The loud screamed of the wicked lady had blown out to all sides of the woods and it too has gone passing through the barrier, making the Famous Alchemist lose his focus on refining another elixir.
He was formulating his focus to make a certain elixir that will immediately boost a person's qi. The new elixir will help martial arts practitioners in close combat with a powerful beast.
Unable to ignore the sound that came from outside the barrier, Zhang Wei quickly withdraws his hand from making the elixir and glared towards the barrier. With his eyes glowing up penetrating through the barrier, he saw a petite young woman which were laying down unconscious on the soil. Seeing it, Zhang Wei immediately leaves everything behind and rushes towards the barrier. He went passed through it and slowly moved towards the woman.
His glowing eyes were directing on the petite figure which laid before him. He scanned the whole body of the woman.
In a flash, he realized that the lady has hurt her leg and have lost her consciousness. Zhang Wei gazed deeply into the lady as he finds a familiar aura flowing from her. He couldn't tell exactly from where it came since it was the first time that he had seen her.
He quickly holds up the lady with both of his hands and carried her. Mesmerized by the beautiful face of the unknown lady, Zhang Wei felt an uneasy rushed inside him.
He carried her in his arms and went through the invisible barrier and brought her to his house. He then slowly laid down the lady above the mattress. Soon he put out his hand and cast his prowess onto the Young lady's leg.
The Young lady's leg quickly got healed because of his skill. Zhang Wei then went out to fetch an elixir that will help in regaining the Young lady's consciousness. While he had gone out in fetch of the elixir, the wicked lady quickly opened her eyes and scanned the area.
She was lost in her thoughts, 'This place still looks the same! Hah! Zhang Wei...Zhang Wei... Since I resurrect now, I won't let go of you this time. I'll get my vengeance. I'll make you feel every pain that I felt, your reputation, your skills, I'll soon snatched it from you like you snatched from me!'
The wicked lady's grudge became bitter and bitter as she saw Zhang Wei living an easy life while her soul had to roam from places to places in search of a body.
While she was musing in her own thoughts, Zhang Wei came rushing with the consciousness elixir on his hand. Seeing him, the wicked lady immediately laid back and acted to be unconscious.
Zhang Wei immediately took out the elixir bottle and slowly poured it down to the lady's mouth.
After giving her the elixir, he spoke up feeling alleviated, "Hmmm...This will do the work"
With it, he stood up and went towards the cauldron to continue refining the elixir. Soon after he left, the wicked woman immediately opened her eyes. She quickly got up from the mattress with a devilish grinned on her face and spoke to herself, "Huh! You don't recognise me! Do you?!"
Aiming to bewitch Zhang Wei's heart, she make her move. She slowly went towards the place where Zhang Wei was refining the elixir. Zhang Wei was mesmerised upon seeing the lady's beautiful face that he was stunned. He smiled and enunciated in amusement, "That was quick. You got heal so fast"
The Wicked lady slowly walked towards him with her bewitching attitude and faked a smile. She then replied craftily, "Ah..... I guess your elixir is quite good!"
She then continued to act, "I remember I was bitten by a wolf on my leg, I ward it off quickly and ran as fast as I can then... I lost my consciousness. Thank you Mister, for your kind help. How shall I return your favour?!"
Pleased by it, Zhang Wei immediately retorts the wicked lady, "It's nothing... Don't trouble with it"
The wicked lady gets worked up on it. She spoke up mightily, "How can it be nothing!?"
Wanting to convince him, she walked closer towards him and immediately holds his hand with both of her hands. She looked at him with her puppy eyes and spoke bewitchingly, "I am indebted to you for a lifetime. You saved my life. I'll stay here and repay my debt"
The famous Alchemist Zhang Wei, whom everyone fear and afraid of is now losing his conscience upon seeing the act of the beautiful pretentious lady. Unable to heed off her words, he immediately shake off her hands and spoke up turning aside, "You.....can stay here. But leave once you are completely heal"
The Wicked lady nodded her head acting up all innocent and answered trickily, "Sure... Young Master!"
She further continued in consciousness, "Then.... Can I take a look around the place? It's too boring to stay inside the bed?!".
Uttering those words, she gave a pretentious smile to Zhang Wei.
Upon seeing her captivating smile, Zhang Wei reacted faithfully, "Yes...sure. But be careful, don't touch anything strange!"
The Wicked lady shooked her head at it and walked out from there. She started to stroll around the area. While Zhang Wei was concentrating on his elixir, she slowly moved towards the big wooden shelves where all the unusual kinds of elixir were kept. She observed it one by one.
Amused by it, she grinned twistedly and murmured to herself, 'So, all the elixir are kept here. Tch! Zhang Wei, you are living quite an easy life while my lone soul has to roam throughout the whole of Fog Forest in search of a new body"
She then headed over to the kitchen area. The kitchen of Zhang Wei was filled with various types of roasted and dry meat. Upon seeing it, she immediately rushed over it and smell them. She beamed at it in enthusiasm, "Hmm.....smells so good! After a long time... I can finally eat meat!"
She quickly grabbed a big piece of roasted meat and started gobbling it down bite after bite. It looked like she has been starving to death for months. After eating to her stomach full. She fixated her gazed towards the mystical beast meat which was kept for refining elixir. She quickly came up with a hostile plan, "Since, I am already healed. He'll soon find out and tell me to leave the place! I need to get sick to catch his attention and be near to him!".
The Pretentious wicked woman got every type of evil plan upon her sleeves. She thought it all over, "The meat of the mystical beast is harmful to the normal body, without a core qi foundation, it might even cause death! This body doesn't have any core qi foundation so it's quite risky... But...Mr. Zhang Wei is a famous alchemist, he can surely cure this body with his skills. If that's the case then I don't need to worry about anything! Let's take the risk!"
With it, she quickly made up her mind to eat the mystical beast meat, which was kept for refining elixir.
She slowly began to eat the beast meat. Soon after eating a piece of the beast meat, her throat began to burn, unable to hold it anymore she searched for the water, tossing all the things and utensils upside down. Soon, even before finding the water, her body began to heat up and she passed out in an instant.
Hearing all the noises coming from the kitchen, Zhang Wei rushed towards it. There he found the lady fainted on the floor. He immediately rushed near her and checked her pulse then her forehead. Upon feeling the pulse Zhang Wei exclaimed troubledly, "You....you have eaten the beast meat?! Haven't I warn you before?!"
Zhang Wei quickly took out the toxins from the women's body using his prowess. After consuming all the toxin, he lifted the woman and carried her towards the mattress. He laid her down there and slowly pulled up the cloak and covered her with it. He then quickly move out from there.
The wicked woman stayed unconscious for the whole night.
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On the other side.....
Xialin(soul) was sitting on the corner of the cave. She was weeping throughout the whole night. Her thoughts were all over the place and was feeling frightened and scared staying there all alone. The place was deserted and unknown to her and was being surrounded by the hungry mythical creatures from all sides. They are ready to devour her if she came out.
Xialin feel woeful at it. It was as if the whole world have already forgotten about her existence. She felt powerless, unable to do anything to change her situation. Her thoughts were filled with deep anguished, "What can a mere soul do?! Forget about saving your brother Xialin. Look at you, you have to save yourself first!"