chapter 3

There were sounds of footsteps running and heavy breathing then the person stopped it was a girl and the girl Alice, as she looked up above you could see a grand magnificent palace but dark clouds surrounded the sky and there were heavy sounds and noises of thunder and lightening on top of the palace you could see a boy facing the back direction so you couldn't see his face he was surrounded with the Aura of a shining ash and white he then turned his face a bit and you could see he wasn't too fair and wasn't too dark just then Alice woke up.

Alice had slept under a tree in a sitting position leaning her back on it as looked at her front she Yu feng standing with his hands crossed looking at her as if he had been patiently waiting for her to wake up and had obviously noticed she had a dream he just went up to her and stretched his hand to her to hold on to so he could help her up, Alice was quite surprised and shocked by his kind gesture but did not to much on it knowing it was better to relate with him if she was going on this journey with him and just stretched her back he pulled her up and she then dusted the dirt in the back of her skirt Yu feng then said “ you just had a dream or should I call it a nightmare ” Alice replied “ ye but nothing to think to much about just it's just a boy I used to see and it's just like the one's I use to see you before I met you” hearing this Yu feng didn't think that this should be easily passed by and said “ I don't think this is something to be taken likely if you eventually met me and your whole life changed then don't you think that is also important ” however Alice suggested that they shouldn't think to much on it and they focused on the journey ahead Yu feng took the lead and Alice followed behind looking at some of the directions in her mirror before saying “ when are you going to teach me a thing or two ” Yu feng however said “ I told you I wasn't interested in killing you anymore not teaching you ” however Alice did not agree to this and immediately words appeared in her mirror it wrote small stream village immediately Alice told Yu feng and said “ this might be telling us where we are supposed to go just then the letters started to change and this time it wrote something different different Alice wanted to speak but Yu feng spoke “ Xiao chuan village ” Alice was quite surprised that was exactly what it wrote and asked “ your actually quite right how did you know ” Yu feng just responded “ because that means small stream village and were here” Alice immediately looked up and saw a big entrance with initials carved into it writing “ Xiao chuan village ”.

Both Alice and Yu feng had enter the village and according to what they saw the place could use more development but aside that it was quite okay it didn't take long Yu feng had spotted a small food shop( restaurant) and told Alice that they should go there but Alice said “ why?, l mean am not hungry so what's the need” Yu feng now spoke a bit harsh “ do you think I don't know what I am doing am suggesting this because of you, sure I can last longer than this but you are human you need food to continue on ” Alice then replied “ fine l agree you don't need to be rude about it ”.

Both Yu feng and Alice went to the shop and when the owner saw them he quickly noticed that they where new and welcomed them ( actually it is also quite obvious Alice in kinda wearing a school uniform and Yu feng is looking to grand to be from here) the man introduced himself as Mr.Cheng and asked what they needed Alice was about to speak but Yu feng interrupted and said to the man to give them whatever he has and the man quickly went to do so and Alice immediately complained to Yu feng “ why did you say that I wanted to say something ” Yu feng looked looked fiercely at her and said “ do you think it would be easy to find some of the things you use to take there and even if you have money on you do you think it would matter here I hope you realize am the one who will pay here ” just then Mr.Cheng spoke while pouring tea in a cup “ actually the service am giving you now is for free they don't need to pay anything ” hearing this Alice became curious and asked why then Mr.Cheng told them that the people here treat guests with here with utmost respect they like to make things easier for the new ones here the place doesn't really have much problems until, but before he could finish his sentence they heard screaming noises and a bunch of people passed by carrying an unconscious person seeing this sight Alice and Yu feng quickly turned to Mr.Cheng he then said “ that was what I was about to say unfortunately this is the main problem this little village is facing we started to notice that few if our people and been disappearing and realized it could have been happening even before there notice and later people started to go unnecessarily unconscious this mostly happens to the men and no one really knows whatever could be causing this I'd advise if you want to know better to go to my neighbor Mei ling she has been here longer than I have ” hearing this Yu feng and Alice knew that what ever was happening could very well be to the likely reason the mirror sent them here and just then Mei ling suddenly appeared she had come to borrow ink from her neighbor and said in a light voice “ Chengy could you help me with your ink mines run out ” Mr. Cheng gave it to her but told her to keep it safe it was quite rear just then Alice and Yu feng asked Mr. Cheng to package some buns for them to go they would like to follow Mei ling to ask some questions and Mei ling couldn't help but agree after seeing the gorgeous man who's name seemed to known as Yu feng.

