Ling xiao xiao the youngest disciple of Yu Ren had survived, by luck of course for she was located the closest to the rally point and did not participate in the fighting that ensued which enabled her to be undiscovered and her escape from the orthodoxy's sect disciples.

"hu! hu! hu!" she panted after she got to the 'cave' that was hewn out of a rock in an out of place area, it is also very well secluded, "Thankfully I got away fast lest I will be caught" she gasped already tired.

She with what she said sat in a lotus position but leaned against the wall for head rest while recovering her energy, 'By the time I am done hopefully the rest would have returned with the master's new body and we can finalize what was started'

'though the master told us his plan but I don't think he told us he will self detonate during the supposed ritual right?' she thought wandering what got into her master to do such an act 'self detonation of not hopefully the master will be safe'

When she was done recovering from her nigh-qi exhaustion she noticed that the MOTHER-CHILD ACCORDANCE RESONANCE TALISMANIC TECHNIQUE has had some of its connection to some of her seniors severed immediately she was at alert she checked again and found them rendered moot and only big sis Cao Wan'er and big brother Jue Zheng was still alive but captured very soon it became more garbled and then they also went static.

'They've gone beyond five thousand li' she thought in shock

She first calmed herself down and then check the illusory formation outside and still found it intact and found it intact, " there is no problem for this formation's discovery by the orthodoxy, for now at least" master Yu Ren once said.

"You should have known that you have the bloodline of a spirit fox lying dormant within you now"

"The little blood that I your master extracted from you to attune you to the formation, is not what you think it is

Firstly and most ostensibly, it is to attune you to the formation but secondly it is to research how to awaken your bloodline safely I mean I can't just brute force it you are the only one that I have found with this bloodline in the last 150 years the last person had to die because he was after me or my resources

In short as an enemy but before death he did things that brought the fear and reverence of the bloodline of the spirit fox out of me so how can I not be intrigued of it I tried researching the blood for some hint but the first thing is that he barely awakened it the second was that it lost vitality fast and in order to save my skin I your master did not dare allow anyone to know what I got from it else being stabbed in the back will be the least of my concerns but the ones that has truly awakened the bloodline will be a far greater threat too so do understand my caution

But now I might have not solved the mystery to awaken your bloodline but I have gotten a headway take this then he handed to her what is known as FOX TAILED GRASS while not a totally rare plant is still a profound grade spiritual herb with a minor affinity to illusions and SOUL'S EMBER which is a rare earth grade spirit material formed form a fierce land where the least realm of corpses found there will be at PEAK SPIRIT REFINING STAGE which is the of SACRED SOUL REALM and a drop of blood, which is actually a whole juvenile spirit fox with a bloodline, refined into a drop. In order to get it this material will allow you to comprehend the legendary souls fire of the fox otherwise known as FOX FIRE,

It had been made known to her that he had completed the formations, incantations and technique to awaken the bloodline but the chances unverified for the above is non-tested.

"Know that should you be lucky to awaken this bloodline of yours the heaven shall smile upon you and you shall bound to the heavens in a single step".

"You Xiao Xiao while the weakest of my disciples have the greatest potential of them all and I your master placed high hopes upon you that you may succeed

She smiled remembering how she bull-headedly 'convinced' this lone master to take her in as a disciple to which he refused at first until suddenly for unknown reason he agreed not knowing that he saw something beyond her perseverance and grit.

It's no wonder the first one of her kin that he found had a barely awakened bloodline it's just too hard to get the ingredients to do what is needed and wait a minute... "the bag!, it's with liang yun!, all the cultivation methods!, the awakening of my bloodline!," she completely lost it at first then calmed down and rummaged the entire cave for something

Where is the heavens-damned thing she thought out loud in frustration, then she methodically searched the cave to nigh frustration until she saw the thing hidden cleverly in a shelf not too large barely enough to fit the thing

She immediately hopped to grab the thing on the cave wall carved shelf, it is a compass looking contraption thankfully big bro Liang Yun thought me how to use this device she then drew out the aura of the group technique out of herself and the aura of some of her stuffs that recently came out of the bag to be inputted into the device.

Soon the device whirred to life and glowing lines was drawn out indicating the cardinal positions of everything related to the inputted aura in relation to her, and then she wove all the concealment and stealth based spirit arts then cautiously she left for the battle field.

When she came out she nearly jumped in fright but manage to calm herself down and schooled her expression to a bland mask of apathy, she saw the departing figures of some orthodoxy disciples it must have dawned on her that they have thoroughly searched the area and about how thorough she had no idea.

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What she knows is that she has some inspection to do in that area lest she falls into a trap of some sort, "When someone searches your area, always make sure that a detection device, skill or talisman is not planted in the area before you relax about it."

"Even I your master had caught lots of unfortunate souls with it, and I learned the 'hard' way too"

She then proceed to inspect the area according to her master's teaching there she found some talismans sloppily placed in some trees and shrubby area ordinarily she would not have suspected but ordinarily is not her case she was drilled to the bones with basic skills like what she just done.

All she had done did not have the difficulty level of her older martial siblings still, she did searched the area to the 'normal' standard and could not find much else, danger temporarily evaded now it's time to go get the bag.

