Within the mysterious sorcerer’s manor where Sauron had his face changed.
“Master!” A fragrant gust of wind swept in.
In the very next second, Ye Jingfeng rushed out with a sudden burst of speed, throwing herself directly into Sauron’s embrace. Her athletic, fiery figure clung to him completely.
Her martial arts were still higher than Sauron’s, so he nearly stumbled from the impact.
Seeing this face identical to Ye Jingyu’s, yet filled with innocent, coquettish charm, Sauron could not help but marvel at the wonders of the Creator.
Moreover, her attire was exactly the same as Ye Jingyu’s. She wore tight leather clothing, her long, athletic figure presenting curves that were truly arresting.
“Master, you have finally come to see me. I have missed you all to death. We have been apart for three hundred and ninety-two days.” Ye Jingfeng said, “I count the days every single day. Where is my sister?”
Sauron said, “Your sister is at home.”
At this moment, a hoarse, damaged voice echoed through the castle, saying, “Girl, have I been so unkind to you? That you count every day here as a year?”
Ye Jingfeng stuck out her little tongue and said, “That is not it, Granny treats me very well. But it is truly boring here. There is only one snake to play with me.”
Next, Ye Jingfeng climbed down from Sauron’s body.
Although she was innocent and passionate by nature, she was still extremely shy. It was simply that seeing a family member so suddenly had made her too excited.
“Master, are you well? Is the young lady well? Is my sister well?” Ye Jingfeng still held Sauron’s arm, her little mouth asking questions non-stop.
Just now, Sauron had been extremely worried that Ye Jingfeng would give herself away before Sword Venerable Bi Xiao, for instance by calling him Lanling or something similar.
He had not expected that not only would she show no flaws, but she had completely taken herself for Sauron, even more convincingly than Ye Jingyu herself.
“They are all well.” Sauron said, “Are you well here?”
“Well… bored.” Ye Jingfeng said.
Then, acting as half a hostess here, she took Sauron’s arm and led him into the castle.
Sword Venerable Bi Xiao followed behind and walked in.
Only at this moment did Ye Jingfeng discover Bi Xiao behind Sauron. Her face flushed red, and she quickly released Sauron’s arm. She was still very shy before strangers.
…
Inside the castle’s reception hall, that mysterious sorcerer was already waiting there. She was still hunched over, her complexion pale, her skin wrinkled like a chicken’s and her hair white like a crane’s, so ancient that one could not tell her age, or even her gender.
Ye Jingfeng served two cups of tea for Sauron.
“Jingfeng, shall I take you home this time?” Sauron asked.
“Yes, that would be wonderful.” Ye Jingfeng said, “I want to go home every single day. It is far too boring here.”
As she said this, Sauron glanced towards the mysterious sorcerer, who remained completely unmoved.
“Jingfeng, then you go out first. I shall discuss matters with Granny.” Sauron said.
The sorcerer said, “Girl, go and feed that snake. I can already hear it calling.”
“Alright.” Ye Jingfeng said, “Granny, you must not hit my master.”
“I shall not.” The mysterious sorcerer said.
Then, Ye Jingfeng walked out.
After she had completely gone far away, that mysterious sorcerer raised her eyes and said, “Young Master Sauron, you have come to kill me, have you not?”
Sauron was instantly startled, but he neither answered yes nor no.
The mysterious sorcerer continued, “The person behind you possesses unfathomable martial arts. Although the killing intent upon him is hidden very deeply, I have still detected it.”
Sauron remained silent.
That sorcerer said, “How about this. You leave immediately with the girl Jingfeng, while this unfathomable honoured guest remains behind to kill me. But do not let the girl Jingfeng know.”
Faced with the sorcerer’s attitude, Sauron was truly extremely surprised.
But he did not meddle further. He simply said “Very well,” then stood up and walked towards the outside, intending to take Ye Jingfeng away.
The sorcerer said, “Leave immediately. Do not tarry. And go through the western woods. You must absolutely not take the road you came by.”
At this moment, Sauron finally could not resist asking, “What has happened here?”
“Very soon, a mortal enemy will come to kill me.” That mysterious sorcerer said, “I changed my name and concealed my identity, altering my appearance, all to evade this exceedingly powerful enemy. I had not expected that she would still track me down.”
As she spoke, the sorcerer’s hunched body straightened up, her entire figure becoming tall and slender.
And what was even more inconceivable was her face. Her originally thin, wrinkled face was visibly becoming younger and smoother at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Finally, her chicken-skin-like wrinkles vanished, becoming tender, smooth, and white, without a single crease.
At the same time, her originally withered, chicken-claw-like hands also became tender and slender, restored to delicate jade hands.