As Mei ling walked back to her place but Alice and Yu feng followed her in the back she turned to Alice and then said “ I hope you don't feel uncomfortable going to a strangers place ” Alice however replied that she didn't really mind, Mei ling then turned to Yu feng, moved closer and said “ I don't really see you as a stranger either you know if you ever need help feel free to come to my place ” Yu feng just said “ sorry I'd rather go to a brick instead ” Mei ling still smiled at him regardless of what he said and moved on however Alice found was mean and didn't understand why he acted rude to Mei ling.

when they got to her shop she cleaned some of the fruits she kept outside and then went in to drop the ink and came out to answer the questions they wanted to ask her seeing it was about the mysterious attacks she started to talk “ I have been in this village for quite some time now when I came here l saw it as a place to start my own life here according to what I want but now it just doesn't feel right as this so called accidents keep happening and the people here at the market are the most unsafe as it usually occurs here especially at the mass market area most things happen there I at times others like me even go there to get some of the things we need I'd advise if anyone wants to get to the root of the problem they should start at the mass market” after she was done she advised them if they still hadn't found a place to stay they should go to Mrs.Shen she usually gave places to people who are new here for free.

Mrs.Shen gave the keys of the place she had given to Yu feng and Alice, they had taken Mei ling's advise Mrs.Shen however told them if anything of value break's then that's on them after so after some time Alice took the small bed on the right and Yu feng took the top bed on the left Alice however couldn't sleep thinking about everything she turned to see if Yu feng was still awake but he looked to be sleeping however she still spoke “ emm Yu feng do you think we can handle all of this ” and Yu feng replied her he wasn't sleeping after all “ you mean can you handle this I have dealt with issues like this in the past ( he now forced himself to speak nicely) however I believe you can try don't you believe in yourself " after hearing this from him Alice couldn't help but feel touched and said to him “ thank you ” it had been a long time since Yu feng had heard that word called thank you and it was directed to him( especially since he had a spear through his stomach for like a thousand years) he turned to see Alice but she had already fallen fast asleep so he just stared at the ceiling looking at it for quite some time.

In the morning Yu feng realized that he slept for quite some time even Alice had woken up and gone out so he went out to see Alice playing with kids that were quite younger than her she would throw a small ball from her hand and the kids would try to run and catch it and return it back to her, Yu feng went close to her to remind her they had to go to the mass market to find a way to get to the bottom of this hearing what he said Alice immediately agreed with him and then called a girl among the kids “ Hua come and handle my role of throwing the ball while am gone” the girl immediately ran over and took it and Alice told her “ you got potential am giving you this because of how far I know you can throw the ball ” Hua took it and said “ thank you very much you can count on me ”. So both Yu feng and Alice left.

Arriving at the market Alice was busy thinking of ideas to get to the root of the problem she then said to Yu feng “ don't you think the root of the problem is likely spiritual if it has to do with my mirror maybe some spiritual being ” Yu feng couldn't help but agree she had a point so now all they needed to do was find a way to attract the problematic thing Yu feng immediately pointed out that he heard an idea Alice urged him to say it quickly he said that he can make a concoction so hard for any thing out to get someone to resist it would be attracted to one of them and when it comes close he can seal and catch Alice thought it was a good idea and wanted to suggest that Yu feng do it since his so strong but was caught in by him in her sentence and he suggested that she do it after all she is the savior hearing this she mumbled to herself “ if even a demon king didn't want to be bait why should she be bait wouldn't it be like willing walking to a lions den while she is just human ” regardless she agreed to his suggestion because at the end she believed if Yu feng did it and got introuble there really wasn't much she could do but if she was the one who got in trouble Yu feng could get out of it so that way they would both be safe.

Yu feng gathered alot of weird ingredients mixed it together and asked her to take she wanted to vomit it all out but nevertheless took it anyway then her and Yu feng went to the place it was easiest to attract it's attention Alice stood alone while Yu feng hid it didn't take long you could see the sight of something coming closer to Alice even Yu feng could feel but all of a sudden it stopped and disappeared from there Yu feng immediately came out and told Alice “ it seemed to have left for reason ” Alice was confused and asked “ why?” just then the two of them had a scream deeper in the market and both ran to see what it was and it was a man he had been attack by whatever and laid on the floor unconscious, Alice quickly ran to him and people gathered around wondering what happened Mr.Cheng was among and he said “ will this keep happening at this rate none of us are safe here” then Mei ling also talked “ don't say that there has to be a way " followed by Mrs.Shen“ are you sure” the crowd became more concerned with what Cheng said and all started worrying complaining and panicking Mei ling urged everyone to calm down but no one paid attention seeing what was going on Alice didn't know what to do but speak up saying “ I have come here to deal with the issue you people are facing you don't have to fear for long, we have taken this on us to to handle me and my friend ( she pointed at Yu feng who looked like he cared less of the situation as he was cleaning the dirt he spotted in his nails making it really hard for people to give their fate in him) trust us”, after

Some time passed the crowd dispersed and the unconscious man was carried Alice was worried what could she do how could she handle all this trouble she walked around thinking what she should do then Yu feng spoke up “ I have an idea but I really don't think you should do it, it involves dark arts you do it by writing scared demonic initials into a paper there by connecting your soul to it then you can choose a someone to be your bait if the paper lands on him he would be filled with so much aura the beast would come to attack him for sure then you can cage the being using the words you have written by saying it multiple times and the problem will be solved I however find it too dangerous bare in mind the person will have to be an ordinary person because we can't use me or you that would be too risky and l suggest we think of another way if you're ok with it because once she choose it everything will be all on her” Yu feng knew he couldn't care much about it but for Alice he knew she would care so much about everything that has been happening Alice thought to herself “was she going to use dark arts to solve this problem”.

