A Demon's Path Chapter 64

Ling Xiao's heart was filled with a thousand vile and lewd thoughts. But those thoughts turned to light smoke, wafting away with the wind, when he recalled Shen Mingfang's terrifying strength. She was like an old demonic witch! He jumped onto the flying rug and steadily landed behind her.

"We're off!" Sheng Mingfang shouted. The rug shuddered and swiftly flew off into the distance.

Woosh! Ling Xiao felt the gale whistling in his face. It grazed his skin, forcing his eyes shut. "How far are we from the ground?" Ling Xiao quickly asked with his eyes tightly closed.

"About a thousand meters," Shen Mingfang nonchalantly replied.

"Wah!" Ling Xiao reached forward in shock and tightly hugged Shen Mingfang. His hands… Heheh, alright, Ling Xiao admitted he grabbed ahold of somewhere he shouldn't have.

Shen Mingfang went red in the face. Her delicate body trembled lightly. She lightly shoved Ling Xiao away from her in an instant.

Ling Xiao tumbled back a little before his butt landed on the rug. Still, he didn't dare open his eyes. "You scared me to death!"

"You are too brave for your own good," Shen Mingfang coldly said.

Ling Xiao knew he'd gotten himself into trouble and quickly argued, "Maiden Shen, this… Actually, I'm a coward. That's why I frantically grabbed everywhere." He randomly put his hands on the rug with his eyes closed, searching for something to hold onto, when his hands came in contact with nothing. He was at the very edge of the flying rug! Ling Xiao jumped up in fright like a spring.

"Stop pretending! Open your eyes!" Shen Mingfang unhappily said, her face alternating between shades of red and white.

Ling Xiao forced a laugh. He knew he really couldn't pretend for long in front of a peak powerhouse. As for why he was so brave in front of Shen Mingfang, it was all because of Shen Xuan. He had really infuriated Ling Xiao. It's all your fault for stealing Mistress and taking advantage of Master! I'm not the forgiving kind! Ling Xiao threatened Shen Xuan silently, I'll take advantage of your grandaunt! Let's see who holds the short end of the stick when you have to call me Granduncle!

Ling Xiao naturally had a reason why he dared to act so bravely. He was confident Shen Mingfang wouldn't kill him. How could she while she still needed him? So long as the Elders were poisoned, Ling Xiao enjoyed absolute safety. However, even with that in mind there was no way he could do what he just did a second time.

Shen Mingfang was fully focused on controlling the flying rug a moment ago, oblivious to what Ling Xiao might do. She never expected him to be so daring. But with her guard up, Ling Xiao predicted she would make him beg for death a million times over before he could even think of getting close to her again.

Shen Mingfang's tone turned icy cold after Ling Xiao had fiddled with her body. "Don't you have a broom? Take it out."

Ling Xiao was stunned. "What for?" But since Shen Mingfang asked him to take his broom out, he could only obey her like a dog.

"Ride it."

Judging from her tone, Ling Xiao felt she was furious with him. Her voice was filled with a thick killing intent. He had no choice but to obediently do as she demanded. He mounted the broom, helplessly looking at his posture. It was really vulgar!

"Humph!" Shen Mingfang stuck a talisman onto the handle of Ling Xiao's broom. She raised her leg and kicked the end of the broom, sending him flying off the rug.

"Wah!" Ling Xiao was really afraid this time. He was flying on his broom! Ling Xiao grabbed ahold of the tail end while sprawling himself on the bristles of the broom. He was terrified of falling! They were more than a thousand meters up in the air. If he didn't tightly hold on to his broom and fell, he would most definitely become a meat patty!

Shen Mingfang was no more than a meter away from Ling Xiao. She followed closely beside him on her flying rug. "Relax. I won't let you fall to your death."

This time around, Ling Xiao really did close his eyes out of fear. His concentration was at its peak as he felt the wind rushing in his face. His heart was beating wildly, his nerves stretched taut.

Soon after, Ling Xiao's consciousness gradually sank into a strange state. He seemed to feel the flow of the wind. The Elemental Soul bore the power of the five elements. The most fundamental awareness of the soul was the power of nature. Feeling the wind, Ling Xiao's understanding of it gave him a moment of enlightenment. He began to comprehend the most fundamental principle with regards to the power of the five elements together with ways of using it. This was known as accepting something was so without understanding the reason why.

Ling Xiao fused his Elemental celestial and demonic souls together without worrying about Shen Mingfang beside him. His Elemental Soul techniques, Mad Thunderbolt and Will-o'-Wisp which specialised in burning soulforces, slowly combined with each other in Ling Xiao's consciousness. The thunder mixed together with the will-o'-wisp to become a new technique. He called it the Will-o'-Bolt!

