Dual Cultivation In Martial Peak

Chapter 13- Courage

"Brother Su, the Nine Yin Dew Crystals will appear soon. Can I ask you a question?" Xia Ning Chang asked, looking into Su Mu's eyes.

"What is it?" Su Mu asked.

"I heard from my master that initially, you were unwilling to help when he asked. Yet, when you heard that I was the one who needed help, you agreed to hear him out. Why was that?" Xia Ning Chang asked.

From what Meng Wuya told her, she thought that Su Mu had some ulterior motives for this. So Meng Wuya told her to be careful around Su Mu.

"Then answer my question first. What happened to Treasurer Meng? As far as I know, he isn't injured." Su Mu asked.

Hearing his words, Xia Ning Chang's face flushed. "That's because... I drugged him."

Looking at him laugh at her, Xia Ning Chang continued. "Now tell me why you accepted the offer to help me?"

"It's simple. Treasurer Meng now owes me a debt for helping his beloved disciple." Su Mu replied, making Xia Ning Chang sad. She thought that he helped because it was related to her.

Just as the two were talking, something suddenly changed within the mountain valley.

According to logic, in this type of mountain valley with high cliffs on all four sides, there shouldn't be any wind. But currently, the howling wind had begun to blow within the valley, like a woman weeping at night, chilling the heart.

Following the chilling wind, cold air rose from the ground. This cold air wasn't like the winter's chill, rather it was more like the chill brought by a ghost or malicious creature, freezing one to their core.

'This Yin Qi is annoying.' Su Mu thought, feeling uncomfortable.

"Junior Brother!" Xia Ning Chang called out, she mistook the displeased expression on Su Mu's face for struggle and pulled Su Mu to her side, quickly taking out a purple jade pendant.

As soon as Su Mu came closer to Xia Ning Chang, he felt the coldness disappear and become replaced by a warmth that filled his entire body.

"Stay close to me and don't stray too far. This jade pendant can counter the cold from the Yin energy."

Looking at the artefact in her hand, Su Mu saw that it was a secret artefact, and due to her injection of Yuan Qi, it emitted a glow, dispersing the surrounding Yin energy.

"Why are you staring at me?" Xia Ning Chang's face turned red and her voice was as soft as a mozzie.

Hearing a shout from far away, Xia Ning Chang suddenly became alert, the blush on her face was replaced by a serious expression.

"How come there are other people here?" Xia Ning Chang furrowed her delicate eyebrows, something wasn't right.

According to what she knew, this place was ordinary throughout the year and only on the seventh of July, did this change take place. This couldn't have come to the attention of anyone.

In other words, those people who were not that far away came for the same thing as them, either they knew about this change or they were here for them.

The possibility of the latter was enormous, and it looked like they had quite a large number of people on their side. But thankfully, some of them died while jumping down the cliff, indicating the person's low cultivation level.

If these people came to Black Wind Mountain to seek medicine or to hunt Demonic Beasts, they wouldn't bring people with such low levels of cultivation and they wouldn't move in such large groups. "Looks like we have got trouble." With many thoughts racing through her mind, Xia Ning Chang suggested. "Let's flee first, Junior Brother."

"Where do you think you're going?" A cold voice transmitted from behind them. Then, suddenly a silhouette appeared a few feet in front of the two people, impeding their path.

Wen Fei Chen, a True Element 5th Stage Cultivator, arrived there to block Su Mu and Xia Ning Chang. Seeing that the other two weren't foolishly attacking him, he didn't launch another attack, but instead calmly stood in the same place.

Su Mu didn't enter his eyes with his pitiful 3rd Stage Initial Element cultivation, but when he saw Xia Ning Chang wearing the veil, Wen Fei Chang admired the beautiful pure girl in his heart. Although he couldn't see her facial features, with those eyes clear like stars her looks couldn't be common. More so, the figure of this girl was also outstanding.

"This person is a True Element Boundary powerhouse, so Junior Brother doesn't act rashly." Xia Ning Chang warned Su Mu in a soft voice.

"Just focus on the array you created earlier." Su Mu lightly whispered to Xia Ning Chang, making her eyes widen in surprise. Although the Array was to capture the Nine Yin Dew Crystals, it can be used for offensive purposes as well.

But since they were in no situation to talk, Xia Ning Chang slowly started manipulating the battle array she created earlier while making sure that Wen Fei Chen wouldn't notice.

Since she was the one who asked Su Mu for help, Xia Ning Chang decided that she'll do whatever it takes to ensure that he is safe in this situation.

'She is too nice for this world. Just how much did Meng Wuya protect her?' Su Mu thought, looking at Xia Ning Chang with a smile. He was waiting for everyone from the Blood Battle Group and Storm House to arrive to get rid of them all at once.

After some time, the other people from Blood Battle Gang and Storm House caught up, and they were all looking at Su Mu and Xia Ning Chang with bad intentions.

"Who the hell are you?" Su Mu asked, quite sure that the dumbest person in the room would reply first.

"I am a person who wants to send you to your death." Long Hui came from behind Wen Fei Chen, smiling coldly. When saw Xia Ning Chang his eyes immediately emitted green light, looking at her with lewd eyes, he said, "Wonderful, wonderful! What a beautiful pure girl, this time really was worth it!"

Xia Ning Chang furrowed her delicate eyebrows, her face revealing her loathing of him; she hid quietly behind Su Mu. Although her strength was higher than Su Mu's by many times, she was very innocent, so hiding behind Su Mu didn't have any meaning but rather it was the instinct of a woman.

Long Hui knew victory was in his hands, so he didn't want to hide his status, "Boy, let me tell you, I am Blood Battle Gang Vice Guild Master Long Zai Tian's Grandson, you dare to have ideas about Hui Mei'er, and did you ever think that because of it you would be in such a pinch today?"

