As soon as the woman disappears, the four men go running up to the very spot before looking around them with sharp eyes and disbelief. Disbelief and shock soon faded into dread. This happened on their watch...
"She's gone!"
"I don't feel her anywhere..."
"I'm not going to tell him."
"..."
The four of them look to each other before pulling out an empty wine jar. They place the jar on the ground in the middle of them and nod with seriousness. They silently count to three before spinning the bottle and stepping back.
All four of them hold their breathes as the bottle slowly comes to a stop. When it comes to a stop, the three it didn't land on, takes off without a second glance. The man left standing in the empty courtyard looks up to the sky with despair.
He felt like crying... why did it aways land on him!? He uses his power to shatter the traitorous wine bottle before working up the nerve to tell his Master that the woman has disappeared. He looks around the empty courtyard once more with hope before sighing and resigning himself to his fate.
~~~~~
In a back room overlooking a large open garden with an equally large koi pond, sits two men. One was dressed in sky blue robes while the other was dressed in solid black robes. Both looked like deities with their outstanding looks but the man in blue gave off and open and welcoming aura while the man in black gave off the complete opposite. Cold, deadly, and dangerous.
The two stare out into the garden as the man in blue says "Jinhai, as soon as I find the man, I will send word. He will not get away with what he's done. Are you sure there isn't more I can do for you?"
Jinhai slowly shakes his head and says "I just need you to put word out that you're looking for the man. When he tries to sneak off like the rat he is, my men will grab him." The man in blue nods with a small smile and says "Are you sure you want to do this? You could live the rest of your life in peace."
The temperature in the room quickly drops as Jinhai's mood suddenly takes a turn. His fists tighten on his knees as he says "Live in peace after what they've done? Hah... I would turn into an angry spirit. I will have peace when every last one of them is dead and the blood of their offspring's soak the very ground they built their lies upon."
The man in blue swallows hard as he slowly nods in understanding. Right at that moment, a servant in black shows up at the door. Without turning around or looking, Jinhai asks "What is it, Xin?" Xin slightly shudders before walking into the room and kneeling before Jinhai.
He cups his hands and bows as he says "The woman from the courtyard has disappeared, Master." The room was cold before but it suddenly became so cold, they could practically see their breaths! Jinhai asks in a deathly low voice "Disappeared? How?"
Xin struggles to take a breath before saying "We were all watching her. She was sitting on the gound, still holding the plant then suddenly... she was gone." The temperature started to warm up a bit as Jinhai looks down at Xin with mild surprise.
She disappeared? A thoughtful look passes over Jinhai's face as the man in blue asks "She... disappeared without a trace? Are you sure she didn't just shift away?" Xin shakes his head and says "No, we checked. Her essence was completely gone like it never existed."
The man in blue looks equally surprised as he mutters "Did she teleport!? To be able to do that without an array... how strong is she!?" Xin feels a bead of sweat slipping down his back but he has no answer for that.
Jinhai smirks but it's cold and dark. He slowly stands up and says "She's trash. She doesn't have any cultivation power." He turns away and walks out of the room, leaving Xin and the man in blue sitting in the room with nothing but confusion.
The man looks back to Xin and says "So what, she went poof like magic!?" Xin sighed and bowed to the man in blue before quickly following after his Master. How should he know!? He doesn't even know why his Master grabbed the woman in the first place but he did have an idea on why he wanted to bring her.
Anytime Master touches a woman or a woman touches him... they die. No matter how strong, pretty, or even ugly, they all die. Devine Doctors from all over have all said that his Yang energy was entirely too strong for women to withstand.
Out of desperation, women have even attempted to sleep with him with more than one woman at a time. Thinking that it would be enough Yin energy to offset his Yang but it was still not enough. Since then, Master has avoided touching women. Until her...
Jinhai looks at the spot the woman was last seen at before looking around the empty courtyard with sharp eyes. A slow smirk shows across his handsome face but when Xin sees it, he starts trembling in fear. Why does he have a bad feeling about that smirk...
"Xin, stay here until she reappears. Don't lose her again." Jinhai says before turning to give Xin a pointed look. Xin drops to his knees and quickly bows before saying "This servant understands." When Xin feels his Master's presence disappear, he looks up and sighs in relief.
He lives another day... He stands up and glares at the empty spot before walking over to the closest tree. If Master told him to stay here and wait for her to reappear, that must mean she's going to reappear. No matter what, when she reappears, I will grab her!