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Wale's novelty among the caravan was slowly wearing off with them getting busy having to setup tents, cook meals and so-on and so forth. He noticed the caravan deputy leader the girl who almost impaled him from afar with a mean arrow training her hawk eyes on him, 'well I am not so handsome that a lady is smitten by me, talk about love at first sight' his thought full of mirth.

'The only love she might show me based on the kind of visage she had on while staring at me is to put a lovely arrow through my heart or may be a headshot will be a bargain huh' then out eyes met I smiled giving her what I thought to be my most gentlemanly smile but... no change, no warmer countenance, at least smile back, nope she just stood there like shell guard the whole world with her presence alone.

With the failure of my supposed manly charms I went to look for a corner to sit with enough time to mull over my days since I found myself in this strange land or maybe world, 'no alien will some from this world and will be sophisticated enough to take me away from earth without triggering an alarm or two in my world'.

'I mean look at all this stuff I have been surreptitiously glancing around and no hint of plastic in their dust bun or environment that's basically impossible on planet earth and what's with the sword and bows for weapons with all that money they should have bought or made some guns instead.

They did not meet the parameters of even earths most rural area will at least have some radio and the youths will be sporting an android phone or an Iphone to access the internet, this... wait a minute the truck oh shit! a look of alarm came upon him momentarily making the 'hawk girl' who is always focused on him to tense

The slight twitch from the wrong place the din of sounds and overlapping chatter died down in the whole camp with eyes focusing on the man and girl looking at each other, the camp there again bursts into a louder chatter.

Lu Nan shi mei it seems that our sudden visitor is smitten by your beauty, hmm why don't you get closer to him that will be even better Wei Suo jested

It seems that I'll have to personally see to your proper training when we get back to the village Lu Nan spat you might have been having too much time in your hands lately

Ah no shimei just a suggestion no hard feelings Wei suo said before making himself scarce

Why did the camp just went quiet all of a sudden could it be that I am not going to a village but to be abducted for nefarious purposes? wale thought while looking left and right vigilance cranked up to eleven.

Maybe the 'hawk girl' babe that I have been staring at had alerted her boyfriend or something

Coz I don't know why everyone could be so synchronized even if momentarily

Well I only have myself to watch my back from now on something's fishy here

Just when I get to civilization first plans should wait

With his thought in order he finally got the person who is waving at him to come get his share of food , he finally stood up to go get his food.

Well the food could not have been worse than the foods he'd ingested during the time he had nothing on him rice cooked till stuck together and what he could be best described as peppersoup but without its characteristic scent no fish or meat "oh well guess I'll just make do with what I've got".

Finishing up my food "can't wait till sunrise and we get moving, towards civilization," I mumbled before I found a sleeping place to lay myself to rest till tomorrow.

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Wei hao keeps on sensing the vibes of a young master wafting off this curiosity of a person that he had picked on the road, of course he is doing a good job masking it with other erratic behavior of his but blatantly staring at the village heads daughter without a shred of shame creeping off his face, or the disappointment dripping in his voice when served his food says it all.

Even the way he styles himself as if his stride above everyone else and the way that he is seemingly always sure of himself even when the mode of communication available to both party is gesticulating and trying to understand he always seem to understand and very fast at that.

Now all these minor details still makes him suspect that he the random black man surnamed Hua is not an ordinary individual clearly schooled and been schooled is mostly the purview of the young masters so that even if they were not able to cultivate qi they will still retail a modicum of competence in the clan.

It doesn't still helps if he brings out a silver coin and started playing with it as if a child found a riverside pebble, if I don't pick someone as strict with her work as that girl some idiot might start having ideas about that money on him.

Heck even he was tempted when he saw the shiny metal been 'maligned' by the boy he almost went to 'save' the poor little coin from the boys hand. He as a guard leader makes a maximum of 20 coppers a day which is still considered lucrative and 100 coppers makes a bronze imperial coin 100 bronze makes a silver imperial coin and so-on for gold and the legendary platinum coin

This means he makes 5 bronze and 60 copper imperial coins per month which me and this disguised wastrel of a young master is playing with at an equivalent of least 17 months of his labor! and he ... 'well we've reeled up a fat fish this time hopefully it is not a poisonous porcupine' he thought.

"hopefully he is a boon to the village heh, I he is then this risky gamble of mine succeeds and then more good times ahead of us, not to even mention the rewards that it entails" he mumbled quietly with a bit of calculation in his voice

"Da shixiong any pending orders or..." wei suo asked

"Oh no shidi," wei hao cuts in " you can stand down and keep doing what you have been doing"

'But this will not be the first time the world heard that some young maser mysteriously vanished' he thought grimly 'well, that's reserved for the moment he gets too uppity though'

But young master or not he might die if he falls on the bad side of shimei for she might act without caring about who's who 'hopefully no one gets too uppity' he prayed inwardly 'that will make my job easier.

Wei Hao noticed the change in behavior in his eldest brother and eldest shimei just that eldest brother's quite subtle and seems to have his eyes flashing from time to time when observing this 'hua lei' of a person

'Hopefully no problem ensues from this' he inwardly prayed

"It's already becoming dark," he reckoned "time to resume duty" there he went to resume his guard duty for the night