Shen Mingfang looked at the changes happening to Ling Xiao's body in shock. She was rendered speechless. With Ling Xiao as the core, the power of the five elements rapidly circled around him. They engendered one another, including Ling Xiao in the process of interpromotion.

Under the effects of the magical token, Shen Mingfang couldn't see the demonic soul in Ling Xiao's body. All she saw was a golden light similar to the Demon Extermination Celestial Light Array in the Sunken Wind Valley. "This boy actually has the most fundamental soulforce, origin soulforce!" As one of the few powerhouses in the Clear Sky Continent, Shen Mingfang had access to information others like Cheng Qiantai and Li Yuanhuan weren't privy to.

Chain Soul Masters were divided into Celestial Soul Masters and Demonic Soul Masters. But there was a small minority of cultivators who didn't fit into either category. They were deemed to have Origin Souls or Primal Chaotic Souls.

Shen Mingfang had never seen such a person before. All the information she had on it came from a notebook. The Shen Family had a peak powerhouse in the previous generation who'd departed from the Clear Sky Continent. It was written in the notebook they'd left behind. People who possessed the Primal Chaotic Soul would cultivate very fast, but their souls would advance at a snail's pace.

Those gifted with a Primal Chaotic Soul couldn't advance any further with a lacking foundation. Some of them would never even progress past the yellow rank in their life! They were extremely rare, and unrivalled amongst cultivators a grade above and below them. Perhaps it was because the heavens were jealous of these heroic geniuses. Nine out of 10 of them would die while they were maturing, while the survivors would forever be stuck at a certain realm of cultivation.

Shen Mingfang was lost in her own thoughts, unaware that Ling Xiao had already opened his eyes.

"I say, Maiden Shen, what are you thinking about?" Ling Xiao's voice pulled Shen Mingfang back to reality. A surge of anger burned in her heart when she saw Ling Xiao unbridledly observing all the curves forming her body.

Ling Xiao quickly diverted the conversation. "That… Maiden Shen, can I ask you a question?"

"Speak," Shen Mingfang unhappily said, forcibly suppressing the anger in her heart.

Ling Xiao blinked and looked Shen Mingfang straight in eyes. He asked earnestly, "How old are you?"

Shen Mingfang never expected this question. She answered without giving it any thought, "29."

Ling Xiao pondered for a very long time. Only after confirming his ears weren't playing tricks on him did he helplessly ask, "Maiden Shen, are you sure you didn't get the numbers backwards?"

"Whether you believe it or not is up to you. Boy, I won't kill you. But if you continue being such a slick talker, I might just make you a mute for three days," Shen Mingfang said with a cold smile.

Ling Xiao stuck his tongue out, but didn't spout anymore nonsense.

The two of them silently flew for quite a distance. Shen Mingfang possibly felt bored as she asked, "Ling Xiao, do you really know how to concoct medicine?"

Ling Xiao was all smiles. He nodded affirmatively, but didn't speak.

"Why aren't you talking?" Shen Mingfang raged.

Ling Xiao mumbled something through his sealed lips and showed her three fingers.

Only then did Shen Mingfang understand Ling Xiao was referring to what she said to frighten him before. She couldn't refrain from bursting out in laughter. "You're really crafty. Alright, speak. I won't make you a mute."

"Phew! I was going to die from holding my breath for so long!" Ling Xiao let out a lengthy breath which quickly dispersed in the incoming gale.

Ling Xiao got a little braver after riding on his broom for so long. He stretched himself out and replied to her previous question, "My medicine concocting skills are naturally excellent. If the Floating Red Courtyard didn't have my pills, their business wouldn't be booming like it is now."

"Floating Red Courtyard?" Shen Mingfang was stunned. Blushing, she spat out, "What medicine did you concoct? Nonsense!"

Shen Mingfang obviously said this without meaning anything behind it, but who would've thought Ling Xiao would actually give her an earnest answer. "Golden Erectile Pills, Quintuple Nightly Pills…"

"Shut up!" Shen Mingfang angrily roared out.

Ling Xiao trembled in shock. He muttered like a child who'd been wronged, "You're the one who made me say it-"

"Fine, I give up! What do you want to ask? Speak your mind," Shen Mingfang helplessly said.

"Really?!" Ling Xiao was suddenly full of zeal. "Maiden Shen, tell me the truth. How old are you?"

Shen Mingfang was speechless.

Seeing as she didn't reply, he quickly made a solemn vow, "I promise I won't tell anyone!" And in his mind he added, I'll write it for all to see!

Shen Mingfang's eyes seemed to be on the verge of puffing fire. Ling Xiao knew her emotions were taking a turn for the worse, so he quickly pointed ahead and said, "Look, look! Is that Dragon Beard Mountain?"

Chapter end