Ronghua took out the sword, and she was about to chop him. He hid with his might. But he was a little scared when seeing the deep crack made by her.

“Why do you come into the mysterious territory instead of staying outside?”

“I have told you that if you tell me where the main palace of the mysterious territory is, I'll let you go. Do you regret it now?”

Ronghua threatened him. She thought that he would be scared, but he wasn't. His face didn't register too much fear except that he was frightened after recognizing her ident.i.ty.

Ronghua looked at him, with a little curiosity, “Aren't you scared of me?”

His paws moved, and he sneered, “Why should I be scared of you? It's full of demon power here. I think you aren't feeling well, either.”

Ronghua looked at him without any expression. He asked, “You want to enter here, which belongs to the human race. If you aren't a human, you must hold down your blood power. Do you have enough power to fight with me if you do so?”

Ronghua didn't expect that the monster knew so much. Indeed, she would be incapable of defeating it if she held down her power. After all, she wasn't invulnerable.

She knew if she didn't hold down her power, the master of the mysterious territory would immediately expel and suppress her in various ways after she entered here. However, he couldn't do anything to her.

Therefore, she deliberately held down her power to prevent this situation.

The monster continued, “There isn't anything you wanted in the mysterious territory. What's your purpose?” Something popped into his mind, “Oh! Do you enter here just for this guy?” Ronghua thought that the guy he said might be Xia Pumo.

Ronghua smiled, “What else do you know?”

However, the monster laughed, “I know nothing except that he has a powerful zither, but he doesn't have high spiritual power. I guess that he depends on the zither to enter here. He wouldn't be alive without it.”

Ronghua smiled, “Do you know what's in the zither?”

The monster patted the ground with his paws and laughed, “It's just an unknown soul.”

Ronghua lowered her head, thinking about something. “However,” he continued.

“I can sense his smell. Perhaps I know what's in the zither.”

Ronghua looked at him, “You know it?”

The monster looked down on Ronghua, with his eyes full of disdain.

Ronghua frowned and thought, “Does he… look down upon me?”

She did want to know what was in the zither. She had been sure that Xia Pumo would never waste time and effort since she met him. He trusted her and followed her, but he had never mentioned his purpose.

She could help him, and they both wanted to enter the mysterious territory, so he agreed without hesitation. Now thinking about it, she guessed that he had got the same message as hers, so he trusted her and followed her. It occurred to Ronghua that she wanted to trick someone, but she was deceived.

“You help him even though you don't know who the soul in the zither is. Who are you? Why do you help him? Now that he chose to leave here, he shouldn't come back.”

Ronghua heard the critical point, “It seems that you are blaming him.”

He pushed over a tree rudely and growled, “You know nothing! I prefer to kill him rather than simply blame him.” He thought, “I have been trapped here for a long time. I couldn't go out, while others couldn't come in, and it was all his fault. If I die here one day, no one will even know I'm dead. Perhaps, others could get my dead body to improve their cultivation. How could I withstand that?”

Ronghua watched him change, strolling on the ground.

“Xia Pumo said he had known the man for just a dozen years. He is an orphan. Could he change his appearance?”

The monster sneered, “Do you really believe the man is just an ordinary human?”

Ronghua smiled. She had watched the memories in Xia Pumo's mind before she came in. Although not many, they were still useful. The mysterious territory had opened twice. The men entering here at that time weren't that powerful, and they were all killed by the master of the mysterious territory, and meanwhile, someone came out.

It was a pity that no one had brought the monster out, so he stayed here lonely for a long time.

But the monster thought that the man was so relentless. He could have left with him, but he just left him alone. In the final a.n.a.lysis, the man was just a selfish wretch. He worried that he would die if others knew his actual ident.i.ty.

It occurred to Ronghua that the man coming out might be the soul in Xia Pumo's zither. Xia Pumo was powerful, and it was easy for him to find out what was in the zither. He was mature enough, and it wasn't impossible for him if he wanted to do it. But she still wanted to know whether or not Murong Zhe was the one. Then, Ronghua asked, “Is this guy a h.o.m.os.e.xual?”

The monster was a little absent-minded when hearing her words, and he seemed to be stunned. “He likes men?” He thought.

“Who told you that?” He asked. Ronghua guessed that he must get annoyed if he was a human now.

His brain wouldn't work well if he got annoyed, so she continued, “You can go to find the truth. He was killed, and his soul was locked in the zither, while now the man with the zither is his sweetheart.”

The monster seemed to be astonished, for he glared at Ronghua after hearing the huge secret. His eyes widened, full of anger. He screamed violently and patted the ground with his paws. The ground was quaking.

Ronghua couldn't do anything about it, so she just calmed down. She wished Xia Pumo to be okay!

“He came out and left me alone. How could he go out to look for his sweetheart? I'm going to kill him.”

He ignored Ronghua and dashed to look for Xia Pumo. Ronghua saw him leave. Then she rushed straight into the air and slammed into the monster's head, stepping on it. She was so powerful that he immediately caught into the soil.

Ronghua stood up near the monster, “I'm protecting him now. Do I allow you to hurt him?”

The monster stood up, roared, and rushed up to Ronghua. The monster was in a great rage now. If Ronghua fought with him, she would be hurt or dead.

Ronghua opened the fan to s.h.i.+eld it, “If you surrender and tell me where the main palace is, I'll spare your life. Otherwise, you'll regret knowing me.”

The angry monster wouldn't listen to her now, and he attacked her again and again, with all his might. But Ronghua was indestructible, just as an iron man.

Ronghua realized that she had an excellent chance to kill him, who was outraged now.

Ronghua took out the fan to hit the monster. He fell, and the trees also fell. Everything was chaotic. Suddenly, the monster rushed up to her. He was stimulated at first, and Ronghua irritated him just now. Barbs had grown on his tail.

He attempted to sweep over Ronghua with his tail. Ronghua hid with the help of the tree and hit the remaining barb away by her fan. Her hand was numb. Ronghua knew the monster was boiling with rage. She thought, “It seems that he is furious now. Otherwise, he won't be that powerful.” Although Ronghua didn't know what kind of relations.h.i.+p between Xia Pumo and Murong Zhe was, she added highly-colored details to it, and it worked. She wished that Xia Pumo would be okay.