Chapter 541: [Full of Compassion] (Part 1)

Xu Mitian lightly moved her lotus steps, walking slowly toward the crowd, coming to a bandit, she gracefully raised her right hand, her five fingers dancing like orchids, slowly sweeping down onto the bandit's head. A horrifying scene appeared: the bandit's whole body trembled violently; in a short time his black hair turned gray, then became as white as snow, his youthful face instantly underwent the changes from youth to middle age to old age, his body like a magnet attracting his companions one after another to cling to him, eighteen bandits' bodies pressed together like a human centipede, their internal force flowing through the channels formed in their flesh finally entered Xu Mitian's body.

Xu Mitian's originally snow‑white pretty face gradually showed a hint of red; as the incoming internal force increased, her complexion became even more radiant like a flower.

Hu Xiaotian felt a chill from the bottom of his heart seeing this scene, damn! Is this woman a white bone demon reborn? She actually absorbs others' internal force alive—could this be the legendary Whale Swallowing Grand Technique? Indeed impressive, at this speed Xu Mitian could easily become the number one under heaven.

Eighteen withered corpses slowly fell to the ground; witnessing this scene, the surviving members of the Hunshui Gang thought they had encountered a man‑eating monster, their souls fled in terror, yet they had the will to escape but not the strength; all they could do was wag their tails and beg for mercy, wailing miserably.

Xu Mitian closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and when she opened them again, a faint blue light flickered in her pupils; she coldly said, "Whoever dares to make a sound will end up like them." This threat indeed worked, frightening them into silence, the scene fell dead‑quiet, even the sound of a falling needle could be heard.

Xu Mitian walked slowly to Hu Xiaotian, Hu Xiaotian's face beaming with sunshine: "Sister. I knew you would definitely come to save me."

Xu Mitian chuckled and sent a mental transmission to Hu Xiaotian: "Just now who was cursing me?"

Hu Xiaotian turned to the bandits: "Who? Which bastard just cursed my sister?" This fellow had inhaled some poisonous mist, so his speech was weak and feeble.

None of those bandits dared to answer, fearing to provoke Xu Mitian and be turned into dried corpses; yet none wanted to take the blame for Hu Xiaotian, each shaking his head vigorously, meaning it had nothing to do with them. Someone felt this expression was insufficient, so he pointed his finger at Hu Xiaotian, the motion uniform and synchronized, looking from afar like they were doing group exercises.

Xu Mitian gazed gloomily at Hu Xiaotian: "With so many witnesses, you still want to deny it?"

Hu Xiaotian said: "Are you mistaken? Are they even human? Even if they are, they are our enemies; we razed their lair, we killed so many of them, they surely hate us to the core, naturally they want us to destroy each other, they'd love for you to slap me to death—you're so smart, could you really be fooled by these petty thieves?"

Xu Mitian said: "That does sound reasonable." She turned to the crowd: "Who heard clearly what he just said? If you tell the truth, I will spare his life."

Faced with the prospect of life, everyone stepped forward bravely, but when Hu Xiaotian had cursed Xu Mitian earlier, only about a dozen people nearby heard clearly. One spoke up first: "He said, Xu Mitian. If I catch you, I'll stab you ten thousand times……"

As soon as the words fell, Xu Mitian raised her hand; an invisible force pulled that man's body toward her, he flew involuntarily, Xu Mitian struck him with a palm from afar, the bandit instantly froze into an ice corpse; even after his body solidified he continued flying toward Xu Mitian, when he was still about a zhang away, Xu Mitian unleashed her palm force again, the frozen corpse shattered, flesh and blood flying into countless pieces, bones crushed to dust.

Hu Xiaotian secretly sighed, Xu Mitian's temperament is violent and ruthless, she kills at the slightest displeasure; that bandit indeed spoke the truth—these days, telling the truth means death?

Hu Xiaotian said: "This matter has nothing to do with them; if you have anger, direct it at me—why harm the innocent?"

Xu Mitian nodded, grabbed Hu Xiaotian with one hand, tapped her toes, and after a few leaps they arrived inside the Hunshui Gang's lair; Hu Xiaotian looked around and saw corpses scattered everywhere, it seemed that while she had drawn the gang's attention, Xu Mitian had already slaughtered the guards guarding the lair, this woman is truly cold‑blooded, her killing intent too heavy.

Xu Mitian gritted her teeth: "Hu Xiaotian, you dare expose my identity."

Hu Xiaotian smiled: "Sister, this isn't my fault; you set me up first—you saw the situation then, so many people surrounded me alone, I thought I would surely die, a dying person's words are kind, I didn't say anything bad."

Xu Mitian raised her eyebrows: "So despicable and shameless, still claiming it's not bad talk?"

