"Thank you for your kindness

,

Brother Liu

, and it

's nothing

but

a venerable elder died of acute disease." Xiao Yuebai replied with a wry smile.

It was definitely an excuse!

The old man who lost life on the altar pa.s.sed through Liu Ming's mind subconsciously. Liu thrilled but asked no more, then officially parted

with

the hefty fellow after a small talk.

Xiao Yuebai and Han Li personally

escorted

Liu Ming out of the gate of the Yuan Mo Sect to the edge of the enormous stone forest and returned.

"Senior disciple Xiao,

b

rother Liu

has gone.

Can you tell me now

who pa.s.sed away?" Han Li loosed his tongue on their way back.

"It's my master." Xiao Yuebai was silent for a moment before told him.

"Your master? What ... you mean Uncle Xin, are you sure?" Han Li was confused at first, but soon he sobbed out as he realized something.

"

It'

s only known to the top

as

we're investigating the cause of his death. After all, although he suffered from the demon power in his early years and had to be trapped in forbidden area, his sudden death is quite suspicious

and outrageous

. You shall try your best to keep it under raps for now." Xiao Yuebai sullenly

repli

ed.

Han Li nodded repeatedly in shock.

…

Liu Ming released a swift boat after his departure from Yuan Mo Sect, went straight to the

Country

of Da Xuan.

He finally got back to the Barbarian Ghost Sect more than two month later.

His long-term absence did not come into notice to many of the Barbarian Ghost Sect.

Liu Ming returned to his abode to have a three

-

day good rest, and started learning-by-doing the blood tiger's head according to the method described in the ancient book of the

Dragon and Tiger h.e.l.l Tricks

.

He came out invigorated a dozen days later with a bottle of carefully mixed purple spirit liquid, heading

to

the Yin-attribute

C

ave where he had practiced.

Time had pa.s.sed hours by hours, while Liu Ming had stayed there for more than a month.

This

day, some disciples pa.s.sed by the hill the

C

ave located, where suddenly came a loud bang inside, followed by a rus.h.i.+ng black air column, which turned into a black giant dragon and a tiger after splitting into two parts.

T

he two

greeted

each other playfully

the moment they

appeared in the air. One raised its head to cry, while the other lowered its head to roar, as if living creatures.

This was a really spectacle for the dumbfounded disciples.

A figure moved over an adjacent hill, which turned out to be the master of Barbarian Ghost Sect who stared at the extraordinary scene nearby

astonis.h.i.+ngly

.

"How amazing. It must be one of the younger disciples who gets to the Liquid Advanced Stage and reached the peak of perfection in cave directly." An old man emerged beside the master, who gave a surprised and bewildered estimation after examining the scene in the sky.

This old man was senior disciple Huang who had refined Heavy Water Drops for Liu Ming.

Meanwhile, there was a breaking sound afar, coming along with some other alchemists.

"A formidable breath as it is, it's not yet a sign of breakthrough of the Liquid Advanced Stage but an indication of some kind of power beyond free control. However, such a phenomena of meeting of dragon and tiger is rare indeed. I forget at the moment what kind of cultivated skills of our Sect will be so. Junior disciple Huang, do you know anything about this?" The master shook his head and inquired thoughtfully.

"

What you have observed must be right

. But I have no idea of what sort of skill it is either." Huang blinked and shook his head.

T

he

re came

two "whoosh"

sounds

with two people touched down at this time.

It was a fair young woman, Lin Caiyu, one

disciple

of the Ghost Dancer and a tall man named Lei of the Secret Hill respectively.

After greeting the master of the Barbarian Ghost Sect and senior disciple Huang, they looked at the peculiar phenomena above the nearby hill in surprise.

The dragon and tiger only played with each other for a while, then blew out with a loud noise and turned into a

ball of

black gas as before. After only a few flashes, they disappeared into the hills below.

"It seems that this younger disciple has ceased his power and must now consolidate his accomplishments in the cave. I'm afraid he won't come out and meet us now." The master said regretfully.

"It's easy to get who's in the cave as long as we call in the disciple guarding here." Lin Caiyu smiled softly as she suggested that.

"Well, Sister Lin makes a good point." The master was

rather

embarra.s.sed

and

formed a sign with one hand quietly to

summon all his disciples

.

