Chapter 109

Chapter 109:

"Our secondary commander can decide," Claire replied, looking completely exhausted. It was simply too uncomfortable to sleep in the carriage. Strangely, she felt even more tired. She longed for a hot shower.

"Then tell them we'll go together tomorrow," Camille said quietly.

Even after Claire's group went upstairs, Jackson was still staring at Claire's figure from behind.

"Perverted wolf, come back already."

"You ruffian, what are you looking at?"

"Your eyes are about to fall out."

The ruckus in the corner were Jackson's underlings.

"F*ck, you group of animals, I still haven't gotten back at you guys yet." Jackson shouted as he ran over and then grabbed one of their necks tightly.

"Commander, why does that golden haired green eyed girl look so familiar? I feel like we've seen her before. She was a bit far, I didn't see clearly," one of the young magicians asked.

"It was the beautiful miss we met at Gale Gorge." Jack smiled. "I never expected to bump into them here. They even became a mercenary group."

"Which mercenary group?" someone nearby asked casually.

"Yuan Bao Mercenary Corps." Jackson smiled as he spoke, but then his smile froze. Yuan Bao Mercenary Corps?! They were actually the Yuan Bao Mercenary Corps? The newly created, powerful mercenary group?

A few people at the table were also frozen, all staring at their commander with wide eyes.

"Yuan.. Yuan Bao Mercenary Corps?" Jackson's mouth twitched, squeezing out these words. It would be considered normal for a commoner in a distant areas to not recognize this name, but it had already spread within the mercenary world. Yuan Bao Mercenary Corps, a strangely named small mercenary group that had never taken on a mission before suddenly exploded within one night in the mercenary world. With the strength of a few people, they drove away sea beasts, averting the crisis of Placid Waters being flooded. And then right after that, they eradicated the notorious Red Skull pirates with one attack. The problem the imperial army was powerless again, the headache for mercenaries, the Red Skull pirates, was actually eradicated. Although later on it was said that the captain escaped successfully, there was absolutely no way he could revive to such a level ever again. What Jackson never expected was, the Yuan Bao Mercenary Corps was Claire's group?

"Sir, I think you shouldn't even think about it. Careful that they might pierce you through with holes like a honeycomb. Also, with this bear-like body of yours and your old age, tsk tsk... she's a petite little girl, after all," a nearby group member said, eliciting nods of agreement. Seeing this, Jackson became angry. The lounge became louder than before.

At night, Claire held her breath as she drank the blood-enriching medicinal drug Li Yuewen had been pestering her to drink recently, about to go to sleep.

Only after Li Yuewen left Claire's room and her room was fully shut off did Claire calmly look down towards her right hand. She was still wearing the glove that Feng Yixuan had given her. Claire slowly stroked the glove, envisioning the resolute expression Feng Yixuan had before leaving. He wanted to become strong, but what about her? She slowly took off the glove and stared at the Dark mark. She stiffened. The mark had darkened significantly.

Claire went to Jean's room and knocked on the door. Jean opened it with surprise, not understanding what Claire came to see him for.

"I'm going out of the city. Do you remember how when we battled with the golden dragon and after I ascended in power there was lightning? I'm going to break through again. Guard me," Claire said plainly.

Jean was frozen, but internally, he was filled with indescribable joy.

Claire came to ask him to protect her!

"Yes ma'am." Jean said concisely, and nodded. He immediately prepared to leave with Claire.

Cold wind blew outside the city. Claire and Jean both rode the wind leopard, bounding out of the city. The wind lifted Claire's long hair, and a sweet scent drifted into Jean's nose. Jean rigidly watched Claire before him, falling into a daze.

The wind leopard casted Wind magic on its feet, dashing out quickly. A bright, full moon hung in the sky, occasional bird calls sounding in the distance.

When they arrived at a desolate area, Claire glanced around. Right ahead was a precipice and the area was empty. Claire looked up towards the bright moon.

"This place will do." Claire dismounted. She was very satisfied with the surrounding terrain. The precipice was surrounded by an endless abyss, deathly dark. Nobody would be able to come up from there, so Jean wouldn't need to cover as much ground.

"I'll guard over there. I won't let anyone close," Jean said quietly. Promptly, he turned back towards the area leading to the precipice. His low voice was filled with resolution and determination. The wind leopard lapped its tongue, preparing to leave.

"You two should also go." Claire tossed the two little guys on her shoulder towards the wind leopard. The two landed on the wind leopard's back stably. Then the wind leopard left with Jean.

"Old Ma, now it's up to you. You just need to break through. Give me a feast, haha," Golden Lotus urged impatiently.

In truth, Claire longed to break through even farther than that. How mysterious was the Treasured Lotus Style? What kind of surprise would it give her?

Claire stood serenely on the high precipice. A cold wind blew, lifting up her golden hair, her sleeves rippling in the breeze. She looked ahead calmly. Slowly, she sat down in the lotus position and started to use Lotus power. She broke through into the fourth level immediately!

The cloudless, refreshing night sky instantly changed. Dark clouds surged from all directions, lightning flashing from within as they speedily amassed overhead more and more. The moon was immediately covered by dark clouds, the surrounds now all dusky. Meanwhile, the moon shone still everywhere else.

​ Seeing the strange scene from far away, Jean's expression was somewhat complex. What was Claire training in? Why would it instigate such a strange scene?

At this moment, lying on a bed far away, Leng Lingyun suddenly opened his eyes. He swiftly made his way to the window and saw the black clouds assembling in a direction outside of the city. There was even lightning flashing within them. This strange scene compared to what he had seen when he had just arrived back at the capital was exactly the same! Then......

Leng Lingyun immediately went to knock on Claire's door. But there was no response.

"Claire? Claire?!" Leng Lingyun called out in a low voice as he knocked the door. But again, there was no response.

As expected! The strange scene in the sky was caused by Claire. Claire wasn't inside. Leng Lingyun frowned. He thought about it for a while and then turned around, preparing to leave, but was faced by Li Yuewen, Li Mingyu, and Camille, all with their doors open and looking towards him.