Iris and her new seniors with the exception of the Guardian Wei Ming, went down the mountain with the permission of the Sovereign under the strict warning that they should control their drinking so that they could properly celebrate and welcome Iris as their junior martial sister.
Iris watched her drunk seniors with a tiny bit of amusement in her eyes as they clung unto each other and mumbled meaningless things. Fan Jin suddenly mumbled something that caught Iris's attention.
"Senior brother Fan Jin, what did you say?" She asked leaning closer curiously.
"I said, you..., Would have had competition if Ying yue were here. It would not have been easy for you to become master's last disciple" Fan Jin said in a drunk mysterious tone.
"Who's Ying yue?" Iris asked again.
"Ying yue used to be the best female disciple in the entire sage pavilion" Xiu Mei suddenly joined in while Ye Shan drunkenly tried to shut them up.
"You don't know but Ying yue openly expressed her feelings for the guardian and was badly rejected but she didn't give up and Continued to cultivate hoping she would be a match for him if she became stronger or became a force to recon with. Three years ago, she suddenly decided to go on seclusion and since then, no one has heard from her" Xiu Mei continued while the drunk Ye Shan tried to cover her mouth.
Iris quietly pondered about what they just spilled but then, couldn't care less about the Ying yue girl as long as she doesn't come to find trouble with her.
By the time it was evening, Iris who barely took a sip of her wine, tried supporting her drunk seniors back to the Teleportation array as she couldn't use the teleportation device Ye Shan always carried with him.
Iris cussed as she tried to pull up Xiu Mei who almost fell after stumbling on her own foot.
"Need help little lady?" Asked, a terrible looking man accompanied by a few other males.
"No" Iris replied simply.
"Oh come on, don't be like that. We can help you with the drunk lady" The terrible looking man said again while gesturing at Xiu Mei with a lucid look on Iris's left shoulder.
"Move" Iris commanded coldly.
"Well, we offered politely. We'll kill the boys and take the two girls" the terrible looking man said.
"Yes boss!" His companions replied.
Iris quietly rested Xiu Mei on the tree nearby and had the now Slightly still tipsy Ye Shan watch over her and the wasted Fan Jin.
"You have one more chance to leave before I break your limbs" Iris said as her spirit qi began to swirl round her in it's dark green colour, indicating her rank as a middle level green spirit expert.
"G...green spirit!" One of the men shouted.
"So? There's just one of her against five of us orange spirit expert. The others are practically wasted. Let's subdue her!" Their boss, the terrible looking man said and immediately Released His spirit qi followed by the rest of his companions.
Iris smirked coldly and moved at a lightening speed. Sounds of bone breaking and screams filled the air as well as, the smell of fresh blood covered the forest foot of the mountain attracting the predators that lurked in the poison fog just a few metres above the forest foot.
Iris returned to her original position and stared coldly at the sight in front of her. The men had their limbs twisted in odd angles with some of their bones poking through their flesh!.
As Iris was about to turn away, her assassin instinct made her notice a pair of eyes watching her and she immediately launched a fierce qi strike in that direction. Whoever the person was, he grunted and then his presence disappeared from the forest foot.
Just as Iris turned, she found the guardian Wei Ming feeding her seniors a high grade pill.
"Guardian" she greeted respectfully with a bow.
"Hmm" the guardian Wei Ming answered simply.
Ye Shan, Fan Jin and Xiu Mei soon regained control of themselves and hurriedly greeted the guardian.
"Go to the lava temple for your punishment and do not come back for three days" The guardian Wei Ming said to Ye Shan, Fan Jin and Xiu Mei.
"Lava temple? Guardian if they are getting punished, then I'm getting punished too. They came down to celebrate and welcome me and they got drunk on my watch. I also drank with them" Iris said coldly.
"Very well. The four of you will go and remain in the lava temple for the next three days. I'll inform the Sovereign our master of your mistakes and punishment." The guardian Wei Ming said before teleporting away with his high grade Teleportation device.
The lava temple was a place of punishment and cultivation. It had only roofs and pillars but without walls. It was said that two great ancient fire beasts fought to the death on the mountain where the lava temple is located and that after their death, their powerful fire elements dissolved their bodies which turned into the lava that flowed on the floors of the temple for eternity.
"Ha, the guardian is so strict" Fan Jin complained.
"Well, we better get going to the lava temple or guardian may increase our stay there and little Lan, thank you for protecting us. I heard everything even if I couldn't control myself." Xiu Mei said while the two boys offered their thanks and small bows.
"Little Lan, when we get to the Lava temple, filter out the dense fire qi in the temple and absorb small quantities. Guardian sends us there sometime to also cultivate. The dense fire qi helps to expand the arteries making qi absorption easier. But if you don't filter it, it'll burn you from inside to the outside." Fan Jin said worriedly while Iris nodded processing the information.
"Guardian usually stays there for Seven days or more to cultivate" Xiu Mei informed.
"Enough talking, let's get going" Ye Shan said and Xiu Mei immediately teleported them directly into the Lava temple!.
They had to suspend themselves above the lava covered floor with their spirit qi or they would be melted or dissolved if possible.
Iris closed her eyes in determination and began drawing the dense fire qi slowly into her arteries despite the burning discomfort it brought to her.
They had to remain suspended with their qi for three whole days while also guiding the dense fire qi from flooding their bodies and burning them.
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