A figure in the opposite

peak

flash

ed after a while

,

and there emerged

a green

-

robe

d

disciple

in his thirties, full of

panic

.

"

R

espect

ful

master

and

U

ncles!"

As soon as the disciple saw the

m

, he rushed forward to greet them with full respect.

"

Well

, tell me, who has been in th

e

cave these days?"

The master

put

his hand

and

calmly asked.

"

My master, t

here

'

s only Uncle Liu Ming

now

."

The

disciple

b

en

t

d

own

and

answered.

"Wh

o?

Y

ou say younger

disciple

Liu Ming

! When did he get in?"

The master made a detailed inquiry as he was stunned

.

So did t

he other three

.

"

My master

, it was a month ago!"

The

disciple honestly

repli

ed

after

one second

thought.

"Well, I

get it

, you can

leave

."

The master

ordered

after suppressing his amazement

.

Then the green

-

robe

d

disciple

withdrew

with courtesy

.

"

Younger disciple Lei

, what do you think of this?"

The master

turned his head and asked Lei

and others

after the

green

-

robe

d

disciple

vanished in a serious tone

.

"Liu's achievement should be a hot wire for

our Sect

either way

."

Lei answered

as his eyes flickered

.

"

H

o ho,

younger disciple Lei

,

there's no need to

fool me

like this

? You know I

don't mean it

."

The master chuckled

.

"You're worrying about

how

Liu's practice

is advancing

by leaps and bounds. After all, he has just been a primary stage alchemist for a short period of time. I'm afraid it won't take him much time to

break through

Liquid Middle Stage at this pace. Are you anxious about he may take some pills to stimulate his potential or employ some secret techniques with similar effects and go astray in his practice." Lin Caiyu explained beside.

"You're right! After all, he should never make such progress

by traditional methods of cultivating

, by the way, such a strong breath I've seen may be equal to the Liquid Advanced Stage. It worries me that he's too eager to succeed." The master concerned.

"It's really his talent so long as younger disciple Liu has never adopted some evil means. After all, we have only a few Liquid Middle Stage Alchemists in the whole Sect. As for practicing other secret techniques or taking pills, it's his choice and we cannot interfere." The big fellow surnamed Lei answered after contemplating for a moment.

"Exactly! Although I'm startled that he may be in a rush for quick results, it

merely

demonstrates that he

gets a lucky chance. If master is in suspense, we can only call his attention. As for whether he has adopted method of inspiring potentials, it's not what we should

worry

about. Ha, ha, at least I would never give up if I could advance with seven-league strides when I was young." Huang yawned and

said firmly

.

"Well, that makes sense. Liu should only make a minor achievement in his practice and there's still a long way from the Liquid Middle Stage, I'll give him some advice when I'm free. However, Uncle Yan attaches great importance to him, thus I hope that he will ch

o

ose a right track." The master finally nodded and said after being both dismal and joyful.

The others then had no dissent.

"Well, my master. Have you got some message from Uncle Yan about the result of the compet.i.tion of the Three True and Six Disciples. Is there any hope that the nephew disciple Gao will be among the Six?" Lei brought up a new topic suddenly.

"I just received the tidings from Yan that the outcome of Three True, yet Leng Yue

failed to make it

. The Three True are Tian Sha of Yuan Mo Sect, Bai Wenzhou of Uniform Sect and Han Chunqiu of Sun Valley respectively. As for the Six Disciples, owing to the large amount of partic.i.p.ants and the strict selection, there's no result yet. However, Gao Chong has only got a slim chance whereas Zhang Xiuniang of Moon Sect is very promising according to Yan. After all, her spiritual sword is so rebellious that it will never

dwarf itself even compared to

the Heaven Spirit of Yuan Mo Sect." After hearing that, the master raised his eyebrows and replied with a sigh.

"It's really a pity. If the selection of the Six is based on their own strength but not qualifications, perhaps younger disciple Liu will have a good chance of being ranked among them." The big fellow Lei regretted.

"If there's no strict qualifications, I'

ll

nominate younger disciple Liu

above anyone

. After all, Gao Chong is far not a patch on him."

said the master of the Barbarian Ghost Sect, full of regret.