Vixen spirit
"The vengeful spirit," Xiu Ying's solemn tone coincided with the sky's rumbling.
Tiger Yi opened the carriage door and Xiu Ying's slender form appeared, garbed in an exquisite black hat with a shoulder-length veil.
She gracefully held her Eternal Jade Heart sword, which was a 4-star immortal-grade artifact, by her dainty palm and walked down.
"The weather is a phenomenon that announced its presence. It makes them an easy target," she snickered, the corners of her lips curled.
"Pig Yun, Tiger Yi. Spread out; send a signal if you see it."
"Yes, Miss!!" They responded. Pig Yun dismounted from his horse and marched into the streets, while Tiger Yi took the opposite direction.
"Let's go," Xiu Ying's melodious voice rang and Li Chen followed behind her, his eyes scrutinizing the slender beauty, trying to recall what manual or bloodline he created her with.
'I gave her the celestial phoenix bloodline, which explains her love to roast people but I wasn't clear on her cultivation manual. Or even her background,' he pondered, itching to stroke his metallic chin.
Xiu Ying wasn't created to be a main character; she was just a side character meant to be annoying to the protagonist and eventually get killed off.
But the readers yearning to read more about her forced him to develop her to this stage; however, many things about her was a blur.
Suddenly, Xiu Ying stopped and slowly turned back to him. Although he couldn't see her eyes, Li Chen could feel her piercing gaze locked on him.
"Come here," she ordered softly.
'What does she want?' Li Chen pondered, slowly approaching her. Each step echoed in his eardrums as it drew him closer to her.
If there was one thing he feared about this villainess, it was how her emotions changed. She could turn from a loving girl to a cold-hearted killer in a snap!
"You said you don't remember anything," she said, tilting her head.
[I don't remember saying that.] Li Chen, who stood before her, replied. His eyes slowly trailed down but thankfully, Xiu Ying covered herself fully.
What was this pang he felt?
Li Chen couldn't believe he was turning lecherous like some of his readers. 'It can't be! It's just some side effect from reading their comments.'
"How did you jump from being a mortal to a peak-level mundane cultivator in just one night?" Xiu Ying's voice was calm and soft, almost edible but Li Chen feared the direction this was heading.
[Maybe I was a peak-level cultivator and my energy dispersed due to my state. I'm recovering so my cultivation level will return as well.]
The moment those words left his lips, Li Chen's eyes twinkled. 'Nice lie!' he praised himself inwardly.
Crossing her arms, her willowy brows furrowed. "Is that so?" Xiu Ying hummed. Grinding her teeth gently, she accessed Li Chen.
'Could he be telling the truth?'
Xiu Ying couldn't place a finger on it but she felt many things about Li Chen were odd. She also couldn't read his expression since his face was hidden behind that faceless mask.
At that moment, the sound of a zither slithered into their ears, causing their heads to snap toward the other end of the street.
Lifting his head, Li Chen stared at a seductive woman seated on a rooftop with a zither before her. Her inner robe was azure, while the external was transparent, revealing her slender arms and a bit of her cleavage.
But Li Chen did not find any interest in her, nor did her seductive aura have any effect on him; however, Pig Yun and Tiger Yi stood beside her.
Their expressions revealed lust and flattery but he could feel that they were under an illusion.
"Li Chen." Xiu Ying's melodious voice made him turn, only to see her lips parting in shock.
"You're totally fine?"
"Of course. I see nothing of appeal in that ugly Vixen." He scoffed proudly. However, Xiu Ying's eyes narrowed when she recalled Li Chen's lecherous stare back when she found him.
Swiftly snuffing any prideful thought that had to do with her slave, Xiu Ying coiled her palm around the hilt of her blade and unsheathed it.
SHING—!
"Fufufu, go easy, dear. You don't want to harm me," the spirit teased, winking seductively but Li Chen and Xiu Ying only felt disgusted.
"You're not leaving here alive!" Xiu Ying hissed and dashed forward. Blasting fire from her foot, she leaped to a rooftop and soared toward the spirit.
Seeing that they were not affected, a furious light flashed within the spirit's eyes. After killing over fifteen people by sucking their life energy until they became mummies, she was just a few steps away from regaining her body.
However, seeing Xiu Ying, her plans changed. Instead of rebuilding a body from scratch, she could just possess Xiu Ying's.
After all, Xiu Ying had both beauty and a heavenly bloodline, which made her a heaven-class prodigy!
"Go." The spirit whispered.
Tiger Yi and Pig Yun dashed forward, their feet shattering roof tiles. A ferocious aura blasted off Tiger Yi's body and his eyes changed to those of a tiger's.
Leaping high, he curled his right leg and whipped out, his leg swooshing through the air at an insane speed.
Welcoming the attack, Xiu Ying lowered her body backwards and slid past Tiger Yi's kick. She balanced her body with her sheath and spun past his claws.
Growling like a beast, Tiger Yi blasted forth like the wind, his robes flapping hard. He launched several attacks but Xiu Ying calmly dodged them before slamming her palm against his chest.
THUD!
Puffing like an angry buffalo, Pig Yun, whose skin shone like bronze, dashed forward, his cleavers rasied high.
"Mountain Slash!" He roared and swung down, shattering the wooden house. While he fell to the ground, Tiger Yi floated, his attunement to the air element in clear display.
Xiu Ying gracefully somersaulted backward and landed atop another building.
"Tiger Yi, Pig Yun, regain yourselves or I'll be forced to harm you!" She hissed, clearly frustrated at holding back.
Turning back, she saw Li Chen leaning against a wall with his hands crossed. He acted like the battle had nothing to do with him.
'Well, he's too weak to do anything. Staying away is a wise action.' Xiu Ying thought and yet she wasn't glad.