My Cold and Elegant CEO Wife - Chapter 986

Chapter 986: Treating and Curing Aotian Qin

 

“Dad, it’s true that the First Elder was killed by Qingfeng Li.” Xianzhi Qin frowned and continued to explain when she noticed that the master of the Fiery Emperor Palace did not believe her.

“Qingfeng Li, on behalf of the Fiery Emperor Palace, I’d like to thank you,” Aotian Qin bowed and said with respect. He knew his daughter would not lie to him, so when she said it was Qingfeng Li who killed the First Elder, he had to accept it as the truth.

“Palace master, you’re welcome. Miss Qin and I are friends, and this is what a friend should do,” Qingfeng Li nodded and said with a smile.

Poof!

Aotian Qin suddenly puked out a mouthful of blood while Qingfeng was talking and his face turned deathly pale as a large amount of black gas began to gather around his forehead.

“It’s terrible, the devilish energy in dad’s body is coming out again.” At the sight of the scene, Xianzhi Qin’s face changed greatly.

Aotian Qin had once been attacked by unorthodox devils and there was a lot of devilish energy remaining in his body which had begun eroding his internal organs.

Qingfeng Li and Xianzhi Qin hurried to open the prison door and quickly carried Aotian Qin out of the prison. It was not wise to stay here because the prison was dark and damp, which could exasperate his condition.

Qingfeng Li brought Aotian Qin to the room outside and checked his pulse. He found that his pulse was weak, beating at a very low speed, and the devilish energy had penetrated every part of his body.

“Big brother Li, how’s my dad?” A touch of anxiety appeared on Xianzhi Qin’s enchanting face, with a hint of tears appearing in the corners of her eyes, as she straightly called him big brother Li.

Qingfeng Li frowned and said, “His internal organs have been eroded by devilish energy and he’s badly injured. I need to make the life prolonging elixir quickly to save his life.”

“Big brother Li, hurry and make the life prolonging elixir then,” Xianzhi Qin said with a worried look. This matter concerned her own father’s life, so she was definitely very anxious.

“Well, we need three things to make a spirit level life prolonging elixir. I’ve got both the fiery fruit and dragon grass but I still lack the flower of paradise.”

“We have a flower of paradise in our treasury. I can get it for you.”

“Okay, get it as soon as you can! I’ll start to make it,” Qingfeng Li said.

As she feared for her father’s life, Xianzhi Qin did it very fast. It was not long before the flower of paradise was brought back from the treasury.

The flower of paradise was black in color, which was very rare because this flower was normally red, white, pink, or purple.

What was wonderful about this flower lied in its black color.

This black flower had seven petals in total, which was different from the commonly seen five-petal flowers, and all seven petals looked very miraculous, radiating black light.

Qingfeng Li knew time was too precious to waste so he immediately took the flower of paradise to the alchemy furnace room.

As a super-class force, the Fiery Emperor Palace had a huge alchemy room with an ancient elixir furnace called the ‘Fiery Emperor’s Furnace’ inside.

The Fiery Emperor’s Furnace had a history spanning several thousands of years. It was a spirit device elixir furnace and had been inherited by numerous generations for a very long time. It was even said that the furnace had existed since the Fiery Emperor Palace was established.

It was a pity that most people of the Fiery Emperor Palace did not have much success in studying alchemy, and even if there were a few alchemists here, they were not proficient enough. As a result, they were not able to make and refine spirit level life-prolonging elixirs.

Qingfeng Li put the fiery fruit and flower of paradise into the Fiery Emperor’s Furnace before cutting his own index finger with a knife to get some blood, dripping it into the furnace.

He once ate a stalk of dragon grass so his blood contained remnants of its medicinal effects, which was a crucial ingredient of the life-prolonging elixir.

Qingfeng Li took out the book of ‘Alchemy Arts of Elixir King’, made a strange hand seal according to the method of spirit level life prolonging elixir, and then began to make and refine the elixir.

There was a precious charcoal stove underneath the furnace that was fueled by special stones that could ignite and maintain a scorching temperature.

Certainly, it was not enough to rely solely on the temperature for the charcoal stone to make the spirit level life prolonging elixir. He still needed another kind of flame to reach an even higher temperature.

Qingfeng Li directly injected his fire element vital essence, turned it into a huge mass of flame and directing it to the bottom of the furnace to refine the elixirs and medicinal materials inside.

With the help of the flame, the medicinal materials inside the furnace started to melt, condense, and finally form a thumb-sized elixir.

The elixir was green in color with a flame flickering on its surface, giving off a strong herbal fragrance.

“The life prolonging elixir is completed.” Looking at the elixir, Qingfeng Li’s eyes indicated a touch of delight.

Qingfeng Li took the elixir out of the furnace, then walked out of the alchemy room.

“Big brother Li, have you finished making the life prolonging elixir yet?” Xianzhi Qin asked wishfully with a dash of eagerness on her enchanting face.

It was certain that Xianzhi Qin would feel nervous, for the life prolonging elixir was the deciding factor of whether her father would live or die.

Qingfeng Li nodded and said, “Completed.”

A touch of excitement appeared on Xianzhi Qin’s anxious face when she heard Qingfeng Li’s statement. She was so excited that she directly gave Qingfeng Li a kiss by holding his face.

Xianzhi Qin’s lips were soft, sweet, fragrant, and subtle, which were very comfortable to kiss.

Qingfeng Li really wanted to hold and kiss Xianzhi Qin for a longer while, but he had to give up the idea at the thought of her father who was waiting for them.

Qingfeng Li came into the room with the life prolonging elixir. Aotian Qin was lying on the bed as he had lost consciousness shortly after being brought out of the prison. The black gas had completely covered his face and body, which was a sign of his internal organs being eroded.

Qingfeng Li’s face changed, and he hurried to take out the life prolonging elixir, quickly putting it into the mouth of Aotian Qin.

