The Emperor God Wife Is Naughty
10. Against the Ice Mountain

The sun showed its bright light. The Xie Clan residence returned to operation after everyone woke up from a deep sleep.

Only Tang Zhi could not sleep well. He felt frustrated at the thought of a mysterious pendant of unknown origin.

It did belong to the Ancestor of the Xie Clan, but it did not know what strength could suppress it to the point of being speechless.

He got up to his feet, thinking about the pendant made him think of the boy as well. He went towards the abandoned room and saw the exact same room condition as when he visited.

The servants bowed respectfully to him and wondered why their Chief had come to that filthy place. But they did not dare to ask.

Tang Zhi went inside after feeling calm seeing the barrier she made was fine. He saw the figure of the pale girl still sleeping quietly as if she was a corpse on the bed wrapped in a blanket. If Tang Zhi was an ordinary person, it was definitely thought that Xie Ran was dead.

Tang Zhi approached her, looked at her meticulously and still felt that this Xie Ran was the same Xie Ran as before, no vitality and looking stupid. His breathing was very slow and barely felt. He really looks dead. Obviously he was in an unhealthy state especially the sound of his heart was so slow.

Apparently Tang Zhi's anxiety was just an illusion. He did not need to worry anymore after seeing the soulless Xie Ran on the bed. The girl who looks like a corpse may have magic. Tang Zhi's worries were not extended anymore.

He did not know that what he saw was a body without a soul. It would look empty like an undead, but the reality was very different.

Who would have thought that the true soul was already inside the lotus Pagoda, the most sacred and forbidden place for anyone including the members of the Xie Clan.

No one expected that the girl had broken away between her soul and her original body. The soul of the girl who was being researched was still in a weak state. Sensing the crack of light entering made him open his eyes looking back at the circular staircase above him.

The sound of the impact last night was not heard because this room is soundproof. The voice from within will not be heard as loud as it is otherwise.

Xie Ran woke up and held onto his aching head. Her clothes were in tatters, but had no stock of clothes available other than in the room. Even his shoes were not fit to wear so he was forced to take them off rather than interfere with the road.

He put the ugly shoes in a drawer to hide. No one would have thought that those ugly shoes were put between precious and expensive items.

Xie Ran curled his hair in such a way that it was short considering his hair was cut a lot last night. He also partially remodeled his clothes again to roll up the wound on his arm. His shabby clothes were getting shorter with long black pants.

He'll be easy to move with this. But it would be easy to find out also without a cape. Therefore, it must be fast!

Xie Ran stepped towards the circular staircase. Avoid each attack more quickly because the power has been restored since waking up. For him fainting was the same as resting, he had enough rest and could easily pass through obstacles from the start.

He dodged each arrow and jumped quickly to the second floor. He had already learned that before and could more quickly enter the third floor.

On the third floor, even he did not need to cut the plants. He just needs to dodge and hang among the plants that want to attack him. He shies away and uses plants, he has learned the overnight experience on every level. He will not be trapped again!

After arriving at the fourth floor, his level of vigilance rose. He closed his ears using the item found on the ground floor earlier and faced the attack of the element that suddenly appeared without warning.

Using magic, he could deflect those elemental attacks quickly and precisely. His steps were like shadows and jumped as soon as a wood appeared under his feet.

He jumped up quickly taking advantage of the towering wood. When he saw the fire burning from the ceiling, he grabbed the stairs with the help of the wind that attacked him.

In front of him the waves crashed in a more concentrated form of magic without wetting the room. Behind, there was a blaze that surrounded and circled him viciously. The ground below him was snaring both feet while the wind above his head was giving him emphasis so it was not easy for him to move.

When the water hit, Xie Ran immediately lowered his head quickly and crawled on the floor. Water soaked his back and grabbed the fire so that it went out into smoke.

Xie Ran took the opportunity, using his magic to smash the ground at the foot then dispel the wind above him so as to hit some items.

