the tip of his cap to his rootless bottom and turned to Chou's direction.

Repeating the same words, his voice no longer held a young, whining quality. He owned the tone of a person who had grown into adulthood. 'I will have my revenge, for our Master's sake, as well as my own.'

Chou fixed a venomous glare at the delirious fungus who seemed to be under the impression that he was the one who had died. 'Chou doesn't understand, but if you want to avenge Master, let Chou handle the revenge. You are just a useless mushroom. What can you do?'

Ben Mo huffed and puffed out his wide reddish cap. 'Tch, you don't understand anything! This useless mushroom will show you what he can do.'

The Pitcher Plant Boy rubbed his eyelids in aggravation. 'Let's hide for now and ambush No Eyebrows when she least expects it. How about that?'

'Fine!'

Chou and Ben Mo silently consented to temporarily work together. Ben Mo jumped on Chou's shoulder and the pair leapt to the clearing's edge, spying upon Liang Rou Yan from the nearby tree branch.

Blissfully unaware of their murderous intentions, Liang Rou Yan stood triumphantly several meters across from Li Meirong.

"I shouldn't waste the blood. It's the most potent when it's fresh..." She muttered as she strode towards the corpse, planning to plunder the bounty. She didn't need to use her eyesight to know where the furnace's body was resting. She could smell her fragrant blood. It emanated the scent of freshly bloomed blossoms.

"Don't think that I'm a bad person, Li Meirong." Liang Rou Yan mumbled as her leg bumped against Li Meirong's waist. She bent down in front of the corpse, retrieving an empty vial from her sleeve.

After groping here and there, she found the open gash upon Li Meirong's chest area and managed to scoop the blood from it.

She continued mumbling, "You stole my master. Ruined my reputation. Blinded me. Killed my Spirit Beast. You seduced people with your furnace body… You're a vile woman. You deserved to die. But at the very least, know that I am just, and that I will return your captured friend, Mo Jing, back to the sect, unharmed. As soon as I'm done absorbing your powers, that is."