Once the elixir came into Aotian Qin’s mouth, it turned into a warm stream, nourishing his body with powerful efficacy and removing all the black gas out of his body after a short while.

There was no doubt about the efficacy of the spirit level life prolonging elixir as it was so powerful that it only took an instant to purge all of the black gas.

Aotian Qin slowly opened his eyes and hesitantly asked, “Am I dead?”

He knew how serious his injury was as he was injured by an extremely powerful unorthodox devil, leaving a strong corrosive devilish energy in his body.

“Dad, don’t talk nonsense. You’re not dead! Qingfeng had made a spirit level life-prolonging elixir to eliminate the devilish energy in your body, and you’ve been treated.” Xianzhi Qin said.

Life prolonging elixir

Aotian Qin’s face changed, and a dash of shock appeared in his eyes. He was the master of the Fiery Emperor Palace, so he surely knew the value of the spirit level life-prolonging elixir, which was an elixir only an Elixir King could make.

This Qingfeng Li is an Elixir King?

At the thought of the possibility, Aotian Qin’s face changed, as he found it more shocking than the fact that the First Elder was killed by Qingfeng.

An Elixir King was very rare, as only very few people could obtain that title because they needed to have outstanding talent in alchemy.

“Are you an Elixir King?” Aotian Qin asked with a shocked look.

Qingfeng Li nodded his head in agreement. Considering that he obtained the Alchemy Arts of the Elixir King and now also created a spirit level life-prolonging elixir, he had become an Elixir King in a sense.

“As the saying goes, each new generation excels the previous. It’s true that youth these days are to be regarded with respect.” Aotian Qin stared at Qingfeng Li with praise filling his eyes.

Aotian Qin did not understand why his daughter had held Qingfeng Li’s hand just now, but he began to realize that Qingfeng Li was a genius, and a genius as abnormal as a devil, who was popular with women.

Chapter 987: Breakthrough to Mid-stage of True Spirit Realm

 

Qingfeng Li shook his head and expressed a faint smile in response to Aotian Qin’s praise. Refining a spirit level life-prolonging elixir was not difficult to him.

After much convincing, Aotian Qin managed to drag Qingfeng Li to the treasure chamber of the Fiery Emperor Palace to show his gratitude. The Fiery Emperor Palace had a treasury with a bountiful inheritance from previous generations, with a long and profound history of several thousands of years. There were lots of treasures inside it.

Qingfeng Li looked around and found different kinds of weapons like swords, blades, iron rods, and copper hammers in this room.

Aside from these normal weapons lay some other treasures such as elixirs, jade slips inscribed with cultivation techniques, ancient Lingzhi, and Ginseng.

At this time, most Lingzhi and Ginseng out there were tens or hundreds of years old. Those over a millennium were mostly exploited and had disappeared. Qingfeng Li didn’t expect to see these ancient herbs in the Fiery Emperor Palace. Though very rare and precious, they weren’t worth much for Qingfeng Li. He was already in the early-stage of the True Spirit Realm and needed medicinal materials that were even more advanced.

Aotian Qin also figured these herbs were not useful for Qingfeng Li. He went into the corner of the chamber and took out a stone box. It was not big, only roughly ten centimeters long and five centimeters wide, and looked simple but quaint with a dark surface. It was really old.

Aotian Qin opened the box, revealing a blue stone inside. The stone was as small as an egg but exuded a thick vital essence aura.

“It’s a true spirit stone; it’s yours.” Aotian Qin took out the blue stone and said.

True spirit stone?

Qingfeng Li was confused. He had only heard of vitality stones, but never anything about a true spirit stone.

Aotian Qin smiled and explained, “Vitality stones are for ancient martial artists; while true spirit stones are for self-cultivators. They contain much more vital essence energy, over three times of that in vitality stones.”

Xianzhi Qin then said, “Brother Li, you could refine and absorb this stone. It will help you break through your current realm.”

Qingfeng Li nodded happily. He took the true spirit stone to the side. With Aotian Qin as his guardian, he didn’t worry about someone making trouble. Aotian Qin was the master of the Fiery Emperor Palace and was powerful; normal people wouldn’t be able to get close as long as he was here.

Qingfeng sat with his legs crossed, and he raised his hands and put them together to form a strange sign. Then an emerald light shot out of his body, shining over and enshrouding the true spirit stone.

The stone emitted a strong energy blast. It was as strong as a tsunami and as swift as a tornado; after being absorbed by Qingfeng Li, the energy ran through his meridians towards his dantian.

Qingfeng Li’s dantian was emerald in color, with an egg-sized spirit nucleus inside. The spirit nucleus spun quickly and formed a black whirlpool, absorbing the energy from the stone.

After receiving a large amount of energy, his spirit nucleus began to mutate. There was one emerald halo covering it before but now, a second one appeared.

Boom!

A strong energy blast dissipated from Qingfeng Li’s body; he broke through the early-stage of the True Spirit Realm into the mid-stage.

Qingfeng Li stood up and punched casually, leaving eighteen black vortex currents in the air. He needed to use eighteen thousand kilograms of force to create that many vortexes.

“Congratulations, big brother Li. You are in the mid-stage now,” Xianzhi Qin pouted her red lips and said with a smile.

Qingfeng Li also felt great excitement after this breakthrough.

The true spirit stone was quite impressive, with an incredible amount of energy. Qingfeng Li felt very energetic and was about to jump up.

Ring, ring…

The phone suddenly rang when Qingfeng Li was still intoxicated in his excitement. It was Flower Fairy.

Qingfeng Li had a complicated feeling for Flower Fairy. To save Ruyan Liu from the devil curse, she had dropped her cultivation to the Higher Heaven realm.

Qingfeng Li owed her a big one for that favor, that he did not have the chance to repay yet.

