A Twist of Fate

Xiao Jin stood to the side with his arms crossed, watching the show. Of course, he did not believe Xiao Yi Xian would submit. He wanted to see what she would do.

Xiao Yi Xian fell silent for a moment, the expression on her face shifting several times. Finally, she let out a long breath. "Young Leader Mu Li, I agree. I only hope you will not give me to your subordinates." She looked at Mu Li with a pitiful expression.

Hearing Xiao Yi Xian agree, Mu Li was overjoyed. How could he possibly share such a beauty with others? He had only said that to frighten her. Mu Li stepped forward, ready to embrace Xiao Yi Xian. "Don't worry, Xiao Yi Xian. I'll treat you well."

Just then, Xiao Yi Xian flicked the hand hidden behind her back toward Mu Li. A cloud of white mist instantly spread through the air. Caught off guard, Mu Li felt his head grow dizzy and nearly collapsed to the ground asleep. He hurriedly circulated the Dou Qi within his body to suppress the poison. The mercenaries behind him suffered the same fate.

"Run!" Xiao Yi Xian immediately dashed out of the Cave. Xiao Jin followed behind her at an unhurried pace, and before long, the two ran out of the dwelling. Xiao Yi Xian was about to climb the rope outside the Cave when Xiao Jin stopped her. "There must be people guarding the mountaintop. If we climb up the rope, it'll be very dangerous."

"Kid, not bad. You figured it out so quickly." Mu Li's voice came from the Cave behind them. Xiao Yi Xian's medicinal powder could only put people to sleep, and after being suppressed by Dou Qi, its effects had already faded. Mu Li led the members of the Wolf Fang Mercenary Group in pursuit.

Looking at Mu Li, who had already caught up, Xiao Yi Xian softly asked by Xiao Jin's ear, "Can you hold them off for a while? I have a way to get both of us out of here." Looking at the breathtakingly beautiful and kind-hearted Xiao Yi Xian before him, Xiao Jin's lips curled slightly upward. It was time for him to show off again. "Don't worry. Nothing will happen. Stay behind me." Xiao Jin's words stunned Xiao Yi Xian. Could he defeat the dozen or so high-level Dou Zhes in front of us? All of them were at least four-star Dou Zhes, and one was even a seven-star Dou Zhe. Looking at Xiao Jin's youthful face, Xiao Yi Xian found it hard to believe. No, I can't rely on him alone. Xiao Yi Xian took a short flute from her robes and began to play it. A clear, resounding flute melody traveled into the distance.

"Kid, I'll give you one chance. You'd better jump off the Stone Platform right now, unless you want to suffer worse than death later." The members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group behind him wore vicious grins as well.

Mu Li looked disdainfully at Xiao Jin as he walked toward him. Xiao Jin looked only sixteen or seventeen at most. No matter how talented he was, he could not possibly be a match for them.

"Good idea. Young Leader Mu Li, I'll deal with you exactly like that in a moment." Xiao Jin's lips curled up slightly, and his figure flashed out of sight. In an instant, the ten Wolf Head Mercenary Group members Mu Li had brought with him were sent flying backward. They crashed into the mountain wall behind them, red and white spilling everywhere. They clearly had no chance of surviving.

The sudden turn of events left both Mu Li and Xiao Yi Xian rooted to the spot. They stared at Xiao Jin in utter disbelief as he effortlessly dealt with ten Dou Zhes above four stars. This strength had likely surpassed that of a Dou Zhe. Could he be a Dou Master? A sixteen- or seventeen-year-old Dou Master was beyond anything Xiao Yi Xian or Mu Li could imagine.

As Xiao Jin continued walking toward him, Mu Li's legs began to tremble. He had always been the type to bully the weak and fear the strong. Relying on his status as the Young Leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, he had always brought several subordinates with him before daring to bully others so recklessly. Now all his men were finished, and he was far from a match for the youth before him. Thinking of what Xiao Jin had said earlier, his legs trembled uncontrollably.

"Young Leader Mu Li, will you jump down yourself, or should I give you a hand?" Xiao Jin looked teasingly at Mu Li's trembling legs and offered him two choices.

"Sir, sir, I'll kneel before you. Don't kill me. My father is also a Dou Master. Killing me won't do you any good. Just treat me like a fart and let me go." This Mu Li really did bully the weak and fear the strong, Xiao Jin thought. Behind him, Xiao Yi Xian also wore a look of disdain. But he had no intention of letting Mu Li go. The mere Wolf Head Mercenary Group was beneath his notice. Now that they had provoked him, did they still expect to continue existing?

"It seems Young Leader Mu Li has chosen to let me give him a hand." Xiao Jin walked toward Mu Li. Watching Xiao Jin approach, Mu Li knew that no matter what he said, Xiao Jin would not spare him. Keeping one hand behind his back, he produced a medicinal pill. He crushed it into powder, then took out another packet of medicinal powder and flung it toward Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian behind him. "If you won't let me live, then none of you will have it easy either." Mu Li's face was filled with madness as he wrapped the powder in his hand with Dou Qi and scattered it into the air.

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Jin stored the medicinal powder Mu Li had thrown into the System Space. His figure flashed, and he appeared before Mu Li, grabbing him by the throat and lifting him up as easily as a chick. "Did you think I wasn't prepared for that?" Xiao Jin's face was full of mockery. With that, he threw Mu Li off the Cliff. At the instant he sent him flying, Xiao Jin saw a triumphant smile appear on Mu Li's face, leaving him greatly puzzled.

After dealing with Mu Li, Xiao Jin walked over to Xiao Yi Xian. Smiling faintly, he said, "Beauty, I didn't disappoint you, did I?" Xiao Yi Xian stared blankly at the youth before her, just about to say something when she suddenly caught a faint fragrance. Then her body began to grow hot. "Do you smell a faint fragrance?" Instead of answering Xiao Jin's question, Xiao Yi Xian asked him one.

"I do. I thought it was coming from you, so I didn't pay attention." Xiao Jin was somewhat confused. Just then, a wicked fire rose in his lower abdomen, making his face flush. Xiao Yi Xian beside him was equally red-faced, feeling unbearably hot all over and wanting to tear off every piece of clothing on her body.

"This is bad. We've fallen for it." The Dou Qi within Xiao Jin surged as he tried to suppress the wicked fire. Yet the more he suppressed it, the more fiercely it burned. Before long, Xiao Jin was nearly unable to hold it back. He struggled to stand, intending to leave first. Just then, a soft, delicate body embraced him. That soft sensation instantly made the wicked fire he could no longer suppress blaze through his entire body. Xiao Jin could endure no longer. He tightly pulled the beauty before him into his arms and kissed her enticing red lips. Xiao Yi Xian was far weaker than Xiao Jin. Even he could not suppress the wicked fire, much less her. Before long, the two became entangled together.

With the last shred of his reason, Xiao Jin picked Xiao Yi Xian up and carried her into the Cave.

A day and a night soon passed. The Wolf Head Mercenary Group members atop the Cliff were full of envy. "They haven't come up for so long. The brothers down there must be having a great time." "Yeah. I wonder if, once the Young Leader gets tired of her, he'll let us brothers have a taste too." After saying that, the mercenaries broke into lewd laughter, completely unaware of the two figures in the sky above them.