Chapter 14 Goddess of war

The next day, Lim Su Ren opened her eyes and the first thing that greeted her vision was Lan Yunxiao's side profile who was sitting on her bed.

Lan Yunxiao turned his head towards Lim Su Ren and said, "awake?"

Lim Su Ren nodded her head and sat up.

"Why are you still here?"

Lan Yunxiao walked towards the table and pouring a cup of tea for Lim Su Ren, he said, "I was worried about you, after all, you exhausted all your spiritual energy last night while healing me."

Lim Su Ren accepted the tea and said, "Thank you"

"No need, it should be me who should thank you. So, thank you for healing me. I owe you one"

"It was just compensation for the frost stone, you don't need to owe me anything. By the way, what about the yellow flame inside your body, have you devour it yet!"

"Yes, thank you, you might have already noticed about my blue flame soul, so I don't need to hide it from you, it helped me in recovering my injured soul and my blue flame is much stronger than before"

"it's good then. By the way, I devoured the other one as it was not possible to left both of them"

"I don't have any problems with it, even if you were to devour both of them"

Lim Su Ren knew that Lan Yunxiao would have already known about her purple and red flame soul as she had lost her consciousness last night. And if he had any intention towards her soul he could have already taken advantage of her last night but he instead took care of her, that's the reason she trusts him and could openly talk about the flames.

"Also, the other flame, do you know what kind of deviant flame was that"

Lan Yunxiao's brow furrowed hearing about the other flame.

"It's another powerful flame, you don't need to know about it now"

Lim Su Ren didn't question further, she noticed that Lan Yunxiao was not comfortable talking about it.

After a moment of silence, Lan Yunxiao said, "Lan Yunxiao"

"huh!"

"my name, it's Lan Yunxiao. I know it's a bit late for the introduction"

"Suits you, as for my name I don't have to tell you. I know you might have already investigated it"

Lan Yunxiao chuckled and said, "Little lass, you are too smart for your age"

Taking out a black ring made of some unknown materials from his spatial bracelet, Lan Yunxiao grabbed her left hand and put it on her ring finger, and said softly, "Su Ren, this ring will conceal the white flame's cold energy and no one will be able to look through your soul. I know that you possess a legendary white flame and just like me you also possess a deviant flame soul. But don't worry, I mean no harm to you, I will only protect you"

After saying that, Lan Yunxiao smiled and embraced the dumbfounded Lim Su Ren and kissed her on her forehead before jumping out from the window and leaving the courtyard.

Lim Su Ren was dumbstruck at Lan Yunxiao's actions and only after a moment did she came back to her senses.

"Did he just hugged and kissed me!"

Looking at the ring on her finger, Lim Su Ren said, "Does he even know the meaning of putting a ring on this finger! stupid guy, what a psycho"

Lim Su Ren was currently cursing Lan Yunxiao's ancestors to eighteen generations.

At the Phoenix inn...

"Shadow, I will be in closed-door cultivation for few days, meanwhile you have to protect Lim Su Ren from the shadows"

Shadow was shocked at Lan Yunxiao's words, he quickly said, "Master, your injury...."

"It's been healed. You don't have to worry about it. You must protect Lim Su Ren, she is my benefactor. No harm should come to her, understand"

Shadow immediately half kneeled and replied, "yes, master"

Shadow was happy that Lim Su Ren healed his master's injury, although he doesn't know how it happened only after spending one night together, it was none of his business to know everything about it.

After Shadow left for the marquis manor, Lan Yunxiao looked in the same direction and said to himself, "I hope those people won't find her"

Back at the marquis's manor, Lim Su Ren was given another shock.

"The sixth stage of the Energy Refining realm! Little White, what is going on?"

"It's because you devoured the mysterious deviant flame last night"

Before, Lim Su Ren didn't realize that she had broken through to the sixth level of the energy refining realm.

"Anyway, it's good that I broke through to the sixth stage before the tournament. I should only work hard on stabilizing my foundation"

Lim Su Ren started to stabilize her foundation immediately. She knew the consequences of quickly raising the cultivation, it may not affect her now but in the long term, she will face a bottleneck and won't be able to break through to the Divine warrior realm.

For the remaining three days before the tournament, Lim Su Ren spends her time stabilizing her foundation and practicing the Deviant Flame sword art and Golden palm technique.

"Finally, the first level of Golden palm technique comprehended", said Lim Su Ren as she attacked the Gingko tree in the courtyard.

Holding the sword in one hand and executing the palm move with the other, she looked like a Goddess of war as the golden leaves from the Gingko tree started to fall on her.

Shadow who was watching Lim Su Ren from afar was mesmerized by the scene. He said to himself, "no wonder she managed to capture the attention of my cold-hearted master. Only a girl like her is suited to be with the master. Although she is weak now, with her cultivation speed soon she will be able to stand on equal terms with people from that place"

"Young miss, the tournament is starting tomorrow, why don't you take a good rest tonight", said Qing Li as she walked inside the courtyard carrying the food.

"Don't worry, I will surely take a good rest tonight for I have to teach someone a good lesson tomorrow", said Lim Su Ren as she sheaths her sword with a 'clank'