The falling shelves made some beautiful plants come out. There are some poisonous plants start to react giving off toxic fumes so that some other plants die.

Xie Ran closed his nose. He quickly darted to the top floor avoiding the poison that would contaminate him again.

This time, the journey was not as difficult as last night as it already knew this pagoda technique. Every time he entered, there was always a sudden attack targeting him. The attack comes from items that are intentionally unprotected so that the higher the floor, the higher the quality of the goods and the higher the danger given.

Magic stones serve to suppress the power of goods. That was why those items would only attack someone without magic stones like the current Xie Ran. It was also the superiority of the pagoda itself and became a forbidden place.

The next two floors went well. On the fifth floor was a flying sword attack that was so expert that Xie Ran had to use his two daggers. He could not conquer the overlord, could only dodge and make the sword paralyzed for a while until he went to the sixth floor.

While on the sixth and seventh floors, he discovered that the weapon spirits were fighting him. The weapon had a spirit each and on those two floors he was challenged against a weapon spirit that did not accept its existence.

There were many spirit weapons and an average of high-level weapons. Xie Ran did not want to deal with the weapon spirit after long dispelling the flying sword.

It was already the night when he reached the seventh floor. Throughout that day, he used to fight against the obstacles endlessly. He was tired, but his spirit was not. Fortunately he stored magic power from the start and only used it if urgent.

Earlier was a whip spirit in the form of a woman who looked fragile but was unusually strong and well-worn. His opponent this time was such a powerful spear spirit.

Each time the spear was launched, magic would come out and cornered Xie Ran. However, Xie Ran's fighting experience was trained from childhood and he could fend off any attacks.

He took out his throwing knife and cornered the spear spirit. The throwing knife almost hit the spear spirit and stuck it on the wall hard.

Several throwing knives stuck in again to dissuade attention while Xie Ran immediately sent a spear spirit to the wall using mental strength and stuck another throwing knife in every corner of his body gap. His transparent figure trembled against that detached soul.

Although the spirit weapons were arrogant, they were still afraid of absolute strength. They would give up on someone who defeated him just like an animal and would submit to that person. Unfortunately, Xie Ran had no interest in weak spears.

Hearing that, Tombang's spirit felt his pride fall! But he could not resist, only could he spew cruel words that Xie Ran would regret.

"Basar greedy man! Just look, you'll be dead when you get to the eighth floor before you get to the ninth!" The spear spirit man cursed.

Xie Ran twisted his eyeballs blatantly and stepped onto the stairs after a short break while hearing the spirit ramblings of the spear.

"Until we meet again!" Xie Ran waved his hand and left quietly as if he had no burden.

Arriving at the front floor, Xie Ran was stunned for a moment. The whole room was just darkness. In an instant, the place he stepped on seemed to be swallowed in a dark shadow without any light. The entire pagoda seemed to be an endless darkness and only he was in sight.

Xie Ran was confused. Why is the room dark? Is this a hindrance? Furtive attack? If this was another day, he would easily say that it was his skill in an attack amidst the darkness.

But this was the eighth floor of the lotus pagoda. Just before it had made him run out of steam for the sake of the damn spear spirit man. This time it should be stronger than the spear spirit man. Fortunately, he recovered.

This room is too dark. It was so dark that it seemed endless even though he was sure that there were some items around. It's weird if he doesn't hit anything.

When he realized something was wrong, his gaze caught the figure of a handsome man standing not far from him. White clothes and black hair supported his handsome and familiar cold face. It made Xie Ran feel happy when he realized that the figure was the person he was looking for.

"Great teacher, it's you. Are you here to help me find a way?" Xie Ran smiled and let go of his caution. He walked up to the man, believing no one could hurt him as long as the man existed.

However, it was completely unexpected. Suddenly a hot and corrosive force shot towards him. Quickly Xie Ran stepped aside to the side seeing the golden magic attacking him disappear behind him.

Xie Ran was stunned. Who attacked him? Not possible ....