“Flower Fairy, what’s up?” Qingfeng Li hurriedly pressed the answer button and asked.

Unexpectedly, it wasn’t Flower Fairy on the other side. It was another female voice, “Hello, I’m Little Cui, Flower Fairy’s maid. She is now in danger. You have to help her!”

What, Flower Fairy is in danger?

Hearing this, Qingfeng Li was shocked and asked immediately, “Little Cui, what’s wrong with her?”

“Qingfeng Li, Flower Fairy is now under house arrest by the master of Hundred-flower Palace because of the drop in her cultivation. The master wants to strip her of her title as the Saintess. If she is not Saintess anymore, she will die,” Little Cui spoke with horror.

As her maid, Little Cui was very close to Flower Fairy. Of course, she wanted Flower Fairy to keep the title of Saintess, so she thought of Qingfeng Li.

Little Cui had met Qingfeng Li before, on Dark Island together with Flower Fairy, and she knew he was a supreme level master.

“Little Cui, tell me where Hundred-flower Palace is! I’ll head there right now.” Qingfeng Li asked anxiously.

“Hundred-flower Palace is in Belle Mont of Guangzhe Province. It’s in the middle of the ninth peak,” Little Cui quickly gave him directions.

Little Cui hung up right after these words. She couldn’t speak too much while she was in the Hundred-flower Palace or she would be noticed by the others.

Hearing the beeping tone on the phone, Qingfeng Li became very anxious.

“Miss Qin, I have to leave,” Qingfeng Li said.

Xianzhi Qin nodded. She heard what Little Cui said on the phone. She knew Flower Fairy and had once fought together with her.

“Brother Li, this is the Fiery Emperor Armor, an Earthly Spiritual defence device. Wear it, ” Xianzhi Qin took out a yellow armor and said to Qingfeng Li.

This Fiery Emperor Armor was very precious; it was one of the most valued treasures in Fiery Emperor Palace, even more important than the true spirit stone. But she still took it out for Qingfeng Li, because she knew how powerful the people of Hundred-Flower Palace was.

“Thanks. Goodbye for now,” Qingfeng Li accepted and thanked her for the armor, before leaving rapidly.

Guangzhe Province was far away so Qingfeng Li bought a ticket and took a flight.

Though it was a long way, Qingfeng Li arrived in Guangzhe Province within three hours.

Guangzhe Province was a big province in Huaxia, with tens of millions of people in population. Many people worked among countless corporations here, and there were countless glorious mountains and rivers.

Belle Mont was the highest and most majestic mountain in Guangzhe Province, consisting of over ten peaks. Qingfeng Li quickly rushed to and began to climb the ninth peak of Belle Mont.

Chapter 988: Going to the Hundred-Flower Palace

 

As the most famous mountain range in Guangzhe Province, Belle Mont was tall and glorious with all kinds of rugged rocks, ancient trees, various plants and vines, and even numerous beasts and monsters on it.

When walking through the peaks and valleys, Qingfeng Li spotted green eyes everywhere in the shade, with bloodthirsty red lights shining out from them. He deduced that they were the eyes of demonic beasts.

Among those beasts were some fire-scaled tigers, green-peak leopards, and wind-edge wolves. These giant beasts were at least four or five meters long, with some even reaching up to over ten meters in length.

One of the fire-scaled tigers saw Qingfeng Li coming and jumped up at him with its mouth wide open, trying to bite his neck with its sharp white fangs.

Qingfeng Li drew out his Red Fiery Sword and used it to exude intensive sword energy as he cut through the air to defend against the tiger.

Qingfeng Li turned his wrist and the sword swiped through the air, cutting into the head of the tiger.

Guchi,

The tiger’s head dropped off from the neck, with blood spraying everywhere, and its body flew past Qingfeng and crashed into the ground.

With one move, Qingfeng Li killed this strong fire-scaled tiger.

After seeing how powerful Qingfeng Li was, other beasts were exceedingly frightened and fled like rabbits.

Qingfeng Li didn’t even check the body of the tiger as he walked into the depth of the mountain instead.

The Hundred-Flower Palace was on the ninth peak but he was still only on the first one right now. There was still a long way to go.

Qingfeng Li stepped up into the air and moved forward like a lightning bolt. All beasts he encountered along the way were easily beheaded by his sword. When he reached the eighth peak, he met a mighty demonic beast.

It was a giant boa, stretching over ten meters long, with bowl-sized sharp black scales covering its entire body, shining wtih a dark radiance.

This boa was a demonic beast in the True Spirit Realm, which could speak human words. It said to Qingfeng Li, “This is the territory of Hundred-Flower Palace. Outsiders are forbidden to enter.”

Qingfeng Li sneered slightly, “I’m looking for Flower Fairy; please let me in.”

Hearing the name of Flower Fairy, the black boa showed a surprised look. It didn’t expect this young man to know this name.

Flower Fairy was the Saintess of Hundred-Flower Palace, which was very elusive in the martial world; not much was known about this faction. It was sure Qingfeng Li had never been here before because it didn’t have any impression of him either.

Qingfeng Li paid no more attention to the boa and moved forward. Seeing Qingfeng Li ignoring it, the boa became furious.

Shoo!

The boa waved its long tail, tearing through the air with a sharp piercing sound, and smashed it against Qingfeng Li’s head.

This hit was very forceful, carrying tens of thousands of kilograms of force. It could definitely smash an ordinary man into mud.

But Qingfeng Li was no ordinary man. He was a mighty self-cultivator. His right fist punched forward, turning into a mountain crushing shadow and colliding with the boa with a mountainous force.

Boom!

With a loud noise, the boa’s body directly burst into pieces under this attack. The bloody bits flew and landed everywhere, covering the field like raindrops.

