Chapter 12

Chen Linjian walk to the crowd and opens the map. He asks Nie Li "Where do you think we should search?"

"If you ask me, the three large grounds near the city Lord mansion are suspicious. I think we should look there and....." Nie Li explains.

Chen Linjian also accepted that it made sense and Nie Li's reasoning is correct.

After Nie Li explained it to them, they left to search in those areas. No one dared to even doubt his words after what they just witnessed.

Nie Li is at the rear, walking beside Ye Ziyun. She asks "How are you so strong?"

Huyan Lanrao was also beside Nie Li and was interested in what his answer would be.

He replied "People have a very poor understanding of soul force in this city. It has many uses other than just using it with a demon spirit.

For example, if used and mastered properly, you can make your fist as hard as metal. Like this... " and swung his hand backward.

Ye Ziyun and Huyan Lanruo both heard some shattering sound and turned back.

Nie Li's hand was black and a person in cloak held a broken sword towards Nie Li.

"I said that you can't sneak up on me. Haven't you heard me say that in my fight with the ape?" Nie Li asked.

The man in cloak clicked his tongue and said "I thought he would be weakened after his fight with that ape."

Nie Li said to Chen Linjian "Leave them to me. I will join you guys in a while.

Don't wait for me. Continue to search those places I mentioned."

Chen Linjian nods and leaves with them. The man in cloak said "I won't let you guys leave." trying to stop them from leaving.

Nie Li stood in front of them and said "What's the hurry? You have a guest to entertain here."

The man in cloak said to his henchmen "Let's quickly deal with this kid and catch up with them."

"You guys should have run after seeing my fight with the ape." Nie Li said.

The man in the cloak said "Don't underestimate us or you will pay for doing so."

"I do want to play with you guys but, I have a terrible relationship with people in cloaks.

So, forgive me for being rough with you guys." Nie Li said.

Their leader immediately merged with his demon spirit. It looked like a leopard.

Black sparks of lightning appeared around Nie Li's figure.

He sent a bolt of lightning into the sky. The dark guild members were confused as to why he did that.

They waited for a while and nothing happened. One dark guild members asked "Did you get scared of our boss and signal someone?" in a ridiculing tone.

Their boss had other thoughts 'What is he up to now? Whatever he has done till now were stupid things in the eyes of others but, are not.'

Then black clouds appeared only above the area they were fighting.

Then the crackling sound of lightning was heard from them.

Feeling his danger sense tingling, their group leader shouted to his henchmen "Run"

"Too late. Taste the power of a thundr god." Nie Li said and swung his hand down after raising it.

Following his hand movements, a black dragon made of lightning descended from the clouds.

It moved in an instant and almost fried everyone.

Their leader and some others who had an demon spirit with lightning attributes.

Their leader glared at Nie Li but knew their levels were not same.

He orders "Kill the injured and run."

"A wise decision." Nie Li said and waited till they killed the injured.

"You will pay for this." said their leader.

"You can try any time. But, I have a sad news for you.

You might not be able to live to try again." Nie Li said.

Their leader understood what he meant. He immediately ordered "Disperse and go in different directions."

Then their leader and the rest ran in different directions.

Nie Li didn't bother about that trash and went for their leader.

He chased him, controlling his speed to match his.

He found the chase fun. That's when he heard a familiar voice call out to him.

He turned to see Ye Ziyun and Huyan Lanruo running towards him.

"I guess it's your lucky day. I will let you live a few more days." Nie Li said and ran towards Ye Ziyun and Huyan Lanruo.

He approached them and asked "Why are you guys here?"

Ye Ziyun was breathing heavily so, Huyan Lanruo decided to answer.

Huyan Lanruo said "Ye Ziyun was worried. So, I accompanied her to keep her safe and help her search."

Huyan Lanruo paused and asked in a happy tone "Nie Li can I ask you something?"

"Yes." Nie Li replied.

She then hugged Nie Li and and asked while in tears "You protected me there, right? His sword was pointed at me.

You stayed back and sent us just to keep me safe, right?"

When Nie Li and Ye Ziyun heard that they both thought 'It was clearly pointed at Nie Li/me.'

Nie Li said "I don't even know what to say in this situation."

He thought 'I can't say that I was itching to kill someone. Anyway, let's enjoy this moment.' while enjoying the feeling of burying his face in her chest.

Ye Ziyun saw him enjoying and pulled him back.

Ye Ziyun looked at Nie Li and asked "Can I ask you something as well?"

"What is it? " Nie Li asked.

"How strong are you? We saw your fight with the dark guild members and were shocked.

We couldn't even process everything. What is your demon spirit, capable of doing this much damage?

Even now, we had a hard time catching up to you." Ye Ziyun asks.

Nie Li looks around and asked "Where are we right now?"

They also looked around and said "Don't know, we were just following you."

