Chapter 219: Ying & Jie!

  Ying and Jie walked together through the endless fog to the Mystic Flame that Ying sensed. Ying's body was no longer giving off any warmth or heat like it was earlier when they were traveling. This made Jie confident that Ying managed to restrain her fire qi completely. She was curious about how she managed to sense anything in this place.

  When Jie used her qi to sense the surroundings, she didn't feel much of anything. The only thing she could sense was Ying. So, either Ying's sensing ability was superior to her's somehow despite being far below her in cultivation or she had a technique that could sense treasures? Jie couldn't believe that Ying had something like a treasure-seeking technique. She's seen plenty of martial art manuals in the Golden Serpent Sect's library. None of them dared to claim to be able to sense treasures. But it still wasn't impossible that Ying did have such a technique... Out of the millions of techniques in the world, there had to be a couple that could do something like this.

"What did you sense?" Jie just decided to straight-up ask. It wasn't like Ying was her enemy or anything. They were on the same side.

"A Mystic Flame." Ying grinned. Another mystic flame would drastically boost her strength for the final test.

"A Mystic Flame!?" Jie couldn't help but exclaim.

"And I'm going to snatch it before anyone else does." Ying shared her current goal.

"How could you possibly sense a Mystic Flame!?" Jie didn't understand.

  If anyone was able to gain control over a Mystic Flame then their strength would grow significantly! It was just unfortunate that these treasures were only limited to those with an affinity for fire qi. Leaving a majority of the world unable to even hope of gaining control over these naturally-forming treasures. This would be her first time seeing a Mystic Flame, she was a bit excited.

"It's not that hard." Ying responded.

  Eventually, they stumbled upon a large group of disciples from their sect surrounding an ancient building. This caused Ying's face to slightly scrunch up. All these people would definitely interfere in getting the Mystic Flame. She knew they couldn't be here because of the Mystic Flame. There had to be another reason for them all to gather here.

"Hey, you." Ying grabbed some random guy by his collar.

"What the hell!? Let go of me!" He cried out.

"Tell me what's going on here." She asked nicely.

"Fuck you bitch!" Were the last words he managed to get out as Ying sunk her fist into his gut. He dropped to the ground unconscious.

"Apparently this is some immortal's tomb. Many people suspect there to be heavenly treasures inside because as of now, no one can get inside." Jie relayed the information she's got from the crowd, ignoring the body at Ying's feet.

"Why can't we get in?" Ying asked.

"We need three plates to fit on the door. Right now, there is only one person with a plate. We need two more if anyone wants to get inside."

"So why are so many people sticking around here instead of looking for the extra plates?" Ying questioned.

"If people with the two plates do make it here, they'll be ready to rush inside the door." Jie whispered.

"Oh, so they're a bunch of leeches that can't do anything for themselves and hope to get rewarded off the hard work of others." Ying did not hold back as she gave her honest opinion of the crowd.

'You didn't need to say it so loudly...' Jie lamented being next to this girl at this moment. Did she truly believe she was number 1 under the heavens?

  Many eyes wandered over to her in annoyance and anger. How dare she call them out when she was doing the same thing!? A few disciples in the crowd walked over to teach this girl a lesson. Many others simply remembered her face for when they encounter her in the future for insulting them.

"Oi! You need some help keeping that mouth of yours shut?"

"You must really think you're amazing to badmouth all of us like this. Where do you get your courage?"

"If you don't kneel down and apologize to us, don't blame us for being a little rude."

  Ying could feel their eyes ravaging her body. Jie wasn't spared from their gazes either. Two young beautiful girls with fair-colored skin and large breasts. Both Ying and Jie were the type of women that many of these male disciples wouldn't mind tasting for themselves on a regular basis. They weren't being recognized for their strength or cultivation stage but simply their appearance and the fact that they were women.

  Ying wasn't the type of girl to take such insults lying down. She didn't care about the differences between a man and a woman. All she cared about was staying true to herself and being treated with the respect that she deserves as a human being. And being looked at like a stupid juicy piece of meat isn't one of those two things.

  She formed a fist and threw it at the one who couldn't restrain himself from drooling as he looked at her body. Saliva dripped from his mouth as he hastily brought himself back to reality. His arms rose up to block Ying's fist only to crumple and break as they couldn't handle the force coming from Ying's small fist. He was sent flying far into the distance screaming, leaving his two buddies to look on in shock.