The man's cold face made Xie Ran uncomfortable when he saw her once more. Despite being used to her cold face, Xie Ran felt cold this time around very differently. It was as if it had made Xie Ran the most guilty stranger in the world.

"Did I make a mistake?" Xie Ran was confused. Was it really that man who attacked her?

Xie Ran thought about what his mistake was. Did that man irrationally blame her for letting the pendant fall into Tang Zhi's hands and be left here? But Xie Ran had already gone to great lengths and was injured to come save him. What else is his mistake?

Suddenly, Xie Ran's heart grew increasingly uncomfortable and a bad premonition haunted him. Is that really the man who trained her all this time?

"Why?" Xie Ran could not believe what he saw.

"You're not him. Who're you?" Suddenly Xie Ran's face turned cold. He was angry that someone was disguised as the man he was looking for and confused him. A certain Master does not blame his every move and thinks rationally that he has a plan. If the man is angry, he will not kill him.

The man remained as cold as the never-ending winter, unconcerned with Xie Ran's words. "How can you be sure that what you've seen all this time is the truth?"

Xie Ran increasingly frowned. So the cold man's intention was that the man he had been with all this time had other intentions?

Xie Ran knew that he was being used to get her out of the locket, he had no problem with it let alone his rewards were worth it.

As bad as the man was in Xie Ran's eyes, he believed it would not break the deal let alone hurt him. If the man wanted to kill him, it had been done from the start and there was no need to detoxify his poison before making a deal.

"Then, what do you think? There is a lot of magic in this world. You may be just a shadow imitating him. If you claim to be the real one and want to kill me, I can only serve."

Although Xie Ran is not sure if he can beat her but he has to try. He was sure it wasn't the man he had been with for the past year, so he didn't have to fear hurting her or fear her dangerous power. The impersonator must be weaker than his teacher.

"I should've let you get poison back then."

Hearing her words made Xie Ran even more uncomfortable. Suddenly, anger arose in his heart.

No one knew who neutralized the poison other than Xie Ran and the man himself. It made Xie Ran's mind go awry. He did not want to believe in the man in front of him, but the other side forced him to believe and lost his rationality.

If you think like that, why cure him at that time? Why not just let it rot!

Xie Ran hates the most when someone brings up something that makes him bound to a debt. Didn't he just say that Xie Ran didn't know the debt of gratitude? Xie Ran is not like that!

"Well," said Xie Ran suppressing the emotion of staring at him. "Original or fake I don't care. I just want to kill you."

Xie Ran's eyes turned red in an instant. He darted quickly along with the two daggers in his hand splitting the darkness.

Magic had been activated in its peak, it darted so that its figure was only a red beam performing a one-way attack point on the opponent's neck and turned to attack again from another direction when the attack did not meet the target.

The man slightly dodged without much movement. Although it was fast, it was easy to guess. With just a single move, he struck Xie Ran and retreated several meters away.

Xie Ran held onto his aching chest. The punch was too deep and powerful. He could barely even maintain his condition. If not for the extreme training, he would have already died in one strike.

Magic concentrated on his hands. He darted as if disappearing in the darkness. His body twinkled in every direction with magic on his body.

That speed was enough to trick everyone including Tang Zhi who was the strongest in the Xie Clan, but not with that man who had many mysteries in each of his powers.

Xie Ran had no idea how strong he was. He could only be careful to see the untouched iceberg lingering in the middle of the room as if nothing could touch him even a mosquito.

Darkness was Xie Ran's domain. He always did something in the dark so that his movements were unknown to anyone including the sound of his footsteps.

But who would have thought that when he did a sneak attack from behind and was about to use his hypnosis, he was found out quickly. His magic did not work and his arm was violently pulled forward.

Xie Ran felt his body stiffen in a split second and crashed far back and rolled on the floor.

How could he be so weak!

His whole life has never been like this, even in his training. He never felt helpless and voluntarily flung away without having the time to make another attack. Only he's the one who threw a bunch of people. Not anyone else!

How strong is that guy? Xie Ran never knew.