The next day Alice was ever ready and returned to the mass market to catch whatever was causing so much problems she learned all what to write and say as she urged Yu feng to teach her yesterday and he followed her today close behind she waited for the time to struck 2 just then she started to write on the paper and threw it to the sky now where ever the paper went it she could see the place with her own eyes as if she was there she had to choose someone she would use as the victim but mainly a man as the thing preferred to go with men she however hesitated with any one she passed by or saw not wanting anyone to be hurt she then decided that if she went on like this nothing would get done and immediately saw a man and said “ l choose you ” the paper immediately attached to the man he felt some how then suddenly something with spiky legs passed through him he fell to the ground screaming Alice knew that the beast had arrived she then proceeded to cage it saying the words on the paper the beast was stubborn but she was almost there just then Yu feng sensed something and said “its pointless ” Alice wondered why would he say that just then her sight disappeared she could not see what was happening and immediately asked Yu feng what happened and he said “it has something powerful and was able to break your connection by some how managing in cutting her paper” obviously for Alice this wasn't good to hear then what about the man she used as bait without thinking Alice immediately ran towards that direction till she got to where the man was and ran to him he had already been taken and his case was even the worst as he had some black spots surrounding and little marks left behind him people gathered watching Alice shout “ no, no,nooo!!! things weren't supposed to go like this I am sorry my plan failed and now you're suffering for it” people hard her loud and clear and she knew even Yu feng had nothing to do with this it was all on Mr.Cheng spoke “ o no this is bad" then you could here whispers from people saying things like this “ I knew it the savior a little girl not much you could gain from it, she endangered someone's life and now the person is suffering for it , how can one be so careless, do we even have hope clearly this girl isn't capable, we need some one better in our midst” Mei ling then spoke up “ you people don't be like this there is and has to be an answer we should...” before she finished her sentence Yu feng spoke up to her saying “ shut the hell up lady ” it looked like out of fear Mei ling didn't speak more after some time the crowd dispersed and the unconscious man was taken away Alice however just remained kneeling down facing the ground in sorrow, Yu feng just looked at her for a while and said “ am going back to our place when you feel like it you can come back ” and he left Alice remained there for quite some time before standing up and started going back the clouds had become a bit dark it looked like it would soon rain as Alice came close she heard a little girl noise from her back it was Hua “ Alice I want to return your balls and I filled in for you and I did great Alice smiled a bit and said to Hua “ you can keep one I'll take one ” the girl happily took one ball overjoyed then the little girl saw a woman standing waiting for her and ran shouting happily “ mummmmy” and hugged the woman who came closer and looked at Alice and said “ you must be Alice Hua has told me so much about you it's nice to meet you a haven't seen my daughter smile like this in a while thank you ” at least this made Alice a little better the woman then spoke again “ but I wonder why don't you look quite ok if you need to ask anything feel free to ” the woman picked her daughters hand and was about to leave then Alice spoke immediately in a loud voice “ I would like to ask you a question ( she then lowered her voice) sorry I mean I would like to ask you a question ” the woman told her to ask away and Alice said “ what do you do when everything feels like it is your responsibility and nothing goes your way and everything is just going against you and falling apart looking as if you're a failure and you just can't accept that you failed ” the woman was patient and calmly answered her “ people at times put to much on themselves and not all times everything is one responsibility my girl no matter how somethings are if you tried you tried and it wouldn't change the fact you didn't try and if you fill trying is not enough trust me how can one said they have failed when things haven't really ended aren't you alive for the fact you are alive why should we spend our days overthinking on how people view us there is still much you can do even little is enough if you can learn to appreciate yourself don't you think you can reach greater heights if try and work on it just satisfied with yourself be ok so you won't get hurt at it all ” Alice looked at the woman admirably the woman held her daughters had and walked a bit and stopped and turned back and said to Alice and said “ do you have a purpose” Alice replied in a soft voice “ yes I have a purpose ” and the woman spoke “ purpose is what drives you as long as you have it, there are many types of purpose I have had a lot of purpose when I was young do you too” Alice smiled a said “ l have many ” the woman then told her she probably better going as the rain was about to start and going and Alice said to herself regarding the woman “and I now have a new purpose to never forget you ” the rain started falling Alice felt water pouring on her even if it was a little while it gave her a little piece of mind she raised her head up to fell the water on her fast just then she realized the mark she saw on the ground and immediately started running to the place she stayed Yu feng was surprised to see her happy all of a sudden she then told him let them go back to the market were the man was unconscious last time she didn't think too much at then because of all that happened but now she realized that she may have just hit the nail in the head hearing they both quickly went back and when they saw the turn pieces of clothes left by the man and marks left by the creature Yu feng said “ I think we have our answer we just need to ask some questions ”.