  They pulled out their swords and no longer treated Ying like she was a sexual object that served itself to them. Now they treated her like a sexual object that could possibly kill them if they weren't careful. Ying scoffed as she too revealed her sword. The crowd was stunned speechless as they saw the size of the humongous heap of iron forged into the shape of a sword raised above her head. They didn't understand how such a thin woman could possibly hold something so big with ease. Her arms weren't even shaking as she held up the blade! Now they understood how that weakling was sent flying. If anyone could hold that blade, they too would probably gain strength that was incomparable.

  Terror struck the hearts of those who were glanced at by the evil eye on the sword. If the size alone wasn't frightening enough, the evil qi radiating from the sword itself was enough to cause them to shiver. Despite being a wicked sect, the Golden Serpent Sect didn't force its disciples to practice evil techniques. They were able to practice any technique they want without restrictions! Even righteous techniques that were stolen from righteous sects. All the Golden Serpent Sect cared about was strength and the freedom to do as they pleased without restraint! Limiting themselves to only using evil techniques would weaken their potential.

"If you're not going to come at me, then I'll just come at you!" Ying rushed toward the two with her sword over her shoulder.

  Not a hint of fire qi emitted from Ying's body as she dashed forward. Her eyes narrowed as she prepared herself to use the second style of the Giant Blade Manual: Moving With The Blade. The two men were unprepared for her to come at them. Their response to her rush was sloppy and Ying thought that she might have overestimated them.

  Ying swung her blade horizontally to split them both in half. Her body moved along with the blade as she was brought into a dangerous spin. One of the two men leaped away to gain some distance from her while the other believed he could take it on just by clashing with his own blade. Ying spun as if she was a sword hurricane. Her blade slamming against the disciple's sword repeatedly every second. It only took three complete spins before his blade shattered and the side of Ying's great sword slammed into his abdomen.

  He too was sent flying off into the distance with major injuries that would lead to his death soon if not taken care of. The last remaining disciple fled off into the misty forest after he saw her take care of the other man. It was obvious to him that he was outmatched and picked a fight with the wrong person. No longer did he think of her as an object to use for his sexual pleasure after dominating her. In his eyes, she was now a monster. A hidden prodigy that only bared her claws when forced to.

"Anyone else have anything to say?" Ying turned her gaze back to the crowd.

"Don't get cocky over beating some weaklings, girl. Mind your words or you won't even realize how you died." A boy younger than her arrogantly spoke from in the crowd. He was leisurely laying on the side of the door with the third plate in his hand.

  His body was filled with strange yellow markings. On his back was a large curved weapon that Ying believed she's seen before but can't remember where. Her eyes looked to the handsome person next to him, and then she remembered. Those two were the Head Elder's disciples!

"Whatever." Ying turned away and ignored the famous prodigy, not feeling that she was inferior to him in the slightest.

"Let's go find one of those plates." She said to Jie.

  Jie nodded. She hoped they would be able to encounter some weak ghosts along the way. It's been hours and she hasn't even captured one ghost for this test yet. This test seems like it's even harder than the first one.

  The two left the crowd in search of the other two plates.

"Did I say you were free to leave, woman?" Ying quickly turned around and used her sword to block the sudden boomerang that almost decapitated her.

  She was sent sliding back from the force of the blow. The boomerang was sent spinning back towards the bad-tempered prodigy. He really intended to kill her with that attack! If Hao Gang didn't warn her, it would've been over for her right there. Ying glared at the prodigy with killing intent in her eyes.

"And why should I listen to a shrimp like you?" Flames crackled around her body.

"This woman doesn't even put me in her eyes. I don't know whether to call you brave or stupid." He slowly got up from the staircase leading up the tomb's door.

"Are you sure it's worth playing around with this woman, Little Tang? When the other two plates arrive, you'll have less energy to get all the goodies inside." The handsome youth next to the shrimp advised.

"You think she stands a chance against me?" He glared at his friend?

"She certainly isn't as weak as you believe." He warned.

  Everyone could see the mental calculations going on in Little Tang's head. Ying scoffed as she turned back around and started walking away with Jie. Those plates weren't going to find themselves and if that shrimp wanted to fight with her later, she'll be more than happy to see just how strong a genius is compared to herself.