Chapter 88
Silence suddenly pervades the air and only a low sobbing sound of a woman can be heard. The man leaning close to her has stopped his action and as if frozen in time, for a while he didn't make any movements.
Shin Jiao also was frozen in his place, but his hand is already stealthily reaching for the knife in his bag. He knows that he is not a match for the man in a fair fight so he wanted to use his advantages.
"I never would have thought that an ant has entered this area. I would suggest for you to take your life now, and spare me the trouble." The man said as he slowly stood up.
The young woman quiver from the killing intent coming from the man. Now that she felt her movement freed she immediately grabs something on the ground and tried to cover her exposed private parts. She then noticed just right now that Shin Jiao is wearing a mortal servant's robe and so the hope in her heart immediately vanished.
"A mere mortal has the audacity to intrude in this place. Since you are too scared, then I will just kill you." the man said with an annoyed face.
He was about to do something and his lust is already through the roof. Now that he was disturbed he swore to chop the mortal in front of him into fine pieces.
Shin Jiao didn't react or even move as the man slowly walks towards his direction. His body began to shake as if he is feeling fear overcoming his emotions.
"Hahaha… despair puny ant." The man said as he lifted his hand and suddenly aims to grab Shin Jiao's neck.
The cultivator in front of Shin Jiao is emitting a great killing intent, but Shin Jiao is sure that he is not a match for this man. Though he is confident of his evading skill however it would just be useless for him to fight the man fairly.
As the man rapidly approaches, just Shin Jiao's stood there unmoving. The man's confidence rose up and excitedly extended his hands. Right now he really wanted to finish things up with the mortal servant who intruded his fun and plans to kill him as soon as possible so that he can return to what he was doing before he was interrupted.
Swoosh!!!
The wind blew past as a figure suddenly disappears from his sight. The man was dumbfounded as he discovers that what he had caught is just air. Then he saw the young man's figure just inches away to his right.
Shin Jiao then made a really fast slicing motion towards the man's arm. To the man's surprise, he just stepped back and saw a white line on the skin of his arm. This has taken the man by surprise as he didn't expect the mortal to be able to evade and counter at the same time.
The man is not scared at Shin Jiao but instead curious at what kind of weapon did he use to scratch his skin as he didn't see Shin Jiao's movements.
"Hoho… You're a crafty little ant, eh. Let's see you evade this." the man said as he clenched his fist and immediately punched towards Shin Jiao's head.
Seeing the man's action, Shin Jiao didn't flinch even an inch and just waited for the man's fist to approach. Then with a simple lean of his head, the man's fist rushing towards his face and missed. Then with a few quick slashes almost invisible to the man's eye, Shin Jiao made 6 lines at the man's arm and neck.
"Damn it! I guess, his skin is still too tough even without the protection of his Qi." Shin Jiao cursed.
The skin of a core-forming realm cultivator is far too tough for a mere body refining cultivator to wound or even hurt. Also, Shin Jiao is not using an artifact or even a normal sword, what he has is just a normal knife. Shin Jiao now realized that no matter what he will do, it would be futile. It is like his normal knife is hitting a soft but sturdy Kevlar armor.
As the two are embroiled in combat, the young woman on the ground was able to piece out her remaining clothing and tried to wake her sister up but to no avail. Then she looks at Shin Jiao fighting against the man and a glint of ruthlessness appears on her eyes. She quickly rummages through her torn robe and found two small flasks of liquid, a white and a green-colored liquid. She then carefully mixed the two flasks until the color combines and miraculously the mixture turns blue.
"I will make you pay for the humiliation." The woman thought as she gritted her teeth and carefully approached the man behind his back.
As she reached a safe distance, she suddenly aimed towards the man who is busy throwing punches at Shin Jiao. She didn't bother if Shin Jiao would be hit as her emotion is already unstable and her only focus is to hurt the man who humiliated her.
"Die you animal!" she shouted in her mind.
