Chapter 2

Book I Chapter 2

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A figure of a woman stood between her and the incoming doom. That familiar figure has given her warmth and love. It was the figure of her mother.

Na-na's tears fell down as her body shivered while looking at the dark mist-covered man in front of her mother.

"Hmm… It seems that there is a cultivator hiding amidst the mortals. How fascinating… But how come I cannot see through your cultivation... it was as if you can cover your aura..." the dark mist-covered man said with a tone of interest.

"You people will pay for what you have done in this place… For all those, you have killed..." Wu Min said angrily while glaring at the man in front of her.

She could clearly see the figure behind the dark mist as her eyes is slightly glowing.

The man suddenly made a move, but Wu Min did not dare dodge as her daughter is behind her.

Without hesitation, she quickly grabbed her daughter and rushed to the side. On the spot where Na-na was sitting on, a deep crevice was created by a powerful strike from the man.

"You're as fast as I am!… Now… this is getting interesting… Hahaha…" the man said with a slight chuckle.

After she put Na-na on the side, Wu Min suddenly felt something biting her finger. When she looks at the sleeve of Na-na she saw a black spider.

After biting her, the black spider suddenly turned into a cloud of black smoke.

She quickly covers Na-na's mouth.

But she has inhaled the black mist accidentally as it enters her nose as if controlled by something.

Wu Min coughed which pushes some of the dark mist which escapes the air but the poison has already entered her body.

"Ether Poison… You're from the Wandering Ghost sect…" Wu Min said with a frown.

"Hehe… You cannot escape now… oh holder of the evil stone…" the man said while waving his hand in the air.

When Wu Min heard his words, she immediately knew that the purpose of these people was to hunt her. She knew that along the way, she might have slipped up and might have revealed her identity.

"Confused? Hehe… We've sent many men in these parts and no one returned. You think that because you are staying near the Urokai Sect, you will be safe… Hehe…"

With that wave, the dark mist began to congeal behind him, and then a group of ghastly skulls slowly form as the black mist finished gathering.

"Hell Phantasm!!!" the man muttered.

Then the ghastly skulls flew out and attacked Wu Min.

But Wu Min, though poisoned heavily simply waved her hand in the air and several runes floated and combined creating a magnificent glowing array of runes.

When the ghastly skulls reach near her, a circular energy forms in front of her blocking their attacks.

The other skulls sneakily flew towards Na-na who watches this battle with wide eyes.

But those skulls did not hit her and were blocked by the powerful energy.

"Mom is truly awesome and powerful…" she thought as the tears in her eyes have already stopped and admiration filled her very eyes.

The man did not relent and continuously attacked, but his skulls were ineffective against the powerful barriers created to block them.

"You are not from the Wandering Ghost sect… You are just imitating their technique… You Qi in pure and untainted…" Wu Min said while glaring at the man.

The man did not bother answering when he suddenly takes out a long sword from his back and then brandishes it to attack her using a powerful wind wave.

Wu Min changes her barrier into light blue and easily blocks the wind waves.

The man then changes his attack and controlled glowing fire around the sword and cast several fireballs which suddenly appear behind him as several circular energy floated.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Hundreds of fireballs bombarded the area where Wu Min and her daughter were standing and destroyed the dilapidated house and everything around them.

"Haha…" the man chuckled but suddenly stopped as he quickly dodges to the side.

However, his movement was not fast enough as a hair ornament flew towards him.

He was able to dodge the hair ornament but it hits his mask and skewered his cheeks taking a large portion of his skin with it.

Graaahhh!!!

The man wailed as his face, which should be handsome, now looks a bit ugly with half of his cheek missing because of the hair ornament.

Poof!!!

The hair ornament exploded along with that part of his cheek which made the man truly angry.

"How… dare… you!!!" he shouted in an unclear tone.

He was shocked that his Qi barrier did not work to block that simple ornament. It made him think that the woman he is fighting is not as simple as she looks.

The energy around her looks chaotic, and it made it hard for him to figure out her true cultivation level.

"Even if your whole sect attacks, I will make sure to wipe you all off!" Wu Min shouted while glaring at the man.

