366: Chapter 366 Mysterious Woman

"Uncle Ruan, the Palace Master finds it inconvenient to appear today, so she specifically sent me to host everyone."

"Eh? Yun Xi, haven't I told you many times? Don't call me Uncle. I'm only 35, just twelve years older than you." The man called Uncle Ruan was somewhat displeased; he was simply of a higher seniority.

Most importantly, if Yun Xi called him Uncle, then his seniority would be a generation higher than the Palace Master's as well. How could he pursue the Palace Master in the future then?

"Ruan Yisen, give it a rest. With that haggard look of yours, saying you're fifty would be an understatement," another man around thirty mocked.

Ruan Yisen was furious. "Yin Wenzheng, you want to fight?"

"Bring it on! Do you think I'm afraid of you? A toad lusting after swan meat!"

"Let's go. There's no room to cut loose here. If I don't beat the crap out of you today, consider your lunch uneaten."

"Let's go then! Who do you think you're scaring with those two-bit moves of yours?"

The two of them took to the air and left; it looked like they were really going to have a brawl.

Xiao Weiqing and Lou Xiaoxing watched with some surprise. Were the people of the Vermilion Bird Empire this fierce?

A short while later.

The sounds of a clash drifted from the distance, and the commotion was quite significant.

"Won't something go wrong?" Lou Xiaoxing asked curiously.

"No, they do this all the time."

A woman's voice sounded from behind them.

Xiao Weiqing turned around, his eyes lighting up when he saw the newcomer.

Yin Linna was wearing a low-cut black evening gown that revealed her snow-white skin. Her long, wavy hair draped down to her hips, and beneath the long skirt were long legs that practically glowed white. Her body proportions were the most explosive Xiao Weiqing had ever seen.

Lou Xiaoxing offered a word of praise, "Miss Yin, you are truly breathtakingly beautiful tonight."

"Thank you."

Yin Linna responded softly, but her gaze remained fixed on Xiao Weiqing.

Lou Xiaoxing naturally knew Yin Linna's feelings for Xiao Weiqing; he had seen it earlier on the aircraft.

"Then I won't disturb the two of you."

Having said that.

Lou Xiaoxing gave Xiao Weiqing a suggestive look and left the area.

Seeing Xiao Weiqing's gaze, Yin Linna felt a slight sense of pride; her meticulous dressing had not been in vain.

However.

Xiao Weiqing didn't say a word, which made her feel a bit uncomfortable.

After a few minutes of silence.

Yin Linna spoke up, "So, are you getting used to it here?"

Xiao Weiqing replied casually, "It's alright. I've only been here for less than a few hours. Besides, I'm here in your Vermilion Bird Empire for serious business, not for a vacation."

"Oh."

Then.

The scene fell back into silence, becoming somewhat awkward.

Yin Linna was not the type of girl who was good at expressing herself, after all. Dressing like this already made her feel self-conscious, and she wasn't one to force conversation.

"Then I won't keep you company. I'm going to find Yun Xi," Yin Linna said.

"Sure, suit yourself."

Xiao Weiqing remained indifferent.

Yin Linna shot Xiao Weiqing a glance and left indignantly, cursing in her heart that he was an insensitive blockhead.

Just as Yin Linna left, Lou Xiaoxing popped out from nowhere.

"Are you kidding me? You just let her leave like that?"

"What else?"

Lou Xiaoxing said, "She's interested in you! Don't tell me you can't tell."

Xiao Weiqing remained silent. So what if he could tell? He wasn't in the mood to think about such things right now.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"To the restroom."

"Damn, I thought you were going after Miss Yin." Lou Xiaoxing thought Xiao Weiqing had come to his senses, but that wasn't the case. He reminded him, "Out the door and turn right for the restroom."

Xiao Weiqing waved his hand. "Got it."

He stepped out of the courtyard gate.

Xiao Weiqing walked to the right.

The sounds of fighting outside had already stopped.

He happened to run into the two returning men, Ruan Yisen and Yin Wenzheng. Both were bruised and battered, though the injuries were only superficial.

"You are... Xiao Weiqing, right?"

"Yes."

"Where are you going?"

