Chapter 75

Snow was dressed in white today. This was the first time that she had seen him dressed in white. When he was dressed in black, he looked as elegant as a king; when he was dressed in white, he looked like an immortal. Hearing the women’s screams, Duanmu Xi suddenly had the same idea as Xuanyuan Mo had before. Likewise, she also wanted to hide him somewhere for herself to appreciate only.

However, his white clothes looked so familiar. Oh right, his white clothes were the same as hers! The only difference was that he was wearing the male version. His lower hem and the sleeves were embroidered with auspicious clouds while hers were embroidered with butterflies. It turned out that Snow made two suits of clothes, which looked like lovers’ clothes in modern times.

Since Xuanyuan Mo got on the stage, his amber eyes had been fixed on Duanmu Xi. Looking at her wearing the same white clothes, Xuanyuan Mo slightly smiled.

Nalan Xi looked at Xuanyuan Mo and Mei Luo and introduced to all, “Let me introduce him to you. Elder Xuanyuan is the special elder of our instrument forging department. This year, the trial will be led by him and Elder Mei of the spiritual master department.”

They were both unfathomably capable. With them leading the team, he could be more than assured. Most importantly, since they went along, Xi’s safety would be guaranteed.

Xiahou Shan on the stage kept staring at Xuanyuan Mo. It was the first time that she had ever met such a handsome man. In every aspect, Xuanyuan Mo was good enough for her. She must get him regardless.

When Hua Xian’er saw Xuanyuan Mo, her coquettish narrow and long eyes sparkled. This man really would do everything for the sake of Duanmu Xi. Things would become much more troublesome with this man around.

“Okay. Let me remind you again. It is very dangerous in the Spiritual Beast Forest. You may be in big trouble if you are careless. It is still not late if you want to give up or just can’t go because of being injured in the contest,” Nalan Xi said and then waited for a moment. Having got no reply, he concluded, “In this case, just be ready to set off.”

The moment Nalan Xi finished talking, Mei Luo walked forward and shouted, “Water Dragon.”

As Mei Luo shouted, a sky blue dragon showed itself before all.

“Gosh. What a huge dragon…”

“It’s such a beautiful big dragon…”

“It is really a dragon. This is the first time I’ve really seen a dragon…”

Upon seeing the dragon, Hua Xian’er and the others were all shocked. They didn’t know that Elder Mei, who was always cold and rarely talked, should have such an awesome contracted beast. It was true that none of the elders of Shengjin Academy were ordinary.

The blue dragon hovered in the sky and then returned to Mei Luo. With a bound, Mei Luo just jumped on the back of the Water Dragon.

“Hop on.”

“Yes,” the others answered in unison and hopped on the back of the blue dragon.

“I envy them so much. I wish I could sit on the dragon too.”

“Yeah, I wonder how it feels to sit on a dragon.”

Duanmu Xi didn’t jump on the back of the dragon and stand at the last until all the other students did it. Thereafter, Xuanyuan Mo also flew onto the back of the dragon and stood behind her. The moment they stood together, the others on the ground just noticed one thing.

“Look. Duanmu Xi and Elder Xuanyuan are dressed up alike!”

“They are not only dressed up alike but the same. The two of them make a perfect match!”

“Exactly! They are meant to be together…”

Hearing the gossiping down there, Xuanyuan Mo smiled happily. These people had a better eye than before.

Duanmu Xi cast a suspicious glance at Xuanyuan Mo. Was that why Snow put on the white clothes instead?

The others on the Water Dragon heard the gossiping and all looked back at Duanmu Xi and Xuanyuan Mo. They saw the beautiful couple whose white clothes billowed in the wind and hair intertwined with each other. Standing in the wind, the couple looked so harmonious and marvelous. As the onlookers said, they were meant to be together. The first impression they had about the couple was that they were such a perfect couple. Then, they just couldn’t help feeling envious and jealous.

As Mei Luo called for setting off, the big blue dragon started to fly southeast quickly.

Duanmu Xi put all her weight on Xuanyuan Mo and her lips curved into a relieved smile. She felt so good to have Snow around.

Xuanyuan Mo looked at the girl nestling against him with his face full of affection. He put his arms around her waist gently and buried his face against her shoulders.

“When did you become the special elder of Shengjin Academy?” She thought she would be separated from Snow for several months yesterday. However, today, Snow just gave her such a big surprise.

“This morning.” Without raising his head, Xuanyuan Mo still kept his face buried against Duanmu Xi’s shoulders and his warm breath just blew over her neck. Feeling her shiver in his arms, Xuanyuan Mo had a sensation through his body and tightened his arms around Duanmu Xi. Then, he captured her delicate earlobe with his lips.

Duanmu Xi quivered again, her face turning rosy instantly. She bit her lips harshly and tried not to let out any groan.

Xuanyuan Mo watched Duanmu Xi hurting her own red lips and felt pitiful for her. He raised his hand to move her lips away from her teeth, “Don’t bite your lips.”

“Then you mustn’t do that again.” Duanmu Xi turned around and glanced at Xuanyuan Mo angrily. There were so many people ahead. If the people found them like this, they would be so embarrassed!

“What did I do?” Xuanyuan Mo’s bantering laughter sounded in her ears, “You are too sensitive.”

Duanmu Xi blushed again at once and then pinched his arm harshly.