Hearing Long Hui, Nu Lang also gloomily said. "Nu Tao is my younger brother. He and Chen Shao Feng together have disappeared without a trace, boy I wanted to ask you if their disappearance has any relation to you."

"I'm having ideas about Hu Mei'er? That's an assumption even funnier than that stupid face of yours. As far as Mei'er and Jiao'er are concerned, they are already mine." Su Mu said with a smile, looking at Long Hui. Su Mu didn't say anything more to Long Hui knowing that the latter was a dead man. Turning towards Nu Long, Su Mu continued. "If you mean the Initial Element 5th Stage trash, then yes, I killed him. A man at least deserves to know how his brother died, so I will tell you. A sword pierced right through his heart, he wasn't even able to complete his last words before his body turned to ashes. The worst thing is that he was hit by a sword on his back, indicating his cowardice." At the end of his words, Su Mu shook his head with a regrettable expression, but everyone present was able to guess that Su Mu was blandly mocking Nu Tao.

"You..." Nu Tao growled, anger visible on his face.

Looking at the discomfort and irritation on Long Hui's face, Wen Fei Chen directly launched a palm towards Su Mu.

Su Mu looked at the incoming attack without a change in his expression, just as his right hand was about to touch the hilt of his sword, Xia Ning Chang jumped between Su Mu and the incoming attack, protecting him.

Looking at this scene, Wen Fei Chen smirked. As far as he was concerned, dealing with that woman was important. As for Su Mu, although he was acting tough in front of them, Wen Fei Chen doubted that Su Mu could do anything in this battle.

Suddenly the sapphire on her forehead emitted a mysterious and profound ripple, which was followed by a semi-circular light, completely covering her and Su Mu.

When Wen Fei Chen's strike came in contact with the light curtain, it just dissolved away.

Xia Ning Chang stood there motionlessly with a frosty expression.

Wen Fei Chen dropped to the ground, his eyes staring at the light curtain with a shocked expression. His voice cracking he shouted "Heaven Grade Treasure!"

"What did you say?" Long Hui finally diverted his attention from Xia Ning Chang and looked at Wen Fei Chen. His voice slightly shaking, he asked, "Lord Wen, what did you say a moment ago?"

Wen Fei Chen's cheeks trembled; his eyes contained a faint trace of greed.

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he said, "Heaven Grade Treasure! to be able toresist my attack so easily, this is a Heaven Grade Treasure without a doubt."

"Are you serious?" Long Hui was excited beyond belief. He hadn't thought that this time while eradicating this pipsqueak Su Mu; who was nothing more than a bug; not only would he obtain a beautiful woman, but he would also gain a Heaven Grade Treasure.

Heaven Grade Treasures are priceless items, in the Blood Battle Gang, only Hu Man had one of these.

If this Heaven Grade Treasure were to land in his grandfather's lap, it could increase his strength by another level; perhaps even Hu Man would no longer be his match.

"Seize! We must seize it!" Long Hui screeched in excitement. "Lord Wen if you can snatch this, in the future the Vice Guild Master's position will belong to you."

Hearing this Wen Fei Chen looked inspired. "Many thanks for Young Master Long's care."

Although he said that, he knew that breaking the defence of that Heaven Grade Treasure was not an easy feat. Given how his earlier strike had no effect, he knew that this bone would be very hard to gnaw. However, luck was on their side, with this small girl's strength she would be unable to protect both herself and Su Mu for an extended period. So if he attacked unceasingly, there was a chance of breaking this light curtain.

"Begin!" With this thought, Wen Fei Chen started to hit the light curtain. At the same time, other masters from the Blood Battle Gang also stepped forward to fiercely display their skills.

Under these numerous strikes, many ripples were created on the light curtain. But, by the light curtain's protection Xia Ning Chang and Su Mu remained unharmed, meanwhile, all the attacks were completely dissipated.

"Junior Brother, are you afraid?" Xia Ning Chang suddenly asked, making Su Mu smile.

'Although she is naive and shy, she does possess courage when needed.' Su Mu thought.

"Why would I be afraid?" He replied, making Xia Ning Chang narrow her eyes.

"We could die, are you not afraid?" Xia Ning Chang asked again.

"We cultivators live with the risk of dying every single day, do we not? What about you, are you afraid?" Su Mu replied. Since Xia Ning Chang was working so hard, he decided to see how far she could go. Either way, as long as he is here, her safety is guaranteed.

"I'm not afraid!" Xia Ning Chang smiled gently. "They do not know the consequences of their actions."

On July seventh, Yin Qi would gather! The place where these Nine Yin Dew Crystals gather suddenly emitted a cold and gloomy Yin Qi one after another from within the ground. This Yin Qi formed a strange, big hand on the surface of the earth. It kept on growing bigger; whoever looked at it would be frightened.

In the blink of an eye, the temperature in the mountain valley fell drastically, and the bone-seeping cold made everyone tremble.

The powerhouses from the Blood Battle Gang suddenly realised that their Yuan Qi was being sucked away by the Yin Qi in the atmosphere.

Although this Yin Qi was making these people uncomfortable, it was not life-threatening; as long as they could still circulate their Yuan Qi it didn't pose a big problem. However, the Disciples from Storm House, whose cultivations were low, wouldn't be able to resist this Yin Qi for a long time. If they stayed here for a long time, their Yuan Qi would be exhausted and they would freeze to death.

In an instant, the entire mountain valley was buried in Yin Qi. Xia Ning Chang suddenly moved, her appearance was graceful like she was dancing. With unknown hand signs, her Yuan Qi was divided into many parts and dispersed.