At Mei ling's shop she had been watering some of the flowers when Both Yu feng and Alice just entered in so she then said “ don't you know it isn't good to enter some ones place without permission ” Yu feng just smirked and said “ wasn't it you that said I could come here if I was in need of anything well I am and I have some questions” Alice then spoke “ you said you have been here for quite a long time so by now you must know a lot of places and how to get around here meaning you know how things work again I wondered why Yu feng didn't like you I mean there was not wrong with you but when I decided to ask him he said that he felt some aura in you he didn't like though I can of blame him on that part I felt that was consequential information that he should have shared from the start and you know when ever I tried or set a trap for this thing it always dodge me like it knew I wasn't any of good help but more of a danger and when it attacked it also seemed that it didn't necessarily go away it just hid within the crowd and my dear friend you were always there” however Mei ling said in a light voice “ no you must be mistaken( the voice suddenly turns dark) but you are quite annoying aren't you getting in my way so how did you know of all the people it was ” Yu feng then spoke “we didn't you just did you just admitted it and made our job a whole lot easier” then Alice talked “ we were not sure you were the one you just the most suspicious without realizing it you were always there but what gave it away was the ink used to mark the victims according to Yu feng it was an extremely rare ink and not likely people of this village had it at this time but Mr. Cheng he too was always there but just one thing he gave it to so it removed him from suspicion to you infact if someone really looked deep into the matter and saw the ink they would have put you in suspicion and acting like the odd one out to cover suspicion actually made you more suspicious if you were a detective ( hardly understood what she meant by detective)and looked deep into this it was quite awkward so unfortunately to inform you Mei ling but it is game over” Mei ling smiled and said “ do you know how I have gotten this far without trouble till today is because of this (she stretched her hand and a piece of mirror appeared) this has done me great help” seeing this Alice said “ wait that is a piece of my mirror no wonder it sent us here in the first place ” and Yu feng added “ no wonder it was able to break the dark arts something powerful was indeed with it ” Mei ling just immediately transformed to her real form a demon beast spider woman.

seeing this Yu feng quickly noticed and said “so you are a demon beast” half demon and half beast the only thing Alice got was among the seven realms in All of the Jade realm beast realm was a thing mei Mei ling laughed hysterically saying “ let's see how you go exposing me if you leave here at all she raised her hand and a place of men stuck inside a cocoon was revealed then the cocoons disappeared she had been taking energy from them for herself soon the whole place became windy like a whirlwind way it took Alice way up high she even sent webs to attack but Alice was using a pot cover to protect herself she then turned to Yu feng who noticed she didn't do anything to him and said “ care to join me it would be fun instead ” however Yu feng said “ nah I'd rather take the grave” then Mei ling told them “ let me teach you a memorable lesson just then a white whole appeared but darkness consumed the place.

