Chapter 22

In an abundance of trees and bushes, the far vastness of forests, another day passed in the secret realm. Four days had gone by since they first entered.

Only six days remained and Luo Mingli had swiped many treasures under Rong Yuhang's swift actions.

Occasionally, Luo Mingli would pick up materials which looked useless to Rong Yuhang but when he mentioned it to the other, he couldn't help think he was getting spited on when he replied with, " Everything has a use, no matter how insignificant or useless it may appear. The wielder is the useful or useless one."

Luo Mingli didn't pay any attention to his indescribable mood. It was unknown how many pouches this frail teenaged body carried inside his robe.

Rong Yuhang admitted that he was quite unlucky, if it wasn't for his previous life's knowledge and knowing how to fix the crack in his core that would form every few months, he would've probably expended more energy and power against that large snake in the cave even though it had been weakened from its tribulation.

Right outside the cave, they were met with an unexpected scene, surrounded in a swamp crawling with foundation establishment monsters so Rong Yuhang would've had to stay in the cave longer due to severe injuries and lack of perfection over his qingong if this happened in his previous life.

It was his first time coming inside this secret realm since his battle with Lin Yangqiu aggravated the crack in his core so he didn't know what to expect besides the information he gathered from the stories and tales of others.

The reason why he wanted to go to the South-East wasn't for Lin Yangqiu like Luo Mingli who knew more because of the novel, but because he found information that there was a precious herb that was an ingredient for the Reversing Yang pill. It was a shame that it ended up in Lin Yangqiu's hand so Rong Yuhang wanted to obtain it before him so he wouldn't be able to create the pill and go to the Gravetomb Island with ease.

He didn't know when Lin Yangqiu would get the herb but the faster he got it, the better. And if he already has it... better to destroy it.

As soon as another demonic beast was slain, Rong Yuhang sensed nearby cultivators, around 20 kilometres away. It had been a while since he saw people and his hands felt a bit itchy, but he kept his impulses aside and made his way through the forest to their direction.

Concealing their presence, Rong Yuhang took Luo Mingli and arrived in time to overhear shouting and swords clashing. They used the environment and hid from a distance to watch the situation.

"Cai Feng you bastard, daring to launch a sneak attack and steal our things. Burning soul sect should be calling Burning Theives sect instead!" A bright youth's voice was heard hollering in anger.

Countless voices shouted in agreement, weaved with indignation and rage.

The Burning soul sect disciple, Cai Feng, laughed mockingly at the youth as he beckoned provocatively." Can it be called stealing when you couldn't even defeat it yourselves? You're unable to kill it so another swoops in, it just shows your lack of skills. You should be thanking me by kowtowing I saved your life. "

"You..." The youth blushed in anger, unable to hold back his emotions, and attacked with his sword.

However, their levels clearly weren't on the same level as he was knocked back, groaning in pain as he vomited out blood.

"Junior brother, are you alright?" One of the disciples went over to help. He brushed passed and went to attack again despite knowing he wasn't a match.

The one named Cai Feng, just snickered at this and couldn't help speaking, "Look at how weak your Soaring sword sect is, to be unable to fight against me. Your Shixiong should go back and cultivate in seclusion for longer before coming out again. And you, you're not even worth mentioning."

" Who gave you the right to insult my shixiong you bastard. If it wasn't for his previous battle from before, you wouldn't even be able to defeat him even if there were two of you!" The youth was so angry, his eyes turned red.

" If Zhan shixiong was here right now, he wouldn't even need to lift a finger to knock you out cold. "

" Shidi cough- Get back here now!" Gu Qi shouted but it didn't work, Jiang Heng was too hot headed and the support from the other members of the sect only further ignited his spirit.

Cai Feng laughed coldly and commanded. "You're only in the early foundation stage and you want to compete with me? Everyone, attack!"

His palm struck out at Jiang Heng's sword, knocking the youth back but he didn't stop in his attacks. A group of Burning soul disciples launched their attacks on soaring sword sect.

Rong Yuhang and Luo Mingli watched the battle unfold from a comfortable distance. While Luo Mingli observed, Rong Yuhang yawned in boredom and leaned his head against the other's shoulder.

Luo Mingli, "..."

Rong Yuhang glanced upwards, a blossoming smile on his lips. "Enjoying the show?"

"Very."

"Tch, what a dry response." Rong Yuhang pointed to a disciple wearing blue robes, his voice sounded extremely lazy. "Soaring sword sect, pieces of shit that pollute the air."

Then he pointed to a disciple wearing fiery red robes. "Not much better but better than shit at least. Flies that fly around shit."

"..."

"So the two sects have corrupted and intolerable virtues and have some type of discord with each other."

"Oh my~ My wife is so smart~ Do you want a kiss?"

Luo Mingli immediately blocked his face with his hand and politely declined, "My apologies but this one deems it unfitted to experience intimacy in such a dangerous area."