Hu Xiaotian said: "The way I say it actually proves you have an irresistible attraction to me, so one strike isn't enough, a hundred strikes aren't enough, a thousand strikes still aren't enough—at least ten thousand strikes are needed; if I could survive, not only ten thousand but even a hundred thousand strikes would be deserved."

Although Xu Mitian is a female demon who kills without blinking, facing Hu Xiaotian, this shameless scoundrel also gives her a huge headache; after holding back for a long time she only managed to say: "Shameless!"

Hu Xiaotian said: "The shameless have no fear; I'm not afraid of death, I fear dying unknown and meaningless, especially dying at the hands of those low‑life scoundrels—being able to die in sister's hands is my honor, dying under a pomegranate skirt, even as a ghost I'd be romantic. However, I still have one wish unfulfilled; I cannot die yet."

Xu Mitian said: "What is your wish?"

Hu Xiaotian said: "My wish is to help sister cultivate the Myriad Poison Spirit Body; I don't fear death, I just fear it would affect sister."

Xu Mitian said: "Hu Xiaotian, you don't need to sweet‑talk in front of me; I know exactly what you think."

Hu Xiaotian said: "Understood, sister truly is my confidant." He kept calling her sister, which made Xu Mitian annoyed; actually she never intended to kill him, she nodded and said: "This time I'll spare your life; I've helped you so many times, from now on handle your own affairs."

Hearing her say that, Hu Xiaotian knew he had again avoided disaster, secretly delighted: "Number one poison master? White bone demon? I have a Ruyi Jingu Bang, I'll specially smash you white bone demon." He whispered: "Just now that technique was the Whale Swallowing Grand Technique, right?"

Xu Mitian replied calmly: "Also counts as some insight."

Hu Xiaotian said: "Could it be you really want to drain all the internal force from those outsiders?"

"How?"

"Actually this matter isn't that important to me; I once heard Quan De'an say that using this method to gain internal force can indeed rapidly boost martial arts in the short term, but the foundation isn't solid, and later there is a risk of qi deviation; the more foreign true qi absorbed, the greater the harm; once martial arts can't suppress those foreign internal forces, a backlash occurs, and then no one can be saved."

Xu Mitian said: "Are you afraid I'll die?"

Hu Xiaotian nodded: "Afraid!"

"I don't need your concern."

Hu Xiaotian said: "You may not need it, but you can't stop me; my concern for you comes from the heart."

"Hypocrite!" Xu Mitian gave Hu Xiaotian three icy words, then added: "You understand all those principles I mentioned; why not transmit the Formless Divine Skill to me?"

"Sure! I only know some basic breathing and qi‑regulation formulas; listen carefully."

Xu Mitian originally intended to give Hu Xiaotian a difficult problem, but she didn't expect him to accept without hesitation; she felt both surprised and gradually grew fond of him—nothing else, just the four words Formless Divine Skill alone are treasured by martial artists, Hu Xiaotian hid nothing, this fellow's bearing is certainly not ordinary.

Xu Mitian said: "You don't need to say more; I don't want to hear, and the Formless Divine Skill is useless to me; what they looted has mostly been moved into the lair, finding those things isn't hard." She said this and prepared to leave.

Hu Xiaotian hurriedly called out: "Sister, you seem to have forgotten something."

Xu Mitian frowned: "What?"

"Please sister, dispel the poison in me." Xu Mitian said: "I thought the Formless Divine Skill was omnipotent; practitioners of the Formless Divine Skill are immune to all poisons."

Hu Xiaotian didn't mind her mockery, smiling: "I only learned the most superficial introductory exercises; besides, my talent in martial arts is truly poor, I have no hope in this lifetime."

Xu Mitian said: "Timid as a mouse, you weren't poisoned by poison smoke but by confusion smoke; splash some cold water on your face, you'll wake up soon."

"Are the Hunshui Gang members the same?"

Xu Mitian said: "Judging by the situation, they'll recover a bit slower than you; after you recover, you can kill them one by one."

Hu Xiaotian thought of the hundreds outside; if he killed them all, his hands would be soaked in blood—actually when fighting for his life earlier he didn't feel anything about killing, but to make him kill those who have completely lost the ability to resist, Hu Xiaotian felt reluctant. He said: "Sister, aren't you going to keep absorbing internal force?"

Xu Mitian coldly said: "From now on you are not allowed to mention this matter in front of me."

Hu Xiaotian secretly cursed Xu Mitian's hypocrisy, allowing her to do it but forbidding him to speak; saying this Whale Swallowing Grand Technique really gives one the creeps—if this woman ever gets angry, wouldn't she suck him dry into a human jerky? But thinking again, he had been sucked by her before, not the first time, he laughed: "Sister says what she says, but killing these hundreds really makes me reluctant."

Xu Mitian said: "When did you become so full of compassion?" (To be continued~^~)