"I'm giving you one last chance. If you can destroy my defense for 15 minutes, I'll let you go. If not ...."

"Not to say I already know." Xie Ran moved his teeth back to attack.

He won't do a sneak attack. Since the man was using transparent protectors around him, he could only use brutal and organized attack techniques in order to break the defense.

If his attack was successful, he could carry out a more explosive follow-up attack to kill the man. Xie Ran's mind was filled with killing. He forgot his original intentions and covered his ruthless side and attacked in succession.

Magic continued to hit from all directions crashing against the transparent protector. Xie Ran's body disappeared in the darkness and appeared every time he made an attack from various sides.

He placed various marks on each protector quickly making it look like a brutal assault. But he was preparing for a bigger explosion.

This is a sign of manipulation. He could make the protective defense weaken by manipulating it while then messing with the magic inside the protector. Each magic has its own flow, Xie Ran can see the flow thanks to enchantment magic then mess it up right when doing a brutal attack movement.

He took out a few throwing knives and did the final touch. The throwing knife stuck around the protector and shattered into pieces into pieces due to the protector. The flakes spread out with Xie Ran's control power and pierced the protector right where the flow of magic was messed up.

Xie Ran attacked back. His attack hit the guard violently causing a huge explosion so that the sound of shards could be heard loudly.

Xie Ran returned to where he had seen his magic mist covering the man with shards of magic. The longer the fog wears off. The originally blood-red color of the fog turned to gold in an instant after the fog thinned out.

Xie Ran never expected it. Looking at the intact protector made his mental shock that completely rendered him speechless. He knew that man should not be human. But he didn't think his protector would be stronger than he thought. Even heavenly level enchantment magic could not resist!

If it was Tang Zhi, that woman would not be able to withstand such explosive magic. Xie Ran had already thought about it well. Its existence could defeat a single continent. Xie Ran felt his body go limp for a moment.

Xie Ran thought it should be the lowest protector that the man had. How can it be that strong? Again he felt too weak!

"Two minutes left." The man said coldly.

The last ten minutes are used to collect the blast then three minutes to process. But it's all useless. Xie Ran did not have any chance. If you want to run, it also does not have time.

"There's no other choice" he murmured.

Xie Ran's dagger took out magic emanating from his body. He stepped before the man who unfortunately still did not know his name, that was regret.

"Why not kill me?" xie Ran asked with great emphasis. He was still stressing to himself that all this was just an illusion. "I don't need mercy, nor will I leave. It's free if I manage to destroy your protector. I'll still get through you and go to my destination. If it wasn't for you, it would have been for my promise to Mom."

Xie Ran did not forget about it. Until he succeeds in revenge, he will keep the locket for the sake of his mother. He would not betray his mother's trust. If he can't accomplish all that, he'd rather die.

"We fight justly .. live and die."

Xie Ran had already reached despair. He's never been like this before. Even the last time he lived, did not have this kind of despair. He committed suicide of his own accord because he was tired of living. Now he's dead worth the redemption of guilt. Xie Ran did not want to live in guilt.

After considering Xie Ran's decision, the man removed the protective covering surrounding his body. "Good."

Xie Ran clasped the two daggers tightly until his hand trembled. His mind was chaotic and agitated. At first he was anxious to kill the man in front of him, not knowing why he was shaking after deciding to fight in earnest.

It was not because he knew he would die or was afraid of the power of the man before him. Over the course of a year the same face trained him personally became strong. A big joke if the trained power is used to kill someone who trains it. Xie Ran felt a sense of unwillingness. Although she was covered in blood from childhood, her heart remained fragile and always treated someone sincerely.

Even though his principle was to kill for a life, even though he killed the people around him who were training together for a lifetime, he never thought of killing the teacher who trained him despite knowing he was only being used.

Since childhood, Xie Ran was convinced of life as a tool and he had no problem with it.

Under these conditions, Xie Ran did not know which one he should choose. Responsibility or principle. He hates this world!