A black ball fell from above and Qingfeng Li caught it with his right hand. It was a black orb that was a little larger than an egg with a great amount vital essence inside. This was the demonic nucleus of the boa.

Demon nucleuses were the most important part of demonic beasts as they contained the whole essence of these beasts.

Qingfeng Li absorbed the vital essence energy, directly taking the essence from the nucleus and turning it into his own energy. His power improved a bit more.

Qingfeng Li didn’t linger after killing this boa and ran towards the next peak swiftly, for Flower Fairy was still waiting for him.

Qingfeng Li moved quickly because no more demonic beasts dared to attack him as they were all horrified by the giant boa’s death.

After a while, Qingfeng Li reached the ninth peak, which was the headquarters of the Hundred-Flower Palace.

Qingfeng Li looked around and found that the Hundred-Flower Palace was located on the mountainside. It was an enormous building made of white marble slabs, with green bricks, blue tiles, glass eaves, and a vermillion gate. All in all, it looked as magnificent as an ancient royal palace.

There were two women guarding the gate. Qingfeng noticed that they both had tender and pretty faces, snow-white skin, and long black hair stretching down to their waists.

Though looking beautiful, they held a frosty expression, looking indifferent and unapproachable.

Seeing Qingfeng Li, the tall beauty on the left frowned and said coldly, “Stop. Outsiders are forbidden from enter.”

“I’m looking for Flower Fairy,” Qingfeng Li smiled lightly and explained his intentions.

“There are only women in the palace. Outsiders are not allowed in, especially men. Please leave,” The tall beauty on the left said; her eyes looked cold and arrogant.

Noticing the arrogance, Qingfeng Li wouldn’t say another word. Instead, he stepped right into the gate.

Seeing Qingfeng Li disregard her warning, the beauty unsheathed her white sword and slashed at Qingfeng Li.

Crack!

Qingfeng Li gripped the sword with two of his fingers. With a gentle press, the sword was broken in half.

Bang!!

Qingfeng Li quickly reached out his left hand and knocked both of the guardswomen out.

After all, they were from the Hundred-Flower Palace and Qingfeng Li still owed Flower Fairy a favor, so he didn’t kill them.

Qingfeng Li took out the phone and dialed Little Cui, telling her he was in front of the Palace.

Little Cui was surprised and shocked after realizing that Qingfeng Li arrived in such a short time.

Little Cui knew it was an emergency, so she rushed to the front gate without delay. Little Cui was a girl around eighteen years old and was Flower Fairy’s maid and closest friend. She looked cute with a delicate face, white skin, and slender figure.

Little Cui was stunned when she saw the two unconscious guards with her blinky eyes.

She knew these two guards were masters, yet they were so easily taken down by Qingfeng Li. This meant Qingfeng Li was even more powerful than them.

“Little Cui, where is Flower Fairy?” Qingfeng Li asked. He came all the way here to save her so he had to understand her situation.

“She was locked in one of the confinement rooms. I’ll lead you there.” Little Cui nodded and led Qingfeng Li into the grounds of the Hundred-Flower Palace.

Chapter 989: Meeting Flower Fairy

 

Little Cui quietly brought Qingfeng Li inside the Hundred-Flower Palace, but they bumped into another girl very quickly.

This girl was about twenty and was wearing a green dress that made her look as delicate as a willow tree. She was holding a cup of tea, which she had been bringing to the palace master when she saw Little Cui.

Of course, she knew Little Cui, Flower Fairy’s most loyal maid. However, since Flower Fairy was confined, Little Cui had lost her backing and had no more prestige within the sect.

The delicate girl tossed her hair back and asked arrogantly, “Little Cui, where are you going?”

Little Cui turned pale and began feeling nervous after hearing the girl’s words. She was most afraid of meeting someone she knew at such a time.

Little Cui faltered and could not say a word; her face became pale and cold sweat began dripping from her forehead.

The delicate girl sneered after seeing Little Cui become so nervous. Little Cui was very proud and had treated her superciliously in the past, so she. She never thought Little Cui would be so scared of her.

Suddenly, she noticed the man beside Little Cui, Qingfeng Li.

A man?

How could there be a man here?

There were only women in the Hundred-Flower Palace, absolutely no men at all. Little Cui was acting very audaciously to bring a man into the Hundred-Flower Palace.

The girl showed a mean look, and said with cold tone, “Little Cui, men are not allowed in the Hundred-Flower Palace. How dare you bring one here? Do you want to die?”

Little Cui was totally frightened upon hearing her threat, knowing that the worst thing had just happened. If one was found to be bringing a man into the Palace, she would get in serious trouble.

From their conversation, Qingfeng Li noticed the problem. Before the girl could react, he raised his right hand and, moving as fast as lightning, tapped the back of her head, knocking her out.

Seeing the girl passing out, Little Cui patted herself on the chest and took a long breath, “I was so scared! Fortunately, you knocked her out. If we were found by the others, we would have been doomed.”

Qingfeng Li was a little amused by her. He turned his eyes to Little Cui and said, “Don’t waste time, lead me to Flower Fairy.”

Little Cui quickly crept over with small steps towards the confinement room.

The confinement room was located at the north-east corner of the Palace and was a closed room guarded by two beautiful and slender women.

It had to be said, all women in the Hundred-Flower Palace were quite beautiful. Every single one of them that Qingfeng Li met on the way was attractive. However, they were all overshadowed by the beauty of Flower Fairy.

As for those two in front of the room, they had not only pretty faces but also were emitting a strong aura out of their bodies.

Early-stage of the True Spirit Realm?

Qingfeng Li gazed at them and felt quite surprised. He never thought that Flower Fairy would be guarded by some people in the True Spirit Realm. It looked, like the Hundred-Flower Palace took Flower Fairy very seriously.

Both of the guards were surprised to see Qingfeng Li. They would have been less surprised to see a giant panda in the Hundred-Flower Palace than a man.

