Chapter Twenty-Five: The Hidden Light Ring

  A monstrous fierce flame filled the sky, and from its huge mouth spewed forth a black, undead light like dragon's breath, blasting the lake water to surge up several meters high.

  Li Xiangfei summoned her armor, covering herself from head to toe with Viscount-level equipment. Under the infusion of her Benming Shenguang, it shone with a dazzling brilliance.

  A narrow and long thin sword stabbed out, bringing up a purple light of about one zhang, slashing towards the monster's skull.

  The monster didn't show any weakness either, the huge single horn on its head released a black glow, colliding with Li Xiangfei's sword glow, and instantly exploded, the purple and black glows extinguished at the same time.

  Bai Cangdong and Hong Lian's wife hid far away in the grass on the shore, sneaking a peek at Li Xiangfei's battle with that Viscount-level undead.

  "Madam, are you asking me to deceive that man?" Bai Cangdong asked, looking at Meng Xiaquan who was struggling in the water.

  Honglian lady gave him a glance: "Meng Xiaquan is a normal man who likes women."

  "Are you asking me to deceive your niece Li Xiangfei?"

  "Is there something strange?" said Madame Honglian nonchalantly.

  "Nothing!" Bai Cangdong no longer made a sound, this woman had actually gone to deceive his own niece, which was truly unexpected. Moreover, Bai Cangdong couldn't figure out how the identity of Viscount Mask could have deceived Li Xiangfei.

  The contact between the Masked Baron and Li Xiangfei was limited to the time at the Undead Altar, when he snatched away her silk sword and forced her to hand over "Blade Steps". From any perspective, Li Xiangfei should have hated the Masked Baron to the bone. Why did Hong Lian think that the Masked Baron could deceive Li Xiangfei?

  "You get ready, it's your turn next." said Mrs. Honglian in a soft voice.

  "What am I supposed to do? Go defeat that Viscount-level undead? You're overestimating me, ma'am." Bai Cangdong said with a wry smile.

  Lady Honglian's finger tapped on his forehead, and she smiled: "How could I bear to let you go to your death? That undead creature is called 'Black Scaled Python', a relatively rare Viscount-level undead. On land, it's not that powerful, but in water, even I wouldn't have the confidence to kill it, so naturally I won't let you deal with it."

  "In fact, under normal circumstances, the Black Scaled Chelonian would need at least half a year to revive, but the people of Shenwu did some tricks and let the Black Scaled Chelonian revive ahead of time, just to give Meng Xiaquan an opportunity to be a hero."

  "To pick up girls, he actually let a viscount-level undead revive half a year in advance. Meng Xiaquan really is generous."

  "Ordinarily, a woman wouldn't be worth the God of War going to such lengths, but Xiang Fei is my brother's heart's desire. Let alone letting a viscount-level undead revive ahead of time, even if it were ten times the price, as long as it could make Meng Xiaoquan win Xiang Fei's heart, it would still be worth it."

  Lady Honglian took a light breath before continuing, "Think carefully, Meng Xiaquan is just like you, only a baron-level. He wants to be the hero who saves the beauty, so it's naturally impossible for him to go and kill that viscount-level undead."

  "You mean to say that Meng Xiaoquan has a treasure on him that can save Xiangfei from her predicament?" Bai Cangdong asked hesitantly.

  "You're not that stupid, there are quite a few undead Viscounts around Korlan City, so why would the Divine Warrior go to such great lengths to revive Hei Lin Jiao?"

  "Do they have a way to subdue the Black Scaled Python?" Bai Cangdong's eyes lit up.

  "It's not that easy to subdue, if a Viscount-level undead could be subdued so easily, there would be Viscounts all over the streets by now. From what I know, Black Scaled Crocodiles only like to live in clean water domains, once the water domain is polluted, they will leave immediately, I think there's something on Mong Xiaquan's body that can quickly pollute this water domain. Let's work together and take advantage of his carelessness, knock him out and snatch him away, then you can replace Mong Xiaquan to be the hero who saves the beauty."

  "What a good idea! However, it seems that your niece doesn't need to be rescued anymore!" Bai Cangdong said, looking at the battle on the lake between one man and one Jiaolong.

  Li Xiangfei's sword shone brightly, cutting out wound after wound on the black-scaled python's body. The python let out a furious roar.

  "Don't underestimate any Viscount-level undead, Xiangfei may have achieved the Golden Life Plate, but after all, she has only recently been promoted to Viscount and her innate divine light is still too weak. She can currently suppress the Black Scaled Python, but it's only because of that suit of Viscount-level golden armor, she won't be able to hold on for much longer."

  "What's a Golden Life Plate?" Bai Cangdong had never heard of a life plate before, let alone one with the word "Golden" added to it.

  "The destiny plate itself also has different levels, generally people's formed destiny plates are bronze, a few can form silver, and only a handful of exceptionally talented individuals can form gold. In the future, after you become a viscount, if you encounter conflicts with others, if you see that person can bare-handedly produce golden divine light, it's best not to be their enemy."

  Bai Cang's face remained expressionless, but his heart was already racing with excitement. His fate chart was a golden color, and he had never paid much attention to it before, assuming everyone's was the same. He didn't realize that there were also differences in quality between fate charts.