"To the restroom."

"Uh... then go to the one in the back. The one on the right was just broken by us and needs repairs."

Hearing this, Xiao Weiqing took a small step back and looked the two up and down.

Yin Wenzheng quickly explained, "We didn't get any filth on us; we just accidentally broke the door."

Ruan Yisen also nodded hurriedly. "That's right."

If Xiao Weiqing spread word of this, they'd be finished. They would probably be mocked by those guys for years.

Xiao Weiqing nodded slightly and turned to walk toward the back of the courtyard.

Compared to other parts of the Vermilion Bird Palace...

The place where the Yun Imperial Clan lived was eerily quiet, without even the sound of an insect. After walking for two minutes and still not seeing a restroom, Xiao Weiqing began to doubt if he had gone the wrong way.

"If I'd known, I would have just asked to use the restroom at that woman Yun Xi's Villa."

Seeing a patch of bushes not far away, a thought flashed through Xiao Weiqing's mind, but he immediately dismissed it.

He thought to himself, "No, I'm a person of status now. If I'm caught, I won't be able to show my face again."

Suddenly.

A wave of chill made the hair on Xiao Weiqing's neck stand up.

"Why did it suddenly get so cold?"

Xiao Weiqing turned around and looked toward the direction the chill was coming from.

He was instantly startled.

Two meters away.

A ghostly shadow stood suspended a foot off the ground.

The key point was...

The woman was dressed in white with long hair and bare feet. Her entire body emitted a faint, eerie blue glow, looking exactly like something Xiao Weiqing had never seen before—a ghost.

Before he could react.

The woman flew toward him and attacked Xiao Weiqing.

"Hmm?!"

Boom!~

The Samadhi True Fire within Xiao Weiqing's body suddenly erupted. He pressed his fingers together into a palm and clashed with the woman's strike.

"Sizzle~"

The woman's palm was burned. She showed a pained expression and drifted away.

"Divine Soul state?"

Xiao Weiqing was shocked. This person's Divine Soul had actually left her body. But why did she attack him? He didn't know this woman at all.

He didn't hesitate.

Since she attacked him, she thought she could just run?

With a few flashes of movement, Xiao Weiqing caught up to the woman in her Divine Soul state.

He saw the woman float directly into the second floor of a Villa. With a wave of Xiao Weiqing's hand, the balcony door on the second floor was forced open.

After entering.

He happened to see a woman rising with her back to him.

Without a second word, Xiao Weiqing acted immediately, his fingers forming a claw as he lunged toward the woman.

As if sensing something, the woman turned around to look at Xiao Weiqing.

Then.

Ignoring Xiao Weiqing's attack, she collapsed forward, falling completely limp into Xiao Weiqing's arms.

"What the hell?"

"A scam? A honey trap?"

Xiao Weiqing's first reaction was that he was being scammed or set up.

He looked down at the woman in his arms.

Even though Xiao Weiqing had seen many beauties, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

Beautiful, an indescribable beauty.

A perfect face, so beautiful that Xiao Weiqing felt it wasn't a face a human should possess.

However.

The icy touch of the woman's body snapped Xiao Weiqing back to his senses. This kind of cold reached the Divine Soul; his physical body simply couldn't resist it, and the Samadhi True Fire within his body began to seep out involuntarily.

"Hey, wake up."

Xiao Weiqing tried to put the woman down; he felt his arms trembling slightly from the cold.

To his surprise, the woman wrapped her arms around Xiao Weiqing's waist and refused to let go, murmuring, "Cold... so cold..."

"If you're cold, I'm even colder! Let go, dammit!"

The woman's strength was absurdly high. No matter how much force Xiao Weiqing applied, those two slender arms simply wouldn't budge.

"Damn it!"

If a tiger doesn't show its prowess, do you take me for a pushover?

Boom~~

Instantly.

Xiao Weiqing entered the Flame True Body state.

A powerful Aura erupted.

But.

In the next instant.

The woman's body acted like a vortex, sucking all the Samadhi True Fire from the surface of Xiao Weiqing's body into herself until not a trace remained.

Even the Samadhi True Fire inside his body began to dissipate outward.