“Master, let’s go. They are just the lowest-level spiritual flowers and herbs.”

Seeing Qin Hao behave like a bumpkin, Little Dragon said unconcernedly while leading the way.

“Uh.” Qin Hao was struck dumb. Damn, they were just the lowest-level ones? Were there high-level ones ahead?

Qin Hao caught up with it while asking, “Little Dragon, can I find Blood Core Grass here?”

As far as he knew, Blood Core Grass was a kind of high-level spiritual herb.

“Blood Core Grass?” said Little Dragon in a tone full of disdain, “That kind of low-level stuff is not qualified to enter the cauldron.”

“Damn.” Qin Hao felt much embarrassed about his narrow horizon. To not expose it again, he simply held his jaw and looked amazingly at those increasingly high-level Spirit Flowers and spiritual herbs.

About another half an hour, the field of Spirit Flowers and spiritual herbs ended.

Now, Qin Hao stood at the edge of a cliff, the other side of which was a sea of clouds.

The ravine in the front was estimated to be over one-thousand-meter wide. Below the cliff were endless fog and clouds, covering the bottom.

There was no bridge. It should not have trapped Qin Hao, for he could have walked across on the void. But this place was weird. He couldn’t fly here. He failed to use his strength, which seemed to be restricted.

Without flying, he could not walk farther.

“Little Dragon, are we there?”

Little Dragon shook its big and green head, “No, master, your destination is at the end of the sea of clouds.”

“Ugh? There’s no bridge. How should I get there?” said Qin Hao worriedly.

“Well, it’s up to you, my master. If you have a bridge in your heart, there will be a bridge; if you don’t, there won’t be. Your Little Dragon will wait for you at that side.” Words done, Little Dragon flew, while waving its tail, into the sea of clouds and towards the other side of the cliff.

“Hey, Little Dragon. What are you doing? Damn!” Qin Hao was annoyed. Damn. What was this for by leaving me alone here?

What did the damn “if you have a bridge in your heart and there will be a bridge” mean? I didn’t understand a shit!

Standing at the edge of the cliff, Qin Hao looked at the sea of clouds across the ravine and then at the endless thick fog below. He felt a little dizzy and waves of coldness from his back out of fear.

Let it be. Damn. I’d better go back.

Qin Hao was about to go back. Upon his turning back, he was reminded that, damn, he didn’t even know how to go back. Even if he followed the same route and got the dark place where he had been in the beginning, he would still not know how to go out. On the contrary, this place had light and beautiful scenery.

Wait. How about the sea of fog formed by Spirit Qi? It had so many Spirit Flowers and spiritual herbs. Why not go and cultivate there? Anyway, I couldn’t go out. I’d better make the best use of it.

Thinking of it, he turned around and went back through the same route.

At the other side of the sea of clouds, Little Dragon waited in the void, expecting Qin Hao’s coming. It had expected Qin Hao would think carefully about its words and come over after he understood.

However, the guy hadn’t even thought about a shit. He turned back at the very beginning.

Little Dragon was speechless. Among all successors it had received, this guy was the freakiest one. What was he doing? Did he want to give up? Hadn’t it told him that he would stay at here forever if he gave up?

Hum hum, he would come back when he found there was no way out. Little Dragon snorted in its heart. Anyway, it had enough time for waiting here.

After quite a long time, seeing Qin Hao still not coming back, Little Dragon started to worry.

“Where has the guy gone? No, I have to see.”

Then, Little Dragon waved its tail and flew back through the sea of clouds.

…

In the village at the foot of the mountain where Medicine Sect was located, in the far sky broke the dawn.

Under the first beam of sunlight in the morning, one could see the tavern had been badly destroyed. Fresh blood was everywhere in the ruins.

Quite a lot of dead bodies were lying on the ground. Few of people were still alive but seriously injured.

Kong Ming, Gold Wild Lion and the three geniuses of three major sects were all lying on the ground with a serious injury. In addition, there was a black-suited man under a ghost-face mask.

He was just slightly injured. So, of course, he became the winner of this battle, the symbol of which was the parcel holding in his hands.

At the moment, the ghost-face man stood up slowly. He coldly and murderously scanned the rest of the people lying on the ground.

“Ha ha ha…” laughed Kong Ming, “Gold Wild Lion, three geniuses, you didn’t expect you would end up paving the way for someone else.”

Gold Wild Lion struggled to get up but failed due to his injury. He glared at the ghost-face man with anger and regret. He now recognized him-Ghost, the young master of Trace-Hiding Sect. He was also a freaky genius, though not as freaky as the three geniuses of the three major sects.

But his mysterious trace-hiding skill was enough to fill up the gap. With the help of so many high-level members, all of whom had almost been killed, of Trace-Hiding Sect, he ended up getting what he wanted.