Though Qingfeng Li was handsome and attractive, they still decided to beat him first and ask questions later.

The women on the left attacked first, curling her right hand like a claw and reaching toward Qingfeng Li’s wrist. She wanted to catch and subdue him quickly.

It was a swift attack that left a shadow behind as it pierced through the air, but it was hardly threatening to Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li turned his right hand around and moved even faster than her, catching the woman’s wrist with one grasp and pressing his right index finger on her meridian point.

Plop!

The women fell onto the ground, not being able to make another move or say a single word, even though her eyes were still open. She looked in fear at Qingfeng Li, wondering how powerful he was and why she couldn’t even take one single attack from him.

Seeing her falling, the other woman felt tense. But before she could yell out, Qingfeng Li sealed her meridian point too, leaving her unable to move or speak on the ground.

Little Cui stood by and saw all this, feeling a bit excited. Qingfeng Li was really powerful, even several times stronger than the last time she saw him. Flower Fairy would definitely be saved!

Bang!

Qingfeng Li pushed the door open and walked in. It was a small confinement room, around ten square meters in size, with no beds, tables, or chairs on the empty floor.

On the floor sat a woman, with her back to Qingfeng Li. Though he couldn’t see her face, he recognized her to be Flower Fairy from her charming figure.

Hearing the door open, Flower Fairy turned around. This time, her face was exposed, showing her face without a veil.

How beautiful!

Qingfeng Li’s eyes became brighter. He had met Flower Fairy many times, but she had always wore a veil, leaving him unable to see her face.

This time was different; he finally saw her face, a face of peerless beauty.

Her face was graceful like a bouquet of peonies, her skin was white like a snow lotus, her lips were red like cherries, her eyes were bright like stars, and her slim eyelashes blinked like two small windows, shining with a charming radiance.

Besides being gorgeous looking, she also had a splendid and flawless figure.

Qingfeng Li had met numerous beauties. Xue Lin was elegant, Ruyan Liu was enchanting, and Xiaoyue Zhang was pure, but Flower Fairy had all of their qualities.

Flower Fairy was known as the number one beauty in the ancient martial arts world, and she deserved it. Qingfeng Li struggled to keep his admiration inside.

Seeing Qingfeng Li coming, Flower Fairy’s bright eyes revealed her surprise and her mouth slightly open. She would never have expected that he would show up in the confinement room of the Hundred-Flower Palace.

Qingfeng Li noticed her surprise before smiling and saying, “Flower Fariy, it’s been a long time.”

Flower Fairy felt complex emotions. True, they hadn’t met for a long while.

“Qingfeng Li, why are you here?” Flower Fairy curved her red lips and asked.

She thought she was dreaming, seeing Qingfeng Li here. But after pinching herself with her fingers, she noticed it was not a dream; it was really Qingfeng Li.

“To save you, of course.” Qingfeng Li smiled and said with a firm and confident tone.

Chapter 990: Battle for the Title of ‘Saintess’

 

With a wry smile, she shook her head and said, “I am being imprisoned in the confinement room. How are you planning on saving me?”

“Follow me and I’ll take you out,” Qingfeng Li approached Flower Fairy’s side and told her.

Flower Fairy nodded and stood up, beginning to follow Qingfeng Li to the outside.

Flower Fairy knew that her strength had fallen to the Higher Heaven realm, putting her in danger. Many of her senior and junior sisters were fond of the “Saintess” title and had always wanted the title for themselves. If she lost the title now, her life would be in danger…

Flower Fairy didn’t want to die, so she could only leave with Qingfeng Li. They had just walked out of the room and arrived at the lobby of the Hundred-Flower Palace, when they were surrounded by a group of people.

This was a group of more than 20 female disciples, led by a long-haired beauty. With a bright face but thin lips, she didn’t look to have good intentions.

The woman’s name was Hongling Mu, and she was Flower Fairy’s senior sister as well as her biggest enemy.

Previously, Hongling Mu and Flower Fairy had fought for the Saintess’s title, but she lost the competition.

But now the situation had changed as Flower Fairy’s strength had dropped a lot. Her strength had fallen all the way to the Higher Heaven realm and she was no longer worthy of the Saintess’s title.

Hongling Mu gave a cold chuckle and said, “Junior Sister, where are you going? How come you came out from the confinement room?”

Hongling Mu always hated her junior sister and was always trying to cause trouble for her.

Flower Fairy face went pale and she said, “I want to get out of here.”

“You know that’s not allowed. The competition for the title Saintess is about to start. You can’t go anywhere else,” Hongling Mu said with a cold face.

Qingfeng Li quizzically replied, “What is the Saintess Competition?”

Flower Fairy explained, “The Saintess Competition is a competition between disciples to see who is the most capable and talented. If you win all the battles, you will become the next Saintess. The disciple’s guardians can also participate in the competition in place of the disciple.”

After hearing these words, Qingfeng Li suddenly realized something. Since the disciple’s guardian can fight for them, he can simply become Flower Fairy’s guardian and help her get the Saintess’s title.

After realizing this, Qingfeng Li quickly changed plans and said to Hongling Mu, “I am Flower Fairy’s guardian, who will be fighting in her place.”

Pshh!

Hongliong Mu was amused by what Qingfeng Li had said and told him with a smile, “The guardians of our Hundred-Flower Palace are all female. There are no men.”

Qingfeng Li said with a faint smile, “That’s right, I will be the first male guardian of the Hundred-Flower Palace.”

Hongling Mu frowned and glanced at Flower Fairy, saying, “Junior sister, are you sure you want to make that man your guardian? This will be the biggest joke in the history of the Hundred-Flower Palace.”

Flower Fairy didn’t care about any of that. She simply smiled at Hongling Mu and gently said, “Yes, I want to make Qingfeng Li become the first male guardian.”