Rong Yuhang's eyes flashed meaningfully and pressed forwards with slyness in his expression, "So it's okay to do it when we're not in a dangerous area? Okay, I'll remember this."

He licked the palm with his tongue and backed away with a strange look on his face. "Your hand tastes like bitter herbs."

"My apologies your highness..." What a beautiful smile Luo Mingli had on while his hands were clenched tightly with a vein protruding outwards. "This one was handling poisonous herbs and the like."

Blink. "..." Rong Yuhang turned the other way and said, "I'm going to go admire the sun, stay here and don't get caught."

Whoosh!

Luo Mingli covered his mouth with his hand and chuckled darkly, "That's what you get, you stupid prince."

Wiping his hand with a handkerchief, Luo Mingli recalled the contents of the novel. At this interval,the two sects had once again gotten into a scuttle with each other over some treasures, reason for their rivalry began from their great great ancestors which was pretty laughable if you discovered the reason. The two founders of their sect fell in love with the same woman and fought for her love but she ended up marrying someone else and became their white moonlight.

But that had nothing to do with Luo Mingli, that any moment, that event should occur. He should probably back away even further but without Rong Yuhang here yet...

'It's not like bell die without me.' Luo Mingli moved further back while still maintaining the birds eye view over the two sects. While they were occupied fighting, some movements were happening down below the ground they were stepping on.

It moved at high speed, travelling through the dirt and popped their legs out and ran towards the action. With its eight legs charging over to a soaring sword disciple, it pounced at their head and bared its fangs down.

"AHHHHHHH!"

"W-what the hell..." The burning soul disciple who faced off against the other backed up in fear while aiming his sword forwards. The soaring sword disciple's body was being sucked dry by the eight legged creature and when the creature looked up, it's head was shaped like a skull and pounced on him immediately.

Screams sounded from every directions. "What's going on?!" Cai Feng shouted at one of his sect member.

"There's monsters...! It's...it's..."

Skull Jumping Spiders.

They're small, around the size of a a human head with thick legs and a head the appearance of a human skull. They jump on their prey's face and plunge their fangs down, absorbing their vitality and blood dry. What's more...they come as a nest so if there's one...

"Retreat! We're leaving this place! Tsk, what luck." Cai Feng escaped, leading his sect members who could catch up.

The soaring sword sect wasn't doing that good and also tried to retreat but there were too many Skull Jumping Spiders and they were getting tired very quickly. "

Rong Yuhang recognised the robes each side were wearing and became thoughtful." The Soaring sword sect and burning soul sect always have emnity with each other. "Jiang Heng, help me send the signal to Zhan shixiong... so we can get help...!"

"Yes shixiong!" The yellow paper was burned and Jiang Heng said, "I sent the signal for help shixiong. I'll help!"

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"What's going on here~ Hm~?"

Luo Mingli looked to his side, Rong Yuhang had returned. "Welcome back your highness."

Rong Yuhang took a simple stride over and spread his spiritual conscious across the area with a hint of surprise. "Ah...so that's how it is."

He let out a smirk and viciously remarked, "These young Soaring sword sect disciples are dying such an ugly death. I would love to send their bodies over to the front gates and set them up as decoration."

Then he wrapped his one arm around Luo Mingli and pulled him closer, letting out an air kiss. "I'm back~ Miss me? I know you miss me too, look at this cute reaction you're giving me~"

Luo 'poker face but inwardly disgusted' Mingli felt a crushing force on his shoulder and smiled flatteringly. "This one misses your highness more than Lu Ping who sits in the pavilion waiting for Fei Xing until her death."

"Oh? I didn't expect you to miss me that much. If I was Fei Xing, I would definitely come find and meet you even after death."

"This one appreciates your highness' high regards." Luo Mingli thanked 'especially' in a 'happy' tone.

'Now let go you brute, my shoulder is going to break.' He cussed inside his brain.

'You really think I don't know the hidden side of that story? My stupid little wife, I will teach you a lesson.' Rong Yuhang mocked.

The first part of Lu Ping and Fei Xing was of a prostitute and an official who were lovers, forced apart by their social status and so, Fei Xing went to gather merit only to die while Lu Ping waited for him until her death.

The second part of this story revealed the truth, after Fei Xing's death, Lu Ping gathered up his dead remains and described him as a fool who fell for people's provocations. She had only been with him to watch a good show and be a part of a tragedy.

A skull Jumping spider felt two presences in the vicinity and jumped over to them with no hesitation, seeing the two distracted amongst each other, it looked for the opportunity to pounce!

Rong Yuhang's eyes narrowed, flicking a rock into the skull face which hit hit the main body. "Want to come for me?Looking for death!"

He exploded the body and another jumped right in after which he also killed consecutively. Luo Mingli looked around and found the bushes rustling more than usual. "Your highness, we should take our leave."

"Don't tell me what to do."

Rong Yuhang was already planning to do that, he just insulted the Soaring sword sect of their ugly deaths, there was no way he was going down in the same manner.