Chapter 159: How Dare You Humiliate the Saintess Like This
After arranging the three hundred people at the Underground Experimental Base, Mu Qingtong returned to the surface with the other two.
The ground was no longer a sea of flowers but a towering forest.
“This forest was previously He Jianzhu’s Clone Experiment site,” Mu Qingtong pointed into the distance. “And under the tallest tree to the northwest, the Spiritual Material we need should be buried.”
“Clone Experiment?” Xia Feng’s heart was filled with surprise. “What is that?”
Mu Qingtong paused before slowly explaining. “I don’t know the specific details. I only know that He Jianzhu has many incarnations. She would deploy hundreds of her incarnations into this forest and bury various Spiritual Materials, letting them compete and kill each other, thereby rapidly advancing from Novice to Second-stage, Third-stage, or even Fourth-stage.”
“The one who first becomes a Fifth-stage will have the opportunity to obtain a serial number and become one of He Jianzhu’s.”
Mu Qingtong spoke plainly, but Xia Feng and Cha Nai Xue listened with pounding hearts. He Jianzhu sounded terrifying.
So she could mass-produce Fifth-stages? Xia Feng couldn’t help but recall his encounter with his mother-in-law at Yuanhe Orphanage. No wonder Mu Qingtong had asked her which numbered He Jianzhu she was back then.
“So, how many serial numbers does He Jianzhu have now?” Xia Feng asked curiously.
Mu Qingtong shook her head. “I’ve only seen one ‘He Jianzhu’ emerge from this forest. I don’t know what her serial number was.”
Is that so? Xia Feng mused. It seemed mass production of Fifth-stages was still not feasible, but it was close.
As they spoke, the three arrived at the giant tree.
“He Jianzhu probably took all the Spiritual Materials when she left, but there’s a piece of White Jade wood at the base of this tree that she couldn’t take. Ten years have passed, and it should have developed into White Jade Glazed Vase by now.”
“White Jade Glazed Vase is very fragile. It will shatter upon contact with Spirit Particles or hard objects, so you can only dig it out by hand.”
Hearing Mu Qingtong’s explanation, Xia Feng nodded and turned to look at the Saintess.
“Why are you looking at me?” Cha Nai Xue frowned.
Xia Feng smiled slightly. “Naisue Older Sister, as my female slave, you should have some self-awareness.”
He then pointed to the base of the tree. “Hurry up, dig a hole.”
“!!!”
Cha Nai Xue’s eyelids twitched. She pursed her lips and looked at the Black-dressed Woman beside her expressionlessly, saying in a low voice, “Miss Mu, this is your Spiritual Material. Do you think it’s appropriate for me to dig it out?”
Mu Qingtong looked at Xia Feng with some confusion. Female slave? Wasn’t Cha Nai Xue his childhood friend? How did she become a female slave?
However, since she could get Cha Nai Xue to help, she naturally didn’t want to dirty her own hands. Her eyes curved, and her voice was gentle.
“It’s indeed not very appropriate, but if Saintess is willing to help, then I’ll trouble you.”
“?” Are you speaking sense? When did I say I was willing to help! Cha Nai Xue’s little face was expressionless as she was about to say something, but when her gaze met the dog-like couple in front of her.
She immediately fell silent, her lips curving into a gentle smile. “Indeed, Miss Mu is pampered and should be afraid of getting dirty. Alright, then I’ll do it.”
With that, she wasted no time, went to the tree, took off her sheer gloves, and knelt down rather ungracefully to start digging by hand.
Xia Feng raised an eyebrow. He didn’t expect Cha Nai Xue to be so decisive. This made him feel a sense of guilt, and he began to wonder if it was wrong to bully her like this.
Thinking of this, Xia Feng slapped his forehead. He almost forgot. This was Cha Nai Xue’s usual tactic when she was a child: retreat to advance. “So, how did she become your female slave?”
Xia Feng heard the voice and turned his head, only to see the Black-dressed Woman looking at him with a smile.
“Ahem, didn’t I save Cha Nai Xue’s life several times before?” Xia Feng spread his hands. “She was very grateful to me, saying that she could never repay the kindness of saving her life except by serving me like an ox or a horse for the rest of her life. So… I was forced to sign a Slave Contract with her and become her Master. Alas, I couldn’t refuse her even if I wanted to, she was too enthusiastic…”
“Okay, I get it. You can shut up now.” Mu Qingtong could tell this guy was talking nonsense again and couldn’t be bothered to listen to his babbling.
While the two were chatting, the Snow-skirt Woman, who was squatting under the tree and digging by herself, seemed to be shrouded in a shadow, emitting an anime-style aura of dark resentment.
She had heard Xia Feng’s nonsense, and he even claimed that she had actively begged to become his female slave!
“Damn it, damn it!”
“Xia Feng, you just wait!”
Cha Nai Xue turned her grief and anger into motivation, quickening her digging pace.
However—
Just then, an astonished shout came from the dense forest behind them: “Saintess? What are you doing?”
Cha Nai Xue’s movements stiffened. Her expression, focused on digging, faltered slightly. The voice sounded a little familiar.
!
Ye Lixing’s eyes blazed with anger. He had just found the Saintess and saw her kneeling in front of Xia Feng in a humiliating manner, her hands covered in mud. Xia Feng stood behind the Saintess, his eyes… He couldn’t see Xia Feng’s eyes, but they must have been extremely evil!
He didn’t dare to imagine what Xia Feng would have prepared to do to the Saintess in this forest if he had arrived a moment later!
But fortunately, although he had walked leisurely, stopping and starting along the way, he had arrived just before the Saintess was about to be violated!
Cha Nai Xue reacted and abruptly stood up. The awkward expression of embarrassment quickly returned to indifference. She turned and stared at the three figures emerging from the dense forest with a frown.
Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong also turned around.
A man in golden armor stood tall and proud, his gaze sharp. “Xia Feng, how dare you humiliate the Saintess like this! Are you seeking death?”
Groundhog beside him felt something was wrong. Why was this Black Moon Knight suddenly concerned about the Saintess’s safety?
“Brother, we are here to capture the Saintess. You’re not going to betray us, are you?”
“Rest assured, I know what’s important.” Ye Lixing said calmly. “How about this, I’ll deal with Cha Nai Xue, and you two can handle those two. Don’t lose.”
“Lose?” The two Black-robed People chuckled.
The three discussed as if no one else was there. Two of them wore Blood-Eye Masks, with two tadpole-shaped comma-shaped jewels encircling the center of their blood-red eyes, making them look like they were from the Burning Heaven Sacred Hall.
According to Xia Feng’s observation, the masks from the Burning Heaven Sacred Hall also varied. The higher the status of the person, the more comma-shaped jewels their mask had. Those with two comma-shaped jewels like these were likely around Second-stage to Third-stage Spirit Masters in terms of Spirit Pressure.
Adding Ye Lixing, that made at most three Third-stage Spirit Masters, which shouldn’t be difficult to deal with.
Ye Lixing slowly walked over, smiled earnestly, and said, “Saintess, you can’t escape. Why not surrender and come back with me? With my protection, the Archbishop will not do anything to you out of respect for me—”
“So much nonsense.”
Before he could finish speaking, Cha Nai Xue said coldly, and a giant purple eye unfolded behind her. A thick beam of purple lightning shot directly towards Ye Lixing’s face!