Alice woke up on the ground unconscious and saw Yu feng standing in front of her waiting for her to wake up she got up and told him “instead of standing there all the time why doesn't he just do the needful and wake her up it is much faster ” she just asked him where they were and he said and he said “we probably shouldn't have gone to Mei ling unguarded but then again it was necessary to be able to get there answer” she looked around telling herself “ did Mei ling send us here the clouds in the sky were quite dark” she then asked Yu feng where they were and he said “ling shou gu a place mainly for the beast it is a small place for them though it isn't the beast realm or has anything to do with it even humans, avians and so on can live here a normal life but not everyone who walks here is normal some beings here may look normal but they are soul is just walking endlessly because already tied by a specific Beast and the beast did not keep them in a their spiritual beast territory and a spiritual beast territory is a particular place a some beast might have here there own place but it will not be easy to pass through if you are not the owner, the owner didn't give the order and on the other hand the owner doesn't want you to get through I am pretty sure Mei ling has her territory some of the people wondering endlessly here belongs to her and some are in the territory ” just then Alice screamed she had had a sharp pain through her chest and fell on her knees wondering what it was that affected her like that then Yu feng told her that the place is sucking her energy for Mei ling recognizing them as her puppets just that she did not have any spiritual energy so it is sucking her life force instead Alice then asked why he wasn't feeling anything he however said proudly “ that he is the one and only Yu feng even at his weakest such things can't affect him when he has gone quarter talk less of halfway ” he then stopped and said “ or mei ling is too charmed by him to do anything to him yet ” he then started walking and Alice regained herself and followed him from behind Alice then said “if one is called a demon beast does it mean that one parent was demon and the other was a beast” yu feng shook his head telling her yes she was right she then said again so if one is a human and the other is a beast then the child would be called human beast yu feng shook his head she was correct again she then realized asked “where they were going in any way” Yu feng then told her that he sensed her nearby they are going to look for the shop and woman known as Xuan Niang this woman specializes in a lot of things if you need something like how to get to Mei ling she is the one to go to though she can help you usually mainly solve your problems by yourself however Alice said this good news and asked “so where do they need to go to get to her” however yu feng then responded that “if you needed to get to her you just needed to know you wanted to get to her the way will show for itself as long as you know she is now mainly residing at this place that is all that matters” Alice taught to herself has yu feng gone mad how would walking endlessly help their situation she tried to stop him but it didn't work just then as she was about to yell Yu feng told her that they were here and she looked up and saw shop of rare treasures she was shocked to the core but was glad they made it suddenly the door opened and the two walked in together and different strong bright wave of colors especially yellow rushed passed them they saw a woman sitting at the edge of a bathtub Alice had noticed that the woman was more dressed with the people of her world clothing the woman seemed to have put her hand in the water with flower pedals working on an experiment there were also two figures around one on the left and one on the right they looked like short dolls but they were brother and sister looking almost the same one was named Mimi and the other Nini and they were her helpers Xuan Niang then said “ flowers bloom flowers die flowers are born again I am a mysterious and profound business lady I just finished an issue with a snake what do you want” yu feng then told her that he wanted to find a way to get into mei ling spiritual beast territory he removed a golden shackle from his hand I'm threw it in the ground for her to see Xaun Niang looked and said “it would do ” and added “it's the value not the look” then yu feng said “I already know that” however Xaun Niang said “I already know that I just want the little girl here to know that then the woman pointed to a void that opened from under then Yu feng immediately grabbed Alice hand and pulled her and jumped inside Alice was quite shocked at first wandering where they were going but after seeing the place it looked exactly like how things were when she first came here suddenly an orb in the center started talking and said that “this information is only being able to be passed because some beast do not leave it in full protection if you want to go to mei ling's spiritual beast territory you have to say chu chu mi seven times exact” Alice wanted to laugh at the sound but taught this wasn't really the time to laugh and she had also gotten a very important thing at task if they wanted to get out of here they needed to affect mei ling from inside her spiritual beast territory and after that it brought out them both then Xuan Niang said “ it was nice see you after a long time my friend” Yu feng understood what she meant and said sarcastically “ ha because dead I was there for quite some time how funny I know you did there that is how I remember you” he and Alice quickly left the shop then Xuan Niang said to herself “ my friend it was quite indeed some time but now he's interesting to see things going a different way” the special thing about this woman was see wasn't even part of any realm in the jade realm it was had to know who she was.

Yu feng had walked fast ahead and Alice followed behind but for some reason his footsteps increased and more crowd began to surround Alice she then realized that the place recognized them as Mei ling puppets it didn't want them to succeed in their plan so it would do one or 2 things to stop them though it was mainly affecting Alice it didn't really do anything to Yu feng but just that he couldn't hear her so Alice started rushing towards him calling his name but his footsteps increased she then stopped realizing she couldn't continue with this endless circles she was thinking what to do she heard a noise in her back telling her “ hey over here she turned to see a boy her age stretching a hand towards her and a girl her age after she saw they were human she had many questions and immediately followed them till she got to a place that looked empty until kids started coming out and they all humans the boy now turned to Alice and introduced himself as Jian and the girl behind him as ying he said to her “ at first when they saw her they didn't think she really needed help they thought of her as one of the human people who reside in this place or that she knew here until they saw her looking confused just then a middle aged woman came out and then Jian told Alice forgive my manners this is my aunty she is more of our aunty and mommy she takes good care of everyone here she smiled and welcomed Alice who had a lot of questions but wanted to settle first before more questions come when it was the middle of the night the other children did other things but Alice, Jian, ying and aunty mao sat around the camp fire and Alice then asked that why are they here aunty mao didn't really want to talk about the experience so Jian talked instead he told Alice that some years back a man came to our place telling the generation before us and promising all sorts of things our parents where deceived instead that man sold all of us here for some kind of power our parents wanted to protect us from this terror but the beasts we were sold to want ed to extinguish us but because of our parents sacrifice they let us children go but left us under the care of aunty mao because they new needed a grown up to take care of us all. aunty mao then said in a sad toon “ but luckily they have been able to survive after a lot of work the children grew well ” Alice could see that it was a sad story so she didn't ask more about what happened and just said she came with her friend here too but things didn't go as planned.