Her originally dry, pale hair instantly became lustrous and black.
Moreover, her gaunt body became full and alluring, her curves fully revealed.
She had transformed from a withered old crone into a seductive woman.
Her true age was unknown, but from her present appearance, she looked to be at most around thirty.
Next, she turned and fetched a chest. Inside was densely packed with written records and materials, which she handed to Sauron, saying, “This is the research of my entire life. It must not be completely buried just because I am going to die.”
Sauron said, “This enemy of yours, is she very powerful?”
“Extremely powerful.” The sorcerer said. Then she took out an object, saying, “This is her token, the Blue Enchantress. A few days ago, I discovered it upon the castle’s main gate. I knew she had already found me. My death is certain. Your arrival now is perfectly timed. You can take Jingfeng away.”
Sauron looked at the sorcerer’s palm. Indeed, it was a Blue Enchantress, and it was carved from crystal, appearing coldly stunning.
Next, Sauron thought to himself, did not Nai’er also have a nickname called the Blue Enchantress?
“How long before she arrives?” Sauron asked.
“If nothing unexpected occurs, it should be a few hours from now.” The sorcerer said.
Sauron said, “Compared to the person beside me, how does your enemy’s martial arts measure up? In the Raging Wave Kingdom, he has very few rivals.”
The sorcerer looked at Sword Venerable Bi Xiao for quite a while, then shook her head and said, “I do not know.”
This “I do not know” gave Sauron quite a fright. Her saying she did not know indicated that this enemy’s martial arts might well be on par with Bi Xiao.
Who exactly was she? To possess such formidable martial arts?
Sauron said, “Then on that day, how did you become enemies with her?”
The sorcerer said, “Her husband was on the verge of death. She asked me to save him, but I did not. Her husband died. She was overcome with grief and regarded me as her mortal enemy. Therefore, I changed my name and concealed my identity, fleeing ten thousand li away.”
Hearing this passage, Sauron felt a strong sense of familiarity, as if this very scene had appeared in “Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre.”
Sauron looked at her for a while, unable to tell at once whether she spoke truth or falsehood.
However, there was no need to tell. He would simply stay out of this matter.
Next, he directly stood up and walked towards the outside.
And at this moment, outside the castle, Ye Jingfeng was feeding an enormous snake. It was an incomparably massive serpent, fully several dozen metres long and over a metre in diameter.
Such a colossal creature actually still needed someone to feed it.
“Catch.” Jingfeng tossed a melon into the air.
That great snake opened its bloody maw wide, caught it directly, and swallowed it whole.
“Roll over.” Jingfeng said.
Instantly, that great snake truly rolled over on the ground, just like a pet dog. However, its body was so massive that when it rolled over, Sauron felt the entire ground tremble.
Then, Ye Jingfeng tossed a large piece of meat over. That great snake caught it in one bite again, chewed vigorously a few times, and swallowed it.
A combination of meat and vegetables, with great attention paid to nutrition.
“Master.” When Ye Jingfeng saw Sauron approaching, she said with delight, “Come and look at Little Qing. It is my only playmate here. It is so stupid.”
Next, she commanded again, “Little Qing, tie a knot.”
Thus, that great snake truly began to coil its body around and tie a knot.
For a moment, Sauron did not know whether to call this great snake clever or stupid. To call it stupid, it could understand commands, and even knew how to tie a knot.
To call it clever, a snake that could actually do something like tying a knot, was it not afraid it could not untie itself?
Indeed, at this moment Sauron also saw that Ye Jingfeng was living better at this sorcerer’s manor than he had imagined. The reason this sorcerer had kept Jingfeng back then was likely because she was too lonely, and Ye Jingfeng was innocent and carefree, so she had kept her for company.
“I have already spoken with your sorcerer granny. Let us go. We are going home now.” Sauron said.
Ye Jingfeng said, “Granny agreed?”
“Yes, she agreed. Hurry and go.” The sorcerer’s voice came from inside the castle, saying, “You, girl, are both lazy and stupid. Keeping you here is utterly useless.”
Instantly, Ye Jingfeng joyfully tossed all the meat and fruits in her basket towards that great snake, then prepared to leave with Sauron.
It seemed she truly thought of nothing but going home. She held no attachment to this sorcerer’s manor, even though the sorcerer had treated her very well.
Seeing Ye Jingfeng toss out all the fruits and fresh meat, that great snake was incomparably excited. It leapt fiercely, intending to catch and eat everything. But just now it had tied itself into a slip knot, and before it had untied itself, it jumped like this. As a result, the slip knot became a dead knot.
Thus, it cried out in anxious distress.
