The sunrays could barely pass through the ancient trees' foliage. Zhi Rui walked underneath it all while carrying the unconscious Ren Zu.

"Why pretend to be asleep? Enjoying the ride?"

Ren Zu moved flustered "I-I'm s-sorry, I didn't k-know what to do. I-"

"Pfft-haha." Zhi Rui laughed. And put the clumsy woman down.

While she walked with a flustered Ren Zu behind. Zhi Rui processed a little of the information she memorized about Ren Zu inheritance.

'Etérnos.' was what they named their own race. A bunch of extremely proud beings. They were said to be created directly by the hands of an ancient goddess, Hence the reason for their strong arrogance. Though the name of the goddess was lost, She was said to be the most beautiful existence to have ever existed.

Zhi Rui thought about it and felt Ren Zu still nervously following her still peeved by her earlier blunder.

'....It doesn't fit her at all..'

"PfT-hehe." Zhi Rui chuckled again.

Being self-conscious Ren Zu flustered again. But then Zhi Rui's unusually stern voice reached her ears.

"Remember this: Do not show your basic abilities to anyone, fight hand to hand and lose. But don' use your new race trail abilities if it's not a death match, understand?

Ren Zu barely nodded when Zhi Rui said.

"We arrived."

Ren Zu looked but could see anything.

With a laugh, Zhi Rui waved her hand and the plants and trees ahead changed. A small village became visible.

Ren Zu's eyes widened fiercely. A couple was fighting throwing balls of fire and ice shards everywhere. While a group of people stood in a circle watching one of them fighting an ape hand to hand. A couple of young man and woman had crossed arms while watching with attention form above a tree.

They all stopped as Zhi Rui appeared, the ape roared loudly and smashed his chest in happiness.

Zhi Rui smiled

"Hello."

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Seating on a round table, Zhi Rui looked at Crystal and Rubble with a gentle smile.

The siblings had bitterness and rage in their hearts.

Zhi Rui wasn't surprised, only bewildered. She stripped them form their racial pride, branded the mas slaves And had them teach their royal fighting method to slaves that were working as high-class prostitutes just months ago.

After all that, they still don't harbor murderous feelings towards her.

It was a bit boring but Zhi Rui let them alone with a simple smile and turned to the quiet Shizu.

"You're a few steps behind. Izaya has already reached the fourth level."

The blonde knight. spoke without lifting her head form the book she was reading. "Well, he did have your 'help' "

Her words were concealed But Zhi Rui understood. Since the first time, she played with Izaya He became her "knight" As long as they keep evolving, then their cultivations can be 'shared' through the deed. Even Zhi Rui felt her core becoming tougher after the good night with him.

Zhi Rui only smiled a that and ent directly to her issue. "The underworld will be wild and fierce, full of things that people ceased to talk about for centuries, It might be dangerous. but it's better than boredom, will you follow me there?"

Shizu looked at her and remembered their talk on the forest. "I said to you before, I believe that to live for anything else other than oneself, is stupidity. It sure sounds fun going there, but I'm guessing you're planning on fighting very dangerous people..."

Zhi Rui Rolled her eyes and showed her an amused grin "You're planning on going anyway, yet you're still trying to gain something. Spill, what is it?"

Shizu, the knight that betrayed her master of years because he became hypocritically bitter and annoying. Gave back the same grin and roll eyes that Zhi Rui did.

"You knew I would want to go regardless yet you still asked me, you're just desperate for something amusing too."

Zhi Rui crossed her arms and squinted her eyes.

"So we both think we know each other's intentions...How about this." Zhi Rui's eyes gleamed and she leaned in.

"Betray me."

The people on the table looked at her with attention.

Zhi Rui's teeth were showing through her grin.

"I'll need a double-agent there. You'll do it, you'll betray me and prove your loyalty to others. It'll be as if I flipped a coin, where I try to guess whether you liked the other side more and turned on me, or you're still on my side.

Each time you feed me information, I'll have to wonder wether it's true or false. if I get every single one right then you'll owe me a wish.

"And what if you guess one wrong do I also get a wish?" Shizu's eyes glimmered.

"Yes, and a storage pouch filled with wealth and my best wishes for you and your new lord."

Silence prevailed for a few seconds, but Shizu smiled and nodded. They didn't need oaths for assurance, it was all about the pleasure amidst the chaos. if it pleases then they would do it, if it didn't then why keep it alive?

Zhi Rui smiled and turned towards Bai Hui and Yu Yan who were fighting just a few moments ago.

"You both stayed in the sect for a long time. Which place has high concentration of elemental energy?"

They both stared at her, She obviously didn't want the sect to know she was training her body. Bai Hui pointed a the forest with his chin.

"There are four locations that are prohibited to trespass and only some elders are allowed to go from time to time. You have to be level four to enter it. One is the lake under the ground, another near the volcano, Another is in the border from the forest to the desert. I only know these three. They say there's intelligent level five beasts in those places."

"There's also a place with dark energy. in the middle of the forest but I don't know where. These kinds of places are rarely ventured, even the elders from the sect avoid it and find other ways." Yu Yan chimed in.

Zhi Rui nodded and extended her hands at them. a Ying and Yan crystal laid brightly on their hands. Bai Huisotred in his pouch before most of the people could even see what it was while Yu Yan bowed and expressed her gratitude loudly.

"I owed you both a present." Zhi Ru said and got up. She called for Ren Zu And immediately entered deeper into the forest.