She then threw the flask in the air as it flew towards the man's direction.
Shin Jiao has actually already noticed the woman who is closing in and was surprised at her action. When he saw the incoming flask, his attention shifted and the man was able to land a solid hit on his stomach. This threw him tumbling for a couple of meters and spit out a couple of mouthful of blood. Shin Jiao felt the air leaving his lungs and his internal organs shifted.
"Shit! I didn't expect that guy's strength to be this strong. I guess I have underestimated them before as I had a far superior strength. Damn… cough… cough…" Shin Jiao curse as his body is sprawled on the ground.
Gathering his strength he slowly got up.
ARRGGGHHH!!!
But before he could lift his body and stand up, he heard a curdling scream of pain. Then his eyes turn towards the man who had smoke rising up from his body. Through the darkness of his surroundings, Shin Jiao actually noticed that the skin on the man is slowly peeling away and revealing the bloody tissue underneath.
"A chance!" Shin Jiao immediately thought as he turns his gaze all over the place looking for his small knife as it fell from this hand after getting hit.
Shin Jiao immediately saw it on the ground near the man's foot.
The man while shouting in pain turns his head towards the young woman who is glaring at him. The burning anger in her eyes can clearly be seen as she readied herself to defend against the man. As a cultivator, the woman has also learned not only to cultivate but also some fighting techniques. It is normal for a clan to teach their youth's cultivation and fighting styles starting at the age of 10. Since the Nian clan is well-known and a big clan, their young members are trained with a basic cultivation technique passed through by their ancestors and some martial practices.
Though her skill in fighting might be inferior as she is more interested in alchemy research, she is still able to protect herself at the minimum level.
"You bitch! I will kill you!" the man's face is now looking like a zombie as his flesh are torn and some of his bones are also showing.
But he is still able to glare at the woman with his scary face. The flask that was thrown by the woman actually landed at the back of his head and immediately spreads. And because of the pain he used his hands to make things worse, he made the liquid spreads further from his head toward his whole upper body, that even his face was affected showing torn flesh. His hair is all gone and even his brows are missing and an ear has already fallen off with his nose also distorted.
"That's what you get for ruining me!" the woman shouted while tears began to fall from her eyes remembering the time she was almost raped by the man.
"That is a potent poison that could even kill a gold core realm expert if ingested. But for you, disfiguration is enough!" she said while gritting her teeth in anger.
"Raaahh!!! I will kill you!" the man shouted as he suddenly rushed towards the woman.
But before he could take a few more steps, he noticed that someone suddenly tripped his feet making him lose his balance and began to tumble. Shin Jiao made his move as after tripping the man, he held the knife in his hand in a reverse grip and quickly jumps up. But before he could approach the back of the man, he smells the poison on his body and quickly used his shoes to kick at the man's back.
Shin Jiao immediately noticed the sole of his shoes began to be dissolved. Without hesitation, he immediately threw it off his feet.
"That was a very potent poison!" Shin Jiao thought in amazement.
But he quickly gathers his wits before him and plunges the knife towards the man's eyes. Shin Jiao already knows that the man's skin is almost impenetrable because of the low quality of his knife and his strength is not strong enough. The eye is one of the weakest parts of the body which Shin Jiao would like to exploit. He also doesn't want his knife's blade to touch the man's exposed muscle tissue as he is afraid that the acid poison would corrode the blade.
As the man was able to support himself immediately with his hands he didn't fall flat to the ground. But it would have been better if he had fallen flat as right now a swift blade is already approaching his right eye.
Puchi!
The blade of the knife was inserted directly at the man's eye, sending torrents of pain towards his brain. As a suddenly involuntary reflex, the man suddenly closes both his eyes and used both hands to grab his right eye, but this was his mistake. Because of the pain, the man's became disoriented and without his hands supporting his body, he fell face flat to the ground making the butt of the knife hit the hard dirt and pushing the knife further down his brain.