  "It's almost time, let's dive in and knock out that little punk Mongsu first. How dare he have designs on my Xiangfei? If the Divine Might Sect wasn't still somewhat useful, I'd destroy him today." A hint of murderous intent flickered across Lady Honglian's face.

  Bai Cang's heart skipped a beat as he realized that this woman, who usually had a seductive look on her face, was even more terrifying than those who were originally fierce and sinister when she became ruthless.

  "This woman is really not someone you can afford to offend."

  Meng Xiaquan hid in the water, avoiding the aftermath of Li Xiangfei and Hei Lin's great battle, while observing Li Xiangfei's situation, preparing to choose a suitable opportunity to strike.

  "After I, Young Master, display my divine power and rescue Xiangfei, will she take the initiative to offer a kiss or even dedicate herself to me? At that time, should I accept it or not? It's best to cook raw rice into cooked rice first. By then, I'll be the heir of Daolun Castle, and Daolun Castle will be our father-son empire. Xiangfei is born beautiful, worthy of me, Young Master. And that Honglian Madame, so charming, if I can bring her into my household together...” Just as Meng Xiaquan was thinking about the exciting part, he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head, and then he fainted.

  Bai Cangdong and Hong Lian pulled the unconscious Meng Xiaquan into a thicket on the riverbank.

  "Search carefully, it should be on him." said Madame Honglian in a low voice.

  Bai Cangdong responded with a sound, just about to take action, his gaze inadvertently swept over Hong Lian's body, but suddenly froze there.

  The black tight-fitting dress on Madame Honglian was made of some kind of silk, and after getting wet, it stuck to her body and became transparent, almost as if she were naked at a glance.

  "What are you staring at, hurry up and get to work..." Lady Honglian discovered that Bai Cangdong's eyes were not right, looked down at herself, suddenly let out a scream, and quickly retreated into the bushes.

  Bai Cang Dong coughed lightly and pretended nothing was wrong, then went to search Meng Xiaoquan's body. He soon found two wooden boxes, knowing that they might contain something to deal with the Black Scaled Python, but he didn't dare open them easily.

  "Found it?" Honglian madam didn't know how she got her clothes dry, walked out of the grass thicket, but still had some red spots on her face.

  "I've found two boxes, but I don't know which one has the thing inside." Bai Cangdong handed the two boxes to Lady Honglian.

  Madam Honglian wrinkled her small nose and sniffed at the two boxes separately, then handed one of them to Bai Cangdong: "This box contains that thing. When Xiangfei can't hold on any longer, you rush up and open the box to sprinkle it towards Hei Linjiao."

  Then Madame Honglian opened another box and found a black crystal ring inside.

  "Huh? How did Meng Xiaquan end up with a Stealth Ring on him?" Hong Lian's wife said, slightly surprised.

  "What is this ring of hidden light?" Bai Cangdong looked at the ring and didn't find anything special about it.

  "A Viscount-level special equipment, because a Viscount's innate divine light is easy to emit from the body, so it's easy to distinguish whether someone is a Viscount or not. However, as long as the Concealing Light Ring is used, the innate divine light can be hidden, making it impossible for others to see if you are a Viscount or not. This thing doesn't have much use, but it's extremely rare, so its price is also very expensive. I don't know how Meng Xiaquan would carry one with him."

  After thinking for a moment, Hong Lian said: "It seems that it should be a gift given to Xiang Fei. You wear it on your body, and with this ring, others will find it even harder to distinguish your true strength and identity. It's also easier to impersonate the Masked Baron."

  Bai Cang Dong naturally wouldn't refuse, directly taking it over to arm himself, the Hui Guang ring appeared on his left hand's little finger.

  Due to the effect of the Invisibility Ring, it only hides the Baron's overflowing divine light, so it doesn't have any substantial effect on Bai Cangdong. However, with a Baron-level equipment on him, Bai Cangdong psychologically feels that he has become much stronger.

  "It's almost your turn, Xiang Fei is about to collapse, hurry up and save her, don't let her get hurt." Mrs. Hong Lian added another sentence: "After saving her, don't say anything, just put her on the shore and leave immediately."

  Bai Cang nodded and grabbed the box in his hand, then dived into the water again, swimming towards where Li Xiangfei and Hei Lin Jiao were fighting.

  Li Xiangfei was almost in despair, the Black Scaled Snake was nearly invincible in water, no matter what kind of wound she left on its body, after the Black Scaled Snake rolled around in the lake water, those wounds would immediately disappear and recover at a terrifying speed.

  "I've already advanced to Viscount, and I have so many top-notch equipment, yet I still can't defeat a single Viscount-level undead. Is my talent really that bad?" Li Xiangfei panted heavily, feeling extremely frustrated, yet also somewhat helpless.

  "It's fine, I'll just die like this then." Without the strength to leap out of the water and swing her sword again, Li Xiangfei gave up resisting and let her body slowly sink into the water, while the black-scaled crocodile opened its bloody maw and rushed down from above, biting down fiercely.

  A cold mask suddenly appeared in Li Xiangfei's eyes that were about to close, then Li Xiangfei only felt a tightness around her waist, and her body was involuntarily wrapped into a strong arm, then quickly popped out of the water surface, avoiding the black-scaled python's swallow.

  "It's you!" Li Xiangfei exclaimed with excitement, staring at the originally cold and icy mask that made her so excited she couldn't control herself.