The day Alice change uniform into something else she wore a green vest and tied a jacket to her waist and wore an ash trousers her clothes where already weird enough so no one really asked her much questions about it Alice upon herself to do the work she chopped woods in half with an axe and helped clean the places she taught was dirty the children gathered around her talking about how amazing she was she also realized that ying didn't really talk to her much so when she saw ying carrying some load she joined in and try to strike up a conversation but ying was hesitant to talk to her the ying spoke up and said that she wasn't really the one that suggested that they help her it was mainly Jian's idea that is why she can't see being close to her a thing however Alice didn't mind what she said do all the work she taught might be quite much for ying it didn't take long ying started open up to her soon the children had gathered they were having a meeting and it was going to be Alice first meeting with them it was ying that specifically made sure Alice came with her Jian addressed them and aunty mao was there he informed them that a group of people would be coming here for a Land that is perfect for building and for them this is the place where they live but there is not much they can do if the beast decide to take this place and build it for a home under the recommendation of anybody even humans themselves so they are going to need a plan to divert them to look at the other direction he had from one of the other kids that the other side doesn't look too bright but when you look at it deeper it is quite good they are going to make those people see that side of land without letting them know they have a hand in it that way they both get what they want and now they would now discuss the plans but Alice quickly raised her hand up here she had alot off good ideas to give Jian happy that they met someone like her.

when it was time and the people arrived kids hid all over the place each tasked with different jobs to accomplish the plan both Alice and jian stood on top of a mountain they were going to push down boulders at the end of it make this people agree that this place wasn't safe and moved to the other side first as the men walked forward the but was already messed up with mud by some kids so they didn't know that but they however found themselves falling and some even complained that the road was bad when the men decided to rest some kids set insects around the place and the people couldn't stay there long they had to stand and leave to avoid the insect from one trouble to the other they finally reached the final part which was Alice and Jian before they pushed the bolders done Jian told Alice “ that they are glad to have her here she is really rear to find ” Alice however thanked him for the compliment and said “ shall we do the honours ” and they both threw the bolders causing the men to run declaring this place unsafe making both Alice and Jian laugh all that was Left was for ying and a kid named Tao who used to provide information to make them notice how good the other place was instead of rethinking of coming here just then ying told tao that this thing the the other kids made was to make sounds to attract the men's attention tao agreed but it was acting strange just as it was attracting the people the thing spoiled half way then tao immediately became worried what will they do now she then ying said that there was no way she could fail the others especially Jian who worked so hard for them she told tao that she would cause a commotion that will make them come over he should go inform the others so they could help quickly, Tao immediately ran and ying began hitting the broken things making noises and ran deep in place Tao came running breathing heavily Alice and Jian wandered what happened when they heard the new that they immediately had to help ying as she ran the man followed one of them saw a shadow of her and taught maybe it was an evil creature then one of them told him to calm down he just got an efficient dog and immediately asked the dog to chase that thing but they began to notice that this place was good instead seeing that the men had already noticed she didn't have to keep beating the the thing but suddenly she saw a dog with sharp teeth coming towards her and quickly picked race the dog was face Alice and Jian were coming but when they heard dog noises they knew they immediately had to go back if they went any further they would only be bringing more trouble they could only go and make sure that they ensure she could climb back on the mountain safely and hope she could run fast and as fast as they could they turned back ying seeing the situation were they weren't here understood but she also knew if she didn't run fast enough they would come for her if she was introuble so she quickly ran fast and when she got to the mountain they lowered a rope for her as she was climbing it the dog immediately grabbed the rope and was pulling it fiercely if she didn't let go of the rope it would pull her down so she let go of the rope and quickly held some pieces of the mountain Jian got mad a yelled “ you demonic dog if you lay a strand on her hair” he even wanted to go down and fight the dog but Alice held him down she now bent down and talked to ying saying “ ying do you hear me ” ying shook her head a bit and Jian just followed Alice by I said “ it will be ok nothing will happen to you Alice told her that she would have to climb up by herself ying was a bit terrified but Alice told her it is ok that didn't she do it and is fine you can do it too ying did slow movements Alice told her that it was good she should keep moving so she did and when she got close Jian quickly pulled her up and hugged happy that she was ok even the dog wanted to shard tears for endurance to get away from him and Alice immediately said to the dog bye bye you have done enough for one day the 3 went back to the others who were celebrating there accomplished goal and about how well everything went Mrs. Mao couldn't help but cry they thought that everything was good they did not realize a pack of wolves snuck into there territory in the middle of the night it was morning and everywhere was looked when Alice asked tao told her that a pack of wolves were outside and no one could go outside the wolves seemed to be waiting for them it didn't take long the wolves started badging the doors soon they would get in Alice and ying entered a room wandering what the should do Alice said that she needed time to think but ying responded that is what they didn't have. Just then the noises became louder aunty mao became afraid for the children do they took her to a room ying came to Jian wondering if he had any ideas he however said yes but it is dangerous but he is noticing that everyone is becoming more independent and his also happy to Alice for that when ying asked what it was again he opened the door and ran out she immediately screamed his name but he locked the door behind her and immediately started running put himself in danger for the others immediately tao ran and told Alice that Jian put himself in danger to lead the pack of wolves away from here hearing this Alice ran immediately outside after all she was the savior she couldn't let harm come to him as Jian ran one wolf was fast enough to quickly grabbed his hand biting hard into his bones as he screamed the others gathered on him Alice coming immediately seeing the horrifying sight immediately threw a bracelet down far and the wolves ran to get it she immediately ran to him his heart was still beating but he didn't look like he was conscious or physically ok then the other kids immediately gathered even the aunty came towards him ying speechless after him she pushed him but he wouldn't move.