Silence suddenly pervades the surroundings as the man's body can be seen twitching while he slowly died.
"Whew… Argh… This is bad… I think I've broken some of my ribs." Shin Jiao suddenly felt some pain while sitting.
He looks at the naked dead body of the cultivator and then at the young woman who still had a disbelief look on her face. She could not believe that a mere mortal servant was able to kill a gold core realm expert. Though the man's cultivation was affected by the Meridian Blocking poison, he should still powerful be enough to kill the mortal, but the opposite had happened.
Then her gaze went towards the mortal servant beside the corpse, she found that he is already looking at her. Her face immediately turns crimson red upon discovering his gaze. She knew that he saw her naked and felt a little flustered. She wanted to be angry but she is not an ungrateful and a haughty woman to start with and was already grateful enough that her purity was not sullied.
"Th… Thank you!" the young woman said in a low voice as she nods her head.
"You're welcome!" Shin Jiao casually replied.
Then his gaze returns to the man's corpse and frowns.
"We need to get rid of the body and the traces of blood in this place." Shin Jiao suddenly said as he slowly stood up.
Then he walks towards a yellowish plant and picks a leaf from it, he then offered it to the young woman who is looking at him in confusion.
"Chew on it; it will weaken the effect of the Meridian Blocking poison." Shin Jiao said.
The woman, though still skeptical at how Shin Jiao knew about the Meridian Blocking poison, still chews the leaf. Then her eyes went wide in disbelief as she suddenly felt her cultivation returning just a little bit.
"It is not the complete cure for the poison, but is just for the suppression of the poison." Shin Jiao explained.
"This is already good enough." The woman said.
"Umm… by the way my name is Ziyun Lee, and what might I call you?" she introduced herself.
"Me, well I'm just a mortal servant no need to be courteous miss." Shin Jiao sheepishly replied.
He is still reluctant to trust the woman. But the woman just brushes it off and cupped her hand in gratitude before turning towards her sister who is still unconscious. Feeling her pulse the woman heaves a sigh of relief upon discovering her sister's status.
Then she looks at the corpse and takes out a small transparent pill bottle with black liquid inside. Then she carefully pours 3 drops into the corpse which immediately dissolve it into nothingness.
"Hmm… what is that thing?" Shin Jiao curiously asked.
It is his first time seeing this kind of liquid, and he now knows that this young woman named Ziyun Lee might be a liquid poison expert.
"This is a poison I accidentally made. And this is the first time that I saw its real effect. I think I will call it, Corpse dissolving poison." Ziyun Lee replied.
"What? You've been carrying that on your robe? What if the container breaks? Then you are a goner." Shin Jiao incredulously exclaimed.
"As I said, this is the first time I fully understand its effect. You are right though, if I made a mistake with it, then I'll immediately be turned to dust." Ziyun Lee said in a low voice feeling embarrassed.
"Hey, I heard that you can make pills right?" Shin Jiao just casually asked.
"Yes, why? Do you want us to make you a pill?" Ziyun Lee asked with a little confusion.
"What would a mortal servant do with a pill?" she thought.
"Well, I wanted to make a Heavenly Mending Pill but I heard that you cannot concoct level 4 pills." Shin Jiao explained.
"Oh? Since I and my sister are indebted to you so, I will give you that pill in 5 days." She said with a smile.
"Really? Then the herbs." Shin Jiao said in elation and started to look around for the herb.
"It's okay, I actually have the required herb in our house. Meet me at the Inn near the alchemy house in 5 days." She said as she cupped her hands once again towards Shin Jiao and went to lift her sister up.
When the woman walked towards the opening they have used to get through the array, she forgot something very crucial. They didn't know how to get out of the area. Seeing the confusion in her eyes Shin Jiao immediately understood her predicament.
"Oh, wait! You can exit this way, but we have to hurry." Shin Jiao suddenly said as he gestures her to follow him.