Xuanyuan Mo didn’t feel pain at all. He still clutched Duanmu Xi tightly and whispered to her ears, “But I like it.”

Duanmu Xi felt even more bashful. She had no idea when he became so shameless.

Accompanied by Xuanyuan Mo on the way, Duanmu Xi didn’t feel bored at all. Five days passed quickly. The Water Dragon finally arrived at Ghost Valley.

Ghost Valley was situated in the southeast of the Hantian Continent. If they wanted to go to the Spiritual Beast Forest, they must arrive at Ghost Valley first. It was the entrance of the Spiritual Beast Forest.

Just like Zhongzhou, Ghost Valley was independent, which didn’t belong to any empire. The difference was that Zhongzhou was very big whereas Ghost Valley was very small. Specifically, Ghost Valley was an ownerless town. However, Ghost Valley had its own feature. That was, all the mercenary groups gathered here.

Because Ghost Valley used to be a part of Spiritual Beast Forest, there were big spiritual beasts in Ghost Valley. As a result, fewer and fewer people were here while those who stayed became stronger and stronger.

Spiritual Beast Forest was extremely dangerous but many people still wanted to go in there for some reason. Thus, the career of mercenary came into being. As the number of mercenaries grew, mercenary groups were formed, which became the feature of Ghost Valley. Many people would come here to hire the mercenary group to take them to Spiritual Beast Forest.

The Water Dragon landed slowly. The twelve people all got off the Water Dragon slowly. Among them, only Duanmu Xi, Xuanyuan Mo and Mei Luo looked fine whereas the others all looked feeble with dark circles.

Mei Luo took the Water Dragon back and glanced at the crowd, saying casually, “We will find a place to stay overnight and go to the Spiritual Beast Forest tomorrow morning.” They hadn’t eaten, drunk or rested for five days and five nights. Even she could hardly hang on anymore, let alone the others.

They searched around and finally found an average inn.

There were twelve of them and they were all good-looking. When they entered the inn together, they immediately attracted the attention of all the people in the inn.

“Twelve top-class rooms.” Mei Luo put a blue crystal on the counter.

The inn manager immediately came out of the inn and greeted them with clasped hands, “You must be from Shengjin Academy.”

Mei Luo was dazed and slightly frowned. How did he know they were from Shengjin Academy? Today, they were not dressed in the uniform of Shengjin Academy.

The inn manager seemed to see through Mei Luo’s doubt and immediately explained, “Here is the thing. Every year, Shengjin Academy will send a batch of students to the Spiritual Beast Forest for a trial at this time. This place is sparsely populated. I can rarely meet several strangers all year round. Even if we’ve got visitors here, they are mostly in groups of three and four. Yet, there are twelve of you coming here at this time. That’s why I guess you are from Shengjin Academy.”

So that explained it. Mei Luo straightened her eyebrows, “Arrange rooms for us then.”

The inn manager chuckled with embarrassment, “Madam, there are not so many rooms. Now, only six rooms are available. Look…” There were supposed to be ten rooms but somehow these days, there were especially many guests. Two batches of guests had arrived and took up four rooms.

Hearing that, Mei Luo frowned again, “Is there any other inn around?”

“No, this is the only inn here.” Unlike other places, Ghost Valley was so scary that even ghosts didn’t dare to come here. An inn could hardly sustain. How could there be a few inns?

Mei Luo glanced over the tired faces of the others and then turned to say to the inn manager, “We’ll take the six rooms then. Please prepare some food for us first.”

“Okay! Please have a seat over there and the dishes will be served soon.” While receiving them, the manager summoned his son to prepare the meal for them.

After eating, Mei Luo looked at the others who were somewhat recovered, saying, “You’ve heard the manager too. There are six rooms only but we’ve got twelve people. Therefore, we have to stay in the rooms in pairs.”

Before Mei Luo finished talking, Xiahou Shan screamed, “What do you mean by ‘in pairs’? I won’t share a room with another person.”

“If you don’t want to stay here, you can find another place to stay overnight.” Mei Luo’s cold voice was even colder now.

Her words just rendered Xiahou Shan speechless. There was no other inn than this place in Ghost Valley. If she didn’t stay here, where could she go to?

Mei Luo glanced around again and then said, “If any two of you want to stay in one room, you can tell me beforehand.”

“Can I stay in the room with my girl?” Right after Mei Luo finished talking, Xue Luochen asked.

Hearing that, Hua Ye’er slightly blushed and looked back to glare at Xue Luochen. He immediately shut up docilely.

“Well… Male and female cannot stay in one room.” Then, Mei Luo also glanced at Duanmu Xi and Xuanyuan Mo.

Duanmu Xi instantly blushed and had to lower her head to cover her embarrassment while Xuanyuan Mo looked aside slowly.

“Since you have no special request, I will distribute the rooms then. Xue Luochen and Lian Zhengyu stay in Room 1, Mu Jianfeng and Yue Ruye in Room 2, Feng Xifan and Elder Xuanyuan in Room 5, Hua Xian’er and Chu Lian’er in Room 6, Hua Ye’er and Xiahou Shan in Room 7, Duanmu Xi and I in Room 8. Now all of you go back to your rooms for a rest.”

After Mei Luo finished talking, they all went to their own rooms respectively.

In Room 7, Xiahou Shan looked at the woman who suddenly walked into her room and asked with a frown, “It’s you? I guess you came to the wrong room.”