When the man heard her words, his face suddenly changes.

The blood dripping from his ripped cheeks looks glum but it did not take long before his wound closes.

"You… will… pay… for… this…" he muttered.

"It was you who provoked me… accept your weakness… you're just a weak little one…" Wu Min said with a smirk.

"How... dare... you! I… will… kill… you…" without hesitation the man attacks.

Wu Min did not hesitate to also attack him with all her might. As they clashed, several trees and the village wall near them were destroyed.

But for some reason, the place where Na-na is on was unharmed.

"Black Omen Rose!" Wu Min shouted as she formed a few hand waves in the air and powerful energy congeals in front of her in a blink of an eye.

Then, dark energy gathers around her even taking the energy emitted by the man.

As she waves her hand that black energy was like a powerful force hitting the man like a wall sending him flying towards the forest in a sorry manner.

But before Wu Min could chase after him, several figures suddenly brought him them as they escaped clumsily.

"Run! Run as far as you can, cowards!" she shouted in anger.

After the figure's aura disappears, Wu Min suddenly coughs a mouthful of blood.

Looking at the black blood on the ground, she shook her head and showed a sad expression.

She wanted to be with her daughter for a while, but it seems that fate is finally caught up to her.

"I guess, it is my time… as my ancestors before me, I too would fall…" she muttered with a mocking smile on her face.

She walked towards Na-na and carefully carried her back to a small temple at the side of the outskirts of the village.

This small temple is a place that most people would visit during festivals. But today, no one has come to this place and a thick stench of blood could be smelled in the air.

Wu Min hit a few of her acupoints and then put Na-na on the ground inside the small temple.

"Little Na-na, are you fine? Do you feel pain anywhere?" she asked caringly.

"I'm okay mom… Na-na is not hurt," she said while showing a smile on her cute little face.

She is very proud of her mother as she saw her fight against that powerful man. Her dream to be like her mother someday was strengthened by what she witnessed.

But she also showed worry because she saw some spider bit her mother and the black smoke entering her nose.

If not for her mother, Na-na knew that she would be the one suffering from that.

In her mother's stories, there are small creatures in the forest that might not be very strong but they are very dangerous, and she needs to be careful of them.

Since Na-na is not careful, she blames herself for implicating her mother at this moment.

"Mom, sorry… Na-na is sorry…" she suddenly said.

Seeing the changes on her daughter's face, Wu Min just patted her head and showed a kind smile on her face.

"Na-na… Mommy needs to go somewhere. You… You will need to be alone for a while. But mom promises to protect you no matter what…" She said.

Na-na suddenly feels a bad premonition.

"Mom, don't go… Don't leave Na-na… Na-na will be obedient from now on!" the little girl cried while trying to grab her mother's hand.

"Shush now my little baby… Mom will teach you something… okay?… Now, close your eyes…" Wu Min instructed.

Na-na reluctantly closes her eyes and felt her mother's palm touching her little head.

Then she suddenly froze as her mind went blank.

All she could see is the darkness and then in that darkness, she saw many scrolls and manuals appearing. She could remember those words written in the manuals and could understand them due to her mother's teachings.

She suddenly curiously began to study a scroll that floated in front of her.

"Physique molding technique…" she muttered.

She curiously began reading and a slight frown appears on her face.

Then she practices it and was a bit surprised at what she could do with such writing.

Her body began to take form from a young thin little girl, then to a fat little girl, then she transformed into a thin boy, and then to a fat boy. As her body transformed she began to be adept with it and felt that she could easily write such runes easily.

However, the catch is that the transformation would only last for one month before she could transform back into her old self. This is so that her original physique would not be destroyed.

She wanted to read more, but then her mind suddenly returns to the present.

As she opened her eyes, it was already morning the next day which confused her greatly.

Her mother is not there anymore and she carefully looks around.

She saw a piece of paper on the small old wooden table next to her.

"Sweetheart, mom needs to leave now… You take good care of yourself, okay?" after reading those words, tears began to form in her eyes as Na-na runs outside the small broken-down temple.

She quickly reaches the village gate and what she saw next almost made her knees buckle in horror.