Aunty mao laid Jian in a bed taking care of him and his injuries saying this and your other condition will get better Alice only took a peek felt terrible and walked away she saw ying sitting on the floor with her face buried in her arms depressed Alice had changed back to her uniform and sat with ying and said “ I had aunty saying other condition might telling me what it is” ying replied in a weak voice “ so you heard, it is a sickness that he has had since he was a kid some times coughing blood he is paying a little bit of the price our parents suffered it also caught on to him if only we could get out of here then being held by this stupid curse then we could find a cure for him what is so annoying beautiful I found about him is that he keeps living every day even with his life on the thread like..” before she could finish Alice cut in for her and said “like he has purpose ” ying agreed saying “yes” then Alice looked ying and said “I have purpose too ” she immediately stood up and headed straight for the door ying immediately asked her were she was going and Alice said to her “ trust me when am done everything will be alright and tell Jian thanks for me his such a good soul” she immediately ran as fast as she could out of there and said to herself many times “when you want to go there just know you want to go and it will be ” she had reached the streets she had originally came from but kept running and running even tired she still kept running when she stopped to breath a bit she suddenly looked up and saw shop of rare treasures and couldn't help but to smile and walked in Xuan Niang had seated on a throne with Mimi and Nini fanning her she then looked at Alice who had come and said “ I knew I'd eventually see you again ” Alice immediately went straight to the point I need 2 things to free the stranded humans from the curse and to get to Mei ling's territory then Xuan Niang told her that she takes things that are valuable in return for something else what does she has too offer her Alice immediately removed a tiny box her bag appeared she then picked a tiny box from it and closed her bag with another tiny box and opened the one she had carried and a camera appeared Alice then said it's a camera you can take pictures with it Xuan Niang was interested in the camera and raised her hand and it floated to her Xuan Niang held it like she knew how it works and said this enough for Mei ling but not a get to a place and guide to break a curse inflicted on a generation Alice thought had and said “ isn't my mirror precious take a piece if you need it” then Xuan Niang smiled a the a piece of the mirror “now that is something I cant let pass by it is more then enough to get were you want to go when you get there keeper will guide you true say hi to him for me and Alice immediately stood in the center and said but in mind I will come back for the piece of my mirror when I have or can do something deserving to get it back Xuan Niang just smiled and said “will see” a hole immediately appeared and Alice fell in it she immediately had an idea she pressed a button on a tiny box and her bag appeared she immediately put it behind her back and she then put her hand and removed another tiny box and her bicycle appeared she immediately hopped on it and and rided it on the invisible stepping tears she then came out and everything turned into a tiny box however Alice landed coolly kneeling like a knight of valor she immediately turned around and saw a man wearing a black hood covering his face and said “you must be keeper Xuan Niang said I should say hi why would you involve yourself with the entrapment of people and the children” however keeper just responded “he only follow as he is told to do no strings attached and no sympathy added to it or anyone in other to remain focus at the task I was given ” she told keeper she now wanted to break the curse what should she do he told her just by breaking the bottle in which the aura of the contract was made was enough it was getting there that was the real problem he opened his palm and showed her five stages she must pass this five stages to get to the other side first she must pass the arrows that might try to kill her second the water started cross the ocean, third the bolders stage you must get through them swiftly as they will come from left and right to block your part , fourth fourth the fire pit and last the ground will be unstable and you must get to the other side in other to show your victory after this you can easily break the bottle he turned to see Alice just picking out equipment in tiny boxes that she will need he didn't even know what to say for quite some time he was shocked but said she better gets going she agreed and left and keeper then said “I wish you best of luck ” she immediately ran in the cave a lot of arrows came on her she just opened a tiny box and a big metal bucket appeared she entered it and rolled to the end ( If the arrows can't hit it's a win ) the second was water she taught the metal might sink but the water looks heavy enough to take it so she passed the sound level easy the third was bolders coming from both sides she immediately threw a tiny box up and roller skates landed on the ground she jumped and put legs in it so perfectly so when one came from the left she would slide to the right from the right we would slide to the left when she reached the fourth it was quite easy she just filled the some water earlier when she was in stage 2 and immediately just poured the water in the place were the fire came from game over now was the real problem she could not use her roller skates in the last stage because if she she wanted to jump and it didn't go as planned she would be introuble she had to run like her life depended on it ( cause it did) she took deep breaths then immediately started running she ran as fast as she could without stopping the ground that like a bridge was coming fast behind her it was just too fast she needed to think of something quickly or she would be doomed just then she jumped with energy and didn't reach the end she was falling but she saw a stick and held on to it she tried to pull herself up but it was no use the couldn't get up but she didn't