The Carnation Goddess

It was now night in the mountain wilderness.

Shen Lie said quietly as he waved his feather fan, "Let's setup camp in this place."

When he had said that, all the trainee protégés in his group began to fall down in a great show of exhaustion.

None of them bothered to setup a camp fire for they were all dead tired.

The only exception was Jie Ying and she knew that it was because of Shen Lie.

Shen Lie quietly said to them, "I am going to scout ahead of us for any dangers."

Jie Ying quickly said after him, "Shen Lie, let me follow after you."

Shen Lie hesitated for a while, "Are you sure that you don't want to rest?"

Jie Ying added with a firm smile, "I am not tired."

Shen Lie hesitated for a while before he sighed, "Alright. But let's hurry."

Jie Ying was startled, "Let's hurry? Where?"

She was suddenly flustered; was Shen Lie taking her to a dark place so that they could finally copulate with each other?

There was an eager anticipation in her eyes as she nodded.

As they moved away together, Jie Ying asked Shen Lie. "Are you bluffing that Xiong Ba earlier? Is his route really that dangerous?"

Shen Lie laughed awkwardly, "Actually our route is the most dangerous."

Jie Ying: …

She muttered weakly, "Then why did you have to choose this route then…"

Shen Lie laughed awkwardly when he had heard her.

They continued to walk for a while until Jie Ying asked him, "We seem to be far away from our camp now. Is this really alright? It may be dangerous if we get too far away."

She was flushing as she said that.

Shen Lie smiled, "We are actually trying to get into the face of danger."

Jie Ying looked a little perplexed, "Why? Are you a secret martial expert? If we are in danger, you can then protect us?"

Shen Lie laughed awkwardly, "Actually martial arts are my weakness."

Jie Ying: ???

Shen Lie asked her, "You know that martial arts have a 1 to 9 level. 1st is the strongest. Above the 1st level, there are also 4 other martial realms; the Martial Soul Realm, the Martial Pinnacle Realm, the Divine Martial Realm and the True Martial Realm?"

Jie Ying was startled, "I really didn't know about this. No one has taught me this before. Then what martial realm are you at?"

Shen Lie laughed softly before he said awkwardly, "I am at the 9th level."

Jie Ying: …

Jie Ying: …

Jie Ying: …

Isn't this the same as not saying?

Shen Lie asked her quietly, "Do you think that the Saintess Sheng Feiyan depends on her martial arts or cultivation realm to defeat her opponents?"

Jie Ying pondered for a while before she answered, "Naturally it is her cultivation realm, am I right?"

Shen Lie smiled, "You are not wrong but is only half right."

He paused for a while before adding, "Saintess Sheng Feiyan has a Flying Lotus profound treasure and she can kill dozens of high level cultivators in a blink of an eye."

Jie Ying was startled as she stared at Shen Lie, "I didn't know about this. How do you know about this?"

Shen Lie laughed gently but did not reply her; he knew all of the profound treasures of the 7 holy saintesses and he had purposely given them several trump cards each so that they would not end up killing one another in the future.

All of a sudden Shen Lie had waved his hand and a big wooden box had appeared next to him, startling Jie Ying.

Jie Ying gasped, "What is this?"

Shen Lie smiled, "This is the Flying Armament Box. You can have it."

Jie Ying was startled, "I can have this? Are you sure? Where did you get this?"

Shen Lie laughed softly, "I have actually got it from a friend of mine after I have decided to come here."

He had better not tell her that it was a crown princess of the demonic race that had given him this profound treasure or he would have a hard time explaining his position.

Jie Ying smiled, "It is only a box. What can it do?"

Shen Lie smiled, "You will know very soon."

Indeed, there was a sudden howling and a large gigantic moving desolate beast was suddenly seen along with dozens of desolate beasts.

And they were prowling in the cool mountain forest that was overlooking them.

Obviously they were spotted for they were standing in the open ridge that was facing these desolate beasts.

Jie Ying was stunned, "This is a 7th rank King Fenris Wolf and there are dozens of 4th rank desolate Fenris Wolves too. I didn't even sense their profound animus until they are near… we can't win. Even one of these 4th rank desolate Fenris Wolf is enough to kill us. We can't defeat them or even hurt them with our swords. Their hide is too thick…"

Shen Lie nodded slowly as he waved his feather fan with a soft sigh, "Even I can't do anything against that 7th rank King Fenris Wolf."

Jie Ying asked him, "Then why are we here in the first place?"

Shen Lie laughed softly, "Although we can't do a thing with our martial skills but this box can do the trick."

He then gently kicked the box and all of a sudden the big wooden box began to split in all directions, revealing 9 divine swords.

When Jie Ying saw the divine swords, she was stunned…

A divine sword was really very rare in the Fenghua Great Continent and only the important cultivators of the clan would be able to lay their hands on one.

Shen Lie said quietly, "There are 9 flying divine swords here. I call them Sword 1 to 9. 1 is the weakest and 9 is the strongest."

"Sword number 1. Half-step divine sword."

"Sword number 2. Mortal-step divine sword."

"Sword number 3. Earth-step divine sword."

"Sword number 4. Heaven-step divine sword."

"Sword number 5. Celestial-step divine sword."

"Sword number 6. Immortal-step divine sword."

"Sword number 7. Saint-step divine sword."

"Sword number 8. Emperor-step divine sword."

"Sword number 9. Deity-step divine sword."

Jie Ying was trembling with astonishment; it was because sword 4 onward was extremely rare and she had not heard of anyone having any divine sword above a sword number 5.

And he had merely said without being the least mindful that all these divine swords were for her?!

This was too exaggerated.

And what sort of a friend would be so generous to give him such a box of divine swords?!

But divine swords had a restriction and they would need plenty of profound strength to wield and that would require the cultivator to be a high level cultivator first.

Was Shen Lie a high level cultivator with a powerful profound strength?!

But if he was such a high level cultivator, would he require so many divine swords in the first place?

Jie Ying would get her answer very soon.

It was because Shen Lie had said to the divine swords in the box, "Sword number 1 to 9. Heed my divine voice. Fly!"

When he had said that, all 9 divine swords were suddenly flying now in a circular path and there were 9 flying swords that were suddenly flying with a tremendous speed toward the group of Fenris Wolves!

The Deity-step flying sword simply cut the 7th rank desolate King Fenris Wolf in pieces, killing it dead so fast that it could not even regenerate with its cultivation core.

In just a few blinks of an eye, dozens of desolate beasts were dead instantly and all 9 flying swords were back in the wooden box.

These flying swords were not simple flying swords; they seemed to have a will on their own as it sought out its targets and would rotate all over the intended vicinity until all their targets were destroyed.

Jie Ying was completely startled by what she was seeing…

However Shen Lie merely said casually to her, "You may not be able to use all nine of the flying swords with your current cultivation level. But don't worry. When you are a saintess, you can definitely use all but the most powerful of these divine swords…"

Before Shen Lie had finished what he was going to say to her, Jie Ying had suddenly fainted.

The reason why Jie Ying had fainted was because this gift was too heavy and even if there was a 9th rank desolate beast, she was sure that Shen Lie would be able to use the deity-step divine sword to kill it.

In fact, one strongest divine sword in this wooden box was able to kill all the desolate Fenris Wolves; there was no need to use all 9 of the divine swords as flying swords!

While the high level cultivators had to condense their profound energies to create their astonishing killing profound arts, Shen Lie had used real divine swords to slice his enemies apart.

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Author Note:

1) Shen Lie is stronger than he has looked!

2) There is a crown princess among the demonic race that Shen Lie has actually known.