These people didn’t know how powerful Qingfeng Li was but it was crystal clear to Flower Fairy. He was definitely a supreme master. He was the winner of the Dragon Continent Ancient Martial Arts Competition. Within the entire Dragon Continent, no one was his opponent, let alone within the Hundred-Flower Palace.

All the female disciples around them laughed at Flower Fairy, thinking that Flower Fairy had looked for a male guardian out of desperation. They did not know powerful Qingfeng Li was, just like how frogs in a well did not know how big the world truly was.

With the aid of Qingfeng Li, Flower Fairy began feeling more confident. She decided not to leave the Hundred-Flower Palace now, rather choosing to stay here and fight to reclaim her Saintess title.

The crowd left the hall and walked toward the Hundred-Flower Palace’s fighting arena. It was located within the Hundred-Flower Palace’s main square, spanning a huge area over 10,000 square meters in size, and being completely made of white marble. It was very beautiful altogether.

In the middle of the contest ring, there was a stage that was 10 meters high. This platform, where the matches of the Hundred-Flower Palace Saintess Competition would be held, was square shaped with 50 meters long sides.

A few moments later, female disciples that would participate in the competition started coming in, all of whom were the most talented and capable female disciples of the Hundred-Flower Palace. They stood out from hundreds of disciples and only they were eligible for the Saintess’s title. The average person would not even qualify.

There was a total of six disciples, namely Flower Fairy, Hongling Mu, Zhiruo Zhao, Min Zhou, Rong Li, and Ziyi Huang. They were all Hundred-Flower Palace disciples, ranking as the most powerful six.

Although these six female disciples at Hundred-Flower Palace were very popular and prestigious, at this moment, everyone were looking at Flower Fairy. To be specific, they were looking at the man behind her, Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li frowned, being looked at by so many women. He felt a bit shy, especially since these women’s eyes were staring at him like they were looking at a rare animal.

In order to get rid of this awkward feeling in his heart, Qingfeng Li put on a charming smile. With a smile he said, “Although I look handsome, you don’t need to look at me like this. Are you all falling in love with me?”

Arrogant fart! Narcissistic bastard! All the female disciple began cursing in disgust, “This man knows no shame. I never seen such an arrogant man before.”

Because of Qingfeng Li’s dalliance, all the female disciples quickly looked away from him, no longer focusing their attention on him.

Six powerful female disciples were sitting in six different directions, looking at each other with hostility. Because they were competitors, they all wanted the others to die.

Whoosh.

A shadow flew across the sky, and it landed in the center of the stage. The shadow quickly revealed itself to be a middle-aged woman with a flirtatious face. Although she was in her 40s, she had no wrinkles, and her skin was as smooth as a maiden’s. She must have had taken some kind of miracle pill to keep her youthful look.

This woman was none other than the supreme master of the Hundred-Flower Palace, a super-class force martial artist.

“All hail the Palace Lord,” all the female disciples around were respectfully greeting her.

As the Lord of the Hundred-Flower Palace, all the people worshipped and respected her. It was their supreme leader, as well as their mental support.

As the Hundred-Flower Palace Lord looked around, her face remained emotionless. But, when she saw Qingfeng Li beside Flower Fairy, her face changed.

They were too alike, too alike, it was truly too alike. The eyes of the Hundred-Flower Palace Palace Lord flashed. She was thinking about the Conqueror, the Third Master of the Li Family she had known 15 years ago. Her relationship with that man was one full of love and hate.

The Conqueror had once defeated all the masters in Huaxia all across 18 provinces, sweeping through countless strong people in the world. Many people had surrendered to him.

The Hundred-Flower Palace Lord used to be a confidante with the Third Master of Li Family but, he gave up on her for another woman.

Just now, when she saw Qingfeng Li, the Hundred-Flower Palace Lord saw the likeness of the Conqueror on Qingfeng Li’s face.

Chapter 991: Power of the Hundred-Flower Palace Lord

 

“Who are you?” the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master asked him after seeing the similarities between him and the Conqueror, Third Master Li. She had to find out who he was in order to quench her curiosity.

In fact, her heart was already telling her that the man in front of her must have something to do with the Conqueror. Otherwise, they wouldn’t look so similar.

Qingfeng Li faintly smiled said, “I am Qingfeng Li of Jing City’s Li family.”

The Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master was flustered and continued to ask, “Who is Conqueror Third Master Li to you?”

“He is my father,” Qingfeng Li answered.

After hearing this, the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master’s face changed. There was a sudden chill in her eyes. This man turned out to be the son of the Conqueror, the son of that playboy.

When she thought about the Conqueror, the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master’s heart ached. Back in the day, she really loved Conqueror and was even willing to give up the Hundred-Flower Palace Saintess title just to be together with him.

But what pissed Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master off was that Conqueror fell in love with another woman. It was Qingfeng Li’s mother, an absolute beauty who not only looked beautiful but was also powerful and influential, taking the Conqueror away from her.

Boom!

The Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master’s face was gloomy. She emitted a powerful aura. This aura was extremely powerful, forming a white light veil that directly surrounded Qingfeng.

Earthly Spirit Light Veil?!

Qingfeng Li’s face changed. His body could not move in this light veil and his mouth could not speak. He could only blink his eyes.

A strong Earthly Spirit realm martial artist?! Qingfeng Li panicked. He never imagined that the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master was a powerful Earthly Spirit realm martial artist.

One should know, Earthly Spirit Realm cultivators are extremely rare, such as the Tiger Continent Pope, and Fiery Demon King. The average person couldn’t reach this level, and even Qingfeng Li, who was extremely talented person, had only reached the True Spirit Realm mid-stage.

The Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master trapped Qingfeng Li, emitting a strong killing intent in her eyes. She wanted to kill him because he was the son of the Conqueror and her love rival.