“Ghost, you’d better leave the stuff here. It’s no good for you Trace-Hiding Sect to fight against my Jinwu Sect and the three major sects.” shouted Gold Wild Lion hardly.

Ghost sneered, “Jinwu Sect? Is it still existing?”

“Hum, as long as I’m alive, Jinwu Sect will last.” shouted Gold Wild Lion, seeming to tell the world that Jinwu Sect would never see its end.

“Ha ha, then I’ll let Jinwu Sect die forever.” laughed Ghost. The next moment, he disappeared. No one knew where he was hiding.

“No-”

Accompanied by a scream from Gold Wild Lion, the huge golden-haired head fell to the ground from his neck. It, like a ball, rolled for a while and fell into a blood-filled pit.

The famous master Gold Wild Lion was dead. Jinwu Sect was over for good now. Without Gold Wild Lion, the remaining members of Jinwu Sect, with Jin Yang as the core, would soon be overwhelmed by other forces.

“Now, it’s your turn. Ha ha…!” Exposing himself from hiding, Ghost looked at the three geniuses with a weird smile.

During all these years, the three of them had been dwarfing his fame. Now it would be the past. After killing them, the world would belong to him. The Semi-Ancient Martial World would enter his era.

All the three geniuses were at the most promising age, with their own ambitions and good future. How could they die in such a way? How could they be killed by Ghost?

Killing the three geniuses would help Ghost earn great fame. All those titles and honors of the former would be overthrown. Ghost would be the youngest and most sparkling genius in Semi-Ancient Martial World.

They wouldn’t let such a thing happen. Even if they had to die, they wouldn’t die in Ghost’s hands.

Grinding their teeth with eyes wide open, they struggled to stand up unfirmly.

Facing Ghost jointly, Childe Feather Fan, from Tian Han Sect, holding his fan firmly, forced himself to give a composed smile, “Ha ha, Ghost, you really want to fight against us three major sects? Have you ever thought that, even if you’re good at hiding, the Trace-Hiding Sect won’t avoid being destroyed if we cooperated to fight back?”

“Are you threatening me? That means you’ve lost your confidence.” sneered Ghost, “Besides, if I killed you, who would know it’s me?”

“Sooner or later, somebody will know. Are you so sure that you can conceal your murder of us?” The smile on Childe Feather Fan’s face disappeared. He turned into serious.

“Shut up. You want to fight? Then let’s fight.” Holding the ancient black sword, Sharp Swordman, from Ancient Sword Sect, was burning with the will of fighting. He was like a fighting maniac. His will of fighting wouldn’t die down until the very moment of his last breath.

“Ha ha, I do want to see the techniques of Trace-Hiding Sect.” coldly said Merciless Saint, from Saint Moon Sect.

Turning serious, with a “crack”, Childe Feather Fan opened his fan. He said, “Fine, since my two brothers want to fight so much, today we three will see what people of Trace-Hiding Sect can do.”

Seeing the burning will of fighting from the three, Ghost squinted at them. He hesitated. The three geniuses had got the fame for reasons. His level of power was much lower than anyone of them. Now they had cooperated to fight against him. What were the odds he would win?

Although they were seriously injured, he had been hurt too.

But he was unwilling to give up now after all what he had done.

“What? You three versus me one? You three sparkling geniuses of three major sects are really useless.” mocked Ghost.

“Hum hum.” sneered Childe Feather Fan, “You don’t need to provoke us by such a plain trick. Talking of the numbers of people, you Trace-Hiding Sect is the one who has the most people this time.”

“Fine, then today I’ll fight alone against you three. I’ll let people see who the hell is the most sparkling genius in the world.” Ghost decided to bite the bullet. He didn’t believe the three could hang on for long.

Before the battle, he threw the parcel to one of his sides. In his hand, a cold and soft sword shone in the sunlight, releasing a mad aura of killing.

“Kill!”

Ancient Sword Sect’s Sharp Swordman was the first one to attack. The huge ancient sword ripped the void and formed a sharp and powerful sword ray.

“Kill kill kill.” The rest of the four people followed to attack. The next moment, the four geniuses engaged each other. The battle was doomed to shake the Semi-Ancient Martial World. It was a battle for top young masters in Semi-Ancient Martial World.

While the battle was lasting, no one noticed that, in the ruins, a bloody hand reached out. It belonged to someone who was still alive.

It was a beautiful hand. From where blood and mud hadn’t covered, one could see its white and soft skin. It was from a woman.

The woman was struggling under the ruins. Gradually, she moved away what was on her body and crawled out. She was a well-shaped woman. She was Shadow.

After she crawled out, Shadow looked around. The moment she saw the black parcel besides, a comforting smile was presented on the bloody corners of her mouth. Then she hobbled towards the parcel immediately.

It was the surprise she wanted to show Qin Hao. It was why she had insisted on participating in the mission.