“So stupid. I have never seen such a foolish creature.” Ye Jingfeng said, then stepped forward and used all her strength to help that stupid snake pull apart the dead knot.
Sauron was anxious to take Ye Jingfeng away, but at this moment he could only wait helplessly for her to undo this stupid snake’s dead knot.
Then, just at this moment.
The air suddenly grew cold. Not an illusion, but truly dropping many degrees in an instant.
“Whoosh…” Immediately following, a Blue Enchantress throwing weapon shot through the air with a sudden burst of speed.
Sauron released powerful mental energy, locking onto this flying Blue Enchantress.
Instantly, he perceived the world slowing down several times.
Then, he dodged at the fastest speed, wishing to evade this Blue Enchantress throwing weapon.
But…
Too fast. It was far too fast. Even using several times his mental energy, Sauron could not dodge in time.
“Whoosh…” This Blue Enchantress shot directly into his neck, instantly melting and vanishing.
Immediately following, a terrifying icy energy instantly froze Sauron’s body into ice. His entire body completely lost all sensation.
The Blue Enchantress throwing weapon she had shot was made from ice.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”
Almost simultaneously, it was not only Sauron alone. Ye Jingfeng and that great snake as well were all frozen into ice, unable to move in the slightest.
Immediately following, a graceful, peerless figure arrived in an instant.
The air was instantly suffused with an incomparably cold, mysterious, and captivating fragrance.
It was a woman who had arrived. She wore a veil. Sauron could not see her face, but merely the two eyes she revealed were already soul-stealing and enchanting.
Eyes of sapphire blue, like the starry sky and ocean.
Hair of purple-red, like great waves, slightly curled.
The skin that was revealed was truly whiter than snow. Truly purple hair and blue eyes. Truly ice skin and jade bones.
This was a woman of an exotic race. Merely revealing a pair of eyes, she carried an astonishing, mysterious allure.
For some reason, Sauron vaguely felt a slight sense of familiarity about her.
“Yaomeng, you have hidden for ten years. You can hide no longer.” This woman’s voice was as cold as ice shattering.
Next, her beautiful eyes, bright as stars and cold as an icy ocean, shot towards Sauron, saying, “Knowing that death is certain, you have still invited several helpers?”
So, the sorcerer who had changed Sauron’s face was named Yaomeng.
At this moment, Sorcerer Yaomeng opened the window and said, “Ash Liren, they have nothing to do with me. Since you have found me, I shall accept my death. Let them leave.”
Ash Liren?
Hearing this name, Sauron immediately remembered why he had felt she looked somewhat familiar.
She was Ash Luo’s elder sister by blood, so there was some resemblance in her charming eyes.
Ash Luo was already the kind of stunningly beautiful exotic young man who could blind one’s eyes. And the eyes and brows of the woman before him were even more exquisite, mysterious, and captivating than Ash Luo’s.
Next, Sauron recalled Ash Luo’s words. He had been hesitating over whether to have his way with his own elder sister, so he had consulted Sword Venerable Bi Xiao on what it felt like to have relations with one’s own blood sister.
Later, Sauron had specifically inquired about this Ash Liren.
After inquiring about this woman, Sauron was greatly startled.
As the daughter of the number one marquis of the Raging Wave Kingdom, Ash Liren was an extremely mysterious woman, rarely making public appearances.
But what truly gave Sauron a fright was not her other identity.
Apart from being the daughter of the Lord of Rouan City, she was also the disciple of the world’s number one expert, King Jiang Shang of the Eastern Li Kingdom.
As for how she came to take King Jiang Shang as her master, the outside world knew nothing. But she had followed Jiang Shang in martial arts from before she was even ten years old.
In other words, she was also Jiang Xue’s senior martial sister.
“He has nothing to do with you?” Ash Liren walked before Sauron. Her ice-like beautiful eyes gazed at Sauron, and she said coldly, “This pretty boy, is he not your new lover?”
Then, she suddenly drew a transparent, water-like sharp blade, placing it across Sauron’s neck.
A Dragon Gold Sword. One of only five Dragon Gold Swords in the world. Sauron was seeing another one.
What kind of figure was this Jiang Shang? Of only five Dragon Gold Swords in total, two of them were actually in his school.
However, what Sauron was concerned with now was not this, but that his little life was about to be inexplicably forfeit.
Ash Liren’s beautiful eyes shot out icy hatred, saying, “Yaomeng, on that day you saw my husband dying and refused to save him. Whether this pretty boy is your new lover or not, I would rather kill wrongly than let slip!”
With that, her Dragon Gold Sword slashed, intending to sever Sauron’s head with a fierce cut.