“Damn woman! Back in the day you took the Conqueror away from me. I will kill your son for pay back,” the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master said with merciless eyes.

The Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master had just showed a trace of murderous intent when Flower Fairy frowned and hurried over. Blocking Qingfeng Li, she said to her Master, “If you want to kill him, then kill me first.”

Would Flower Fairy let her master kill Qingfeng Li? Naturally she wouldn’t. One should know, this time Qingfeng Li came to Hundred-Flower Palace to save Flower Fairy. If he died here, she would never be able to live with it.

The Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master’s face changed. Out of all her female disciples, she loved Flower Fairy the most and had high hopes for her.

In the past, Flower Fairy was a strong True Spirit Realm master as well as the most powerful and intelligent one out of all her disciples. But when she came back some time ago, her strength had dropped to the Higher Heaven realm.

The Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master did not know why her strength had fallen, but now she began having some inklings of what might have happened. She gathered that Flower Fairy’s strength must’ve dropped because of Qingfeng Li.

Sigh. It must be fate! The Hundred-Flower Palace sighed in her heart. She used to love the Conqueror, Third Master Li, and now her most treasured disciple had fallen for the Conqueror’s son. If that was not fate, then what was?

The Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master removed the light veil. Looking at Flower Fairy’s face, she couldn’t kill Qingfeng Li. Although she didn’t kill this man, it was impossible to just let him go.

After the light veil was released, no one noticed that the Hundred-Flower Palace’s right index finger shot out a green light. It was extremely subtle and extremely fast, and it shot directly into Qingfeng Li’s body.

This was an Earthly Spirit realm attack. It was intended to destroy his meridians. Naturally Qingfeng Li noticed this and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Damn! This Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master actually wants to ruin my cultivation. This old woman! One day I will get stronger and teach you a lesson no matter what, Qingfeng Li fiercely thought.

Qingfeng’s devourer bloodline was stimulated and it formed a black whirlpool, directly engulfing the green light attack of the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master and turning it into vital essence.

If the Sect Master of the Hundred-Flower Palace knew that her attack was absorbed by Qingfeng, she would’ve been enraged as, after all, she had no intention of helping him.

Flower Fairy stood by Qingfeng Li’s side and felt him get stronger. There was doubt in her eyes, as she realized that this guy was really a genius. He actually used her teacher’s attack to improve his own strength.

“Qingfeng Li, if you fight as my guardian, are you confident that you can win?” Flower Fairy asked.

Qingfeng Li smiled faintly and proudly said, “Rest assured, other than the Palace’s Sect Master, there is no one here who can be my opponent.”

Flower Fairy rolled her eyes, somewhat speechless. This Qingfeng Li was too arrogant. He thought nothing of the people from Hundred-Flower Palace.

Others might not know the power and talent of the disciples of the Hundred-Flower Palace, but Flower Fairy knew. Although her senior sisters and junior sisters were their enemies, their strength could not be underestimated as a few of them were even True Spirit Realm late-stage masters.

As for the guardians of the Senior Sister, their strength were even more powerful. Some of them were even Elders of the sect and had even taken a half-step into the Earthly Spirit realm, which was second only to the supreme master of the palace.

When Flower Fairy used to be Saintess, even she couldn’t beat these elders, but right now, Qingfeng Li was saying that he could. Flower Fairy was a bit skeptical about it.

Although she was skeptical, Flower Fairy didn’t express it, because Qingfeng Li was here to help her.

After an hour, the Saintess competition started, being personally hosted by the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master.

The rules of the competition were simple. The matches were fought in by either the participant herself, or her guardian.

Qingfeng Li was the guardian of Flower Fairy and was also the only male participant in the competition. He was the first to draw a lot.

The Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master was holding a bamboo tube. This bamboo tube was as long as chopsticks and round. All the participants’ names were written on strips of bamboo inside this tube.

When Qingfeng reached into the bamboo tube, the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master was not happy. There were several times that she just wanted to slap Qingfeng to death, but in the end, she endured it.

“Sect Master. Don’t look so angry. An angry face is not pretty,” Qingfeng Li said with a smile.

“Qingfeng Li, you dare to tell me what to do?”

“Sect Master, I didn’t. I just see that you look like a beauty in her twenties, just like my girlfriend. I just don’t want you to get angry because when your wrinkles will come out.”

“Qingfeng Li, it is the time for the competition. Don’t say useless things or I will slap you to death,” Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master said while shooting a death glare at him. Qingfeng Li really pissed her off.

She, the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master, was respected and loved by all, but this Qingfeng Li in front of her was not afraid of anything. How dare he tell her what to do?!

Chapter 992: Three Moves of Handicap

 

“Fine. I’ll just shut up and draw the lot,” Qingfeng Li quickly said.

Qingfeng Li had deliberately flirted with the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master, but she just wanted to kill him, making him very uncomfortable. Therefore, he wanted to tease the Lord just in return.

He already knew how important Flower Fairy was to the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master, as she didn’t kill him because of Flower Fairy. As long as Flower Fairy was here, his safety was guaranteed.

Qingfeng Li teased the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master just to vent out his anger. He placed his hand into the bamboo tube and drew his lot.

Qingfeng Li took a short note and saw the three characters spelling out Hongling Mu on it.

Hongling Mu?

There was an odd expression on Qingfeng Li’s face. What a small world. He got matched up with Flower Fairy’s Senior Sister, the woman who had been ostracising Flower Fairy the most.

Hongling Mu hated both Flower Fairy and Qingfeng Li and, Qingfeng Li disliked her as well.

“The first match: Qingfeng Li versus. Hongling Mu,” the Hundred-Flower Palace’s Sect Master slightly pouted and said.

Hongling Mu stood beside her guardian, a 50-year-old woman with wrinkles on her face but was still pretty. She was the third elder of the Hundred-Flower Palace and was extremely powerful.