want to give up and the words of that woman flashed through her head she remembered the words “ I have a question for you, do you have a purpose ” Alice then pulled with strength even when it was clear she was tired she didn't stop and said “ yes I have a purpose and there are many ” her hand grabbed the edge and she looked down at the pit and thought “ purpose is like your reason for doing things, so you try hard enough to make sure you can, it drives enough to do so as a human I can understand that well enough I am making it part policy to survive here” she walked and saw a floating bottle with aura in without wasting time she grabbed the bottle and broke it into pieces and said to herself “ I did it am proud to be proud of myself ” just then a hole sucked her and she fell to a place she didn't know on the ground she was like we're was eye she then saw a familiar pair of legs and looked up it was Yu feng she looked at her a bit and said “ Alice ” she immediately said “ Yu feng why are you here ” he then said “ I had to be I was eventually going to come here” just then he felt something and turned to a direction and started following it Alice stood up to follow him but immediately stopped the place began to become foggy for her she something was out for her and stopped and said “whatever you are please show yourself i mean no harm” she heard a voice say “I ensure a beast territory is protected you are not to go forward ” a creature that looked like a bull that can stand in 2 legs and talk came out of the fog that surrounded Alice but Alice spoke in a calm tone “I know you are upholding what do and if I say I won't step back it would look like am asking for a fight because I won't accept but that is not it not everything needs to be resolved with violence even just talking is enough as long you reach to that person I want save lives I promise it is for good will nothing more ” the creature replied “ and how of that can I believe ” Alice then said “ how much of it do you want to believe ” the creature started to slowly disperse in the fog and she immediately passed through to see Yu feng standing in one place and said “ Yu feng what are you doing we should be looking for Mei ling ” Yu feng just looked up and said “ I think we're already here” Alice looked up and saw cocoons men were stuck and said “ what in the world ” just then a rock in the ground started raising like a mountain and on top was the spiritual form of mei ling here while she controlled it from the other world but this time was dressed more decent wearing a white cloth and had spiders legs she then said “ you really are a pest if no lesson is good for you you just wait and see what I will do to you ” as All her hand raised empty but heavy started falling all around Alice ran one direction and was jumping over rolling and avoiding them Yu feng ran too he just dodging what ever came at him until he realized a“ I am a Yu feng why in the world Am I running he removed his blade and it became 10 times bigger and longer he slashed every single one that came his way however as Alice was running webs immediately grabbed her from all sides like a string especially her hands and legs keeping her from moving she struggled but it was no success Yu feng spoke coming from the shadows to the light “ what in the world do you want lady ” she looked at him and said “ cutie your still in one piece have you heard second thoughts ” however Yu feng responded saying “ I don't have time to be for a having second thoughts on trash like you” just then Alice managed to reached for a tiny box it was the one she kept metal in she saw an a long broken iron piece and threw it towards that direction just as the tiny box landed on it there was a loud sound that was heard and it pushed the iron in her direction and she quickly grabbed it on her hand and destroyed the webs holding her captive Mei ling immediately saw this and wanted to attack her but Alice mirror appeared in her hand knowing she just using a piece of the mirror she became scared she thought she sensed no single Qi on the girl so what was she about to do Alice smiled she had tricked she then quickly removed the ball hua gave and threw it at her face and it slammed Mei ling hard as she was about to regain herself Yu feng came close to her and said she was annoying and gave her a heavy punch she fell and Alice quickly ran to were her core was kept iced it in 2 the spiritual embodiment of mei ling disappeared and the real mei ling was heavily injured in the real world cocoons started falling and people started to wake up from being unconscious people who were there so saw that it was them who saved them and owed there gratitude Alice finally could breathe in peace just then Yu feng gently held her hand and said to her “ let's go teach that mei ling a lesson before she causes more trouble ” Alice followed him and they went out through a portal together you could see Mei lings heart was hurting her severely as she tried to get the door Yu feng and Alice appeared Alice immediately went to her and took a piece of her mirror back from Mei ling and brought hers and mixed it together and it became one Mei ling then looked at them “ if only I had known things would turn like this ” Yu Yu feng eyes became scary as he looked into the eyes of mei ling and said “ you are such an annoyance and walked pass her “ she then spat out blood from her mouth he had stabbed her with his sword and she fell down flat Alice shocked at the scene yelled at him “ you didn't have to kill her wasn't all that happened already enough ” Yu feng removed his sword from Mei ling's stomach and said “ your too weak for my liking someone like her would just come for us and make things even harder for us on the other hand I have no sympathy for her I rather eliminate the problem now before it escalates” Alice then said what about the body it will disperse itself to a particular place she had already made a pact with a particular something before let's go let's leave this village immediately staying here is a waste of time, Alice looked at the body but immediately followed Yu feng because he had started going.

To be continued

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