"Let's look for them first. I will answer your question afterwards." Nie Li says.

"You don't have to tell if you don't want to." Ye Ziyun said. She felt Nie Li was avoiding the question.

"I don't have a demon spirit." Nie Li said.

Both obviously didn't believe that. Nie Li said "I answered. Believing or not is your choice."

Even though it wouldn't make sense for a person to use lightning without a demon spirit, Nie Li was someone who was full of mysteries.

They decided to believe for now. Nie Li continued "And about my strength. I am currently in 1 star silver rank."

Now this was also something they couldn't believe. He just took down a demon beast who was close to black gold rank.

Seeing their faces with disbelief, he said "That's what I was talking about before.

You guys have a narrow understanding about soul force and cultivation. If I start explaining, it will take ages.

Just remember that rank only matters when the practitioners don't know how to fight properly."

Both Ye Ziyun and Huyan Lanruo didn't know whether to believe Nie Li or not.

Since it was getting dark, they first decided to search a little and camp somewhere, and then worry about this.

As they were looking around, they found some slab with ancient writings on it.

Nie Li read it out loud. It read "Thise who follow me will be happy. Those who go against me will be destroyed."

He thought to himself 'Whoever wrote this, he resembles me.'

Huyan Lanruo and Ye Ziyun were looking at some construction behind the slab.

They triggered a trap, where there was a hole in the ground and the surface was layered with a small layer of soil.

They both fell into the pit and Nie Li also jumped into it.

When he got close to them, he channeled soul force into his feet and stuck to the sides of the pit.

He then caught both of them with his hands.

Now, Nie Li was standing on the walls of the pit like a ninja with Ye Ziyun and Huyan Lanruo in his embrace.

Both of them slowly put their arms around Nie Li's neck and when they touched each other's hands, both glared at each other.

They had a hostile look on their faves when they looked at each other.

Nie Li appreciated the scene but, he obviously wasn't going to just stand there.

So he said "We are now already half way in the pit. We can either go down or up. I want to go down and look around. What do you guys say?"

They both agreed to him and Nie Li walked down the walls of the pit.

Ye Ziyun said to Huyan Lanruo "Lanruo big sis, you are too close to Nie Li. Can you take your hands off him?"

Huyan Lanruo replied "I also think you are too close to him. Take your hands off him."

"Big sis has gone past the age of marriage and still wants to look for boys." Ye Ziyun said.

Huyan Lanruo said "Young kids like you shouldn't be talking about marriage. What is he to you that you are talking back to me like this?"

"He is my lover. I am going to marry him." Ye Ziyun said, pulling Nie Li closer to herself.

Huyan Lanruo was shocked when she heard that. She looked at Nie Li and said "I also love him. I am also not that old. I can still marry. You will marry me, right?" while asking Nie Li the last part and pulling Nie Li closer to herself.

They kept quarreling and disturbing Nie Li. Nie Li said to them "Ladies, can we pause this and continue after we reach the bottom?"

But, they didn't even listen to him and continued their argument.

Nie Li lost balance and slipped.

Ye Ziyun released a spider web from her interspatial ring.

It caught to the walls of the pit and Ye Ziyun caught the web which was in the form of a rope.

Nie Li and Huyan Lanruo didn't catch it on time and fell.

Ye Ziyun called out their names but there was no response.

She loosened her grip on the rope and slid along with it.

After only a few seconds, she fell on something soft and stopped.

She had reached the bottom. Ye Ziyun lit a stick with fire since there was no light.

When she lit it, what met her eyes were Nie Li's figure on Huyan Lanruo.

Their lips were locked. Ye Ziyun wanted to do something but, it was her first time seeing someone kiss.

She was flustered. What happened was that Nie Li and Huyan Lanruo fell in a manner that Huyan Lanruo was below and Nie Li was above her.

Since Nie Li managed to land properly, he was not completely on her.

When Ye Ziyun came down, she landed on Nie Li, pushing him.

This was how Nie Li and Huyan Lanruo ended up kissing.

They both kissed for a while. For Huyan Lanruo, it was a new experience.

She usually played around with boys but, she would only make them go mad for her and then she would turn them down.

She never kissed anyone and she was amazed when she got to know that a kiss felt that good.

Usually in the cultivation world, only after marriage can a boy and girl kiss. That's why it's a new experience for every single woman.

After a while, Nie Li got up and saw Huyan Lanruo's face was red.

She said "That was amazing."

They both got up and found a flustered Ye Ziyun. Nie Li asked "What happened?"

Ye Ziyun just puffs her cheeks, stamps the ground and turns away.

Nie Li got close to her and asked "What happened? That kiss was an accident, though it felt good."

Ye Ziyun looked at him and said with a red face "You kissed Huyan Lanruo and Ning'er too. I also want to kiss."

'This is the first time she said something openly like this. This calls for a celebration.' he said in his head and kissed her too.