She said to Hongling Mu, “Let me battle for you.”

Hongling Mu shook her head and said, “I am at the late stage of the True Spirit realm, which is more than enough to deal with Qingfeng Li.”

As one of the Hundred-Flower Palace’s six most talented disciples, Hongling Mu had her own pride and dignity. She wanted to beat Qingfeng Li by herself, making the man know how strong she was.

Third Elder nodded and agreed with Hongling Mu’s choice. She could naturally see that Qingfeng Li was at the True Spirit realm early-stage, so she was not worried and was confident in Hongling Mu.

Whoosh!

Hongling Mu started moving, gently jumping off the ground and soaring through the sky before landing in the middle of the arena. That chic action attracted the female disciples in the crowd as they cheered for her.

Hongling Mu slightly raised her head, her face filled with arrogance. She pointed her right hand at Qingfeng Li and proudly said, “In this battle, I will beat you in three moves”

Hearing these words, the female disciples around became very excited. Their pretty faces blushed like fire. Senior Sister was too domineering. She says she will use only three moves to defeat this stinky man.

In regards to Qingfeng Li, a narcissistic man, all the female disciples of the Hundred-Flower Palace, except Flower Fairy and Little Cui, were displeased with him and openly expressed their negative opinions about him. They just hoped he would fail.

“Haha, Senior Sister Hongling is showing her true power, ready to teach this man a lesson.”

“Yeah, Senior Sister said she will beat him in three moves. In my opinion, I think Senior Sister can beat him with just one move.”

“Yes, with just one glance, you can tell that that man is a coward. Women are the most powerful.”

These female disciples gossiped as they openly berated Qingfeng.

The Hundred-Flower Palace was full of women who were all feminists. They extremely despised menl they thought that men were just cowards and women were the more powerful gender.

Facing Hongling Mu’s provocations and listening to the ridiculing from everyone around him, a hint of anger appeared in Qingfeng Li’s eyes. He was even being ostracized by a group of women. When a tiger doesn’t show his prowess, do you take it for a hello kitty?

Qingfeng Li moved swiftly, like the wind, onto the stage. He disappeared instantly and reappeared onto the arena.

When Hongling Mu saw how fast Qingfeng Li moved, her face immediately changed. Her eyes filled with a hint of shock, because he was actually faster than her.

Although Qingfeng Li was fast, Hongling Mu was not worried because she knew the key of the game. The key was fighting capability and the power of their attack techniques. Speed was not key.

“I’ll give you a three moves handicap then,” Qingfeng Li placed his hands behind his back, looking arrogant and saying.

Qingfeng Li was looked down on by Hongling Mu and the surrounding female disciples, but he looked down on these bigots even more.

Arrogant. Frenzy. Cocky. These were all the impressions they had of Qingfeng Li.

Give me three moves first?

Hongling Mu’s face changed. There was a hint of anger that appeared on her face. Who the hell was she? She was one of the six most talented disciples within the Hundred-Flower Palace, and was formerly known to be as strong as Flower Fairy.

But now, Qingfeng Li said that she can have a three move advantage in front of everyone. She felt really insulted, and this humiliation was caused by Qingfeng Li.

“Qingfeng Li, don’t talk bullshit! You think you can take three of my hits?” Hongling Mu smiled coldly.

“Definitely. Show me your moves!” Qingfeng Li placed both hands behind his back, striking an arrogant pose.

Qingfeng Li wanted to defeat Hongling Mu completely. He wanted to destroy her pride as a woman to make her understand who wears the pants in the relationship.

Hongling Mu’s face became gloomy. This Qingfeng Li was too arrogant! How dare he place both his hands behind his back!? This was too disrespectful!

Huh!

Hongling Mu shouted in a sexy voice, her right hand turning into a palm. Vital essence energy condensated in the palm of her hand and, with a sharp piercing sound, Hongling Mu suddenly shot it at Qingfeng Li.

The speed of the palm shot was extremely fast, like thunder, which split the air with a cross. With just a palm shot, the surrounding air directly burst into countless vortexes.

“Senior Sister is too strong! Beat that stinky bastard!” the female disciples around shouted aloud.

Facing Hongling Mu’s powerful palm shot, Qingfeng Li was motionless. He thought nothing of it.

When Hongling Mu’s hand approached him, Qingfeng Li’s right foot moved gently to the right side, allowing him to escape her attacks.

Hongling Mu was too slow and her attack was too weak. All the shortcomings were caught by Qingfeng Li’s eyes.

Qingfeng Li’s cultivation techniques were modified emperor level cultivation techniques or better. Whether it was the Mortal Purgatory Body, Conqueror’s Finger, or Fire Dragon Fist, they were high level cultivation techniques that can be evolved to the immortal level. Hongling Mu’s attack was just too weak in all aspects.

Hongling Mu’s face changed as she did not expect Qingfeng Li to escape her attacks so easily. It was beyond her expectations.

Not only was Hongling Mu surprised, the people around were also surprised. How did this stinky man escape the attack of their Senior Sister?

“The first move is gone. You may continue,” Qingfeng Li said lightly.

Hongling Mu’s eyes filled with a touch of seriousness. She knew that she had met a formidable opponent as Qingfeng Li was not as simple as he appeared. His fighting capability and reflexes were very strong.

Hongling Mu pulled out her sword, which was an upper-grade advanced level spiritual device that was three fingers wide and three-feet long.The whole device was cyan in color.

Hongling Mu used her palm attack just now, but she did not manage to hit Qingfeng Li, so this time, she decided to use a weapon to attack him.

Hongling Mu twirled her wrist, and placed her sword across her chest. She slashed an arc of sharp sword energy into the air, towards Qingfeng. The sword was going to pierce Qingfeng’s heart.

Needless to say, Hongling Mu was extremely vicious. She even wanted to pierce his heart.