The Princess And The Lord

Jack plopped down on his leather chair while lazily leaning his back on his chair, he puffed smoke in the air while deep in thought.

"Something on your mind, Boss?" Madeline sensed Jack was thinking about something serious.

"That woman, can't be a rookie hunter," he mumbles to himself.

"Why do you say that?" Madeline frowned in confusion.

"She's too relaxed, and too calm when talking to me, even though she looks honest but I feel she knows more than she leads on, I don't believe she's just a rookie hunter!" Jack was curious about who is this woman really was he felt he had to start investigating the mysterious woman's identity.

"I agree she's more knowledgeable than novice hunter but that doesn't mean she's a bad woman." Madeline had seen so many hunters in her life therefore she was confident she could differentiate between bad and good hunters.

Jack's lips curled downwards "It doesn't mean they are bad, it's just there's something about her...I just can't get out of her from my head" Jack's eyes lit up with interest just like a kid playing with a mystery book. 

Madeline furrowed her brows as her entire expression darkened, "You're not making excuses because Miss Jane is beautiful, right?" his smile was laced with obvious threat.

Jack shrinks his neck "What, of course not, Come on Maddy, don't tell me you're jealous ?" he teases.

Madeline looked at him in utter disgust "Oh please, I just want to save you from the heartbreak"

The corners of Jack's lips twitched "Hey, what does that mean? You think I'm not good enough for him" Actually he doesn't have romantic feelings for red-haired women although he won't deny that she is indeed very beautiful but that's not the reason he is interested in her.

"Have you seen her husband? That man is so...HOT!" Madeline didn't know what other words to describe how gorgeous that man was.

Jack had never seen Madeline give such high praise on a man's face, Jack even believed she was blind otherwise how come she never paid attention to him...he wasn't that bad.

"How hot is he?" his voice filled with jealousy.

Unfortunately, Maddy was too dense to notice instead she gave an 'OK' sign "SMOKINg HOT!" 

Jack's eyes blazed with anger, Madeline will never know that because of her casual comment, Jack has changed his priorities to investigate Zhao Li Xin first. 

Zhao Li Xin's ability to gather enemies once again proves to be invincible. However, the high mighty Lord didn't know he had created an enemy even though being there cause right now the smoking hot man was literally smoking right now!

After he awakened the eternal flame he would still need time for his Qi to blend harmoniously with the Immortal Flame and then circulate ll that power throughout his veins.

In order to keep his body temperature stable and also not let the fire go out of control and burn the whole room, Zhao Li Xin meditated under a cold shower. Zhao Li Xin thought this should be enough to withstand the immortal flame considering he was still in the initial step unfortunately, he miscalculated.

When the heat in his body increased sharply the water around him evaporated and turned into hot mist until the entire bathroom was covered in a thick white smoke that later on escaped from the gap in the door.

Lory was flabbergasted when she entered the room, her sight was covered with thick-hot mist that engulf the entire room soon the heat make her sweat and dizzy, Lory immediately chanted the Ice power to cool the room before everything melt from the intense heat.

When the freezing cold air blew across the room pushing hot air out of the room and causing all the windows in the room to be slammed open, instantly the temperature in the room immediately dropped and the white mist turned into snowflakes, Lory then immediately looked for Zhao Li Xin's whereabouts in a panic.

Lory kicks the bathroom door [Li Xin, where are you?]

Zhao Li Xin was awakened from his deep meditation by Lory's panicked voice, his eyelashes trembled before he slowly open his eyes [Lory?]

Lory hastily cupped Zhao Li Xin's face to make sure he was okay [You're okay, are you hurt, is there a malfunction with your power? what happened to you?] she raining him with questions.

Zhao Li Xin was confused by the stress on Lory's face [I'm fine, in fact, my cultivation level rose to Warrior level at the transition stage...] Zhao Li Xin himself was surprised that his cultivation had increased many times over usual he didn't know what was because his body was not affected by cold poison anymore or because Lory's world was special maybe a combination of both, whatever it was, it proved to be good news for him.

But Lory still not convince [Let me make sure first] Lory close her eyes and then channel her healing gift to search if there was an abnormality in Zhao Li Xin's body then she found there was a slight problem with his internal organs but nothing too serious perhaps because Zhao Li Xin's cultivation had increased too fast that his body was shocked causing some of his organs to get hurt but other than that Zhao Li Xin was fine.

After Lory fixed his body Zhao Li Xin feel much better he was almost embarrassed at how comfortable his body become, who knows cultivating can be so...easy.

Cultivating was not an easy task, after all, it was a practice to push the human body beyond its limits so it was no wonder complications during cultivation frequently occurred hence the alchemist profession emerged to concoct pills and elixirs to help cultivators alleviate the side effects of their cultivation though carelessly abused the pill and elixir to nurture body would lead to the destruction of the cultivation itself.

Therefore struggle and pain were completely inseparable from a cultivator's life, only by enduring pain could one become a great cultivator, and those who feared pain and suffering will use pills and elixir to ease their pain without realizing it would only weaken their foundation.

Zhao Li Xin was no exception in fact he probably experienced much worse because the cold poison that infected his body made it more difficult to increase his cultivation and the side effects he experienced were even more severe.

That's why Zhao Li Xin's ability to endure pain was beyond normal human comprehension including Lory herself. In the end, against all odds, Zhao Li Xin managed to raise as the most powerful cultivator in his world ever known but sadly all that pain and suffering made him apathetic and cold.

[Li Xin you need to rest] Lory didn't give him a chance to refute.

Lory got up and then walked towards the window to make sure he was letting all the hot air out of the room but when white smoke billowed out of his window it caught the attention of the people outside.

"Hey, is there a fire in your room?!" people outside were shocked to see white smoke coming out of the window.

Lory leaned her shoulder against the door window frame and then casually shouted to people in the street "No!"

"Are you sure?" another man shouts, if there is no fire where is the smoke coming from?!

Lory roll her eyes "Do I look like someone who would burn myself to dead?!" Lory was irritated and then withdrew herself from the window, she was too lazy to answer people's stupid questions.

When the white smoke around her dissipated, Zhao Li Xin realized that the bathroom floor he was sitting on had turned black because of the immortal Falame, he didn't expect that the water wasn't enough to withstand the flames.

Zhao Li Xin Lips press tightly while scratching his head exasperatedly, he didn't know how much it would cost to replace the damage to the entire bathroom, did this mean he would trouble Lory again? he suddenly feel like a dead weight.

Zhao Li Xin wondered if there was something he could do to earn some quick cash even though he could hunt the beast with Lory but after he went through it Zhao Li Xin realized hunting took too much time and preparation, which he had no patience about it.

[Looks like I'm making an unnecessary problem, huh?] Zhao Li Xin came out with a bare chest leaving only wet pants that gave too much imagination for anyone who see it, his body glistened due to the mixture of water mist and sweat that damped his body, Zhao Li Xin's expression was apathetic as always but the pair of his dark eyes stared at Lory affectionately.

Zhao Li Xin then brush his wet long hair that draped over his chest, he feel a bit embarrassed to show Lory his messy look, thankfully Lory already saw the worst of him so he didn't worry Lory would detest him.

Lory reflexively closed the window and hurriedly pulled the curtains to cover the window, her heart beating so fast her whole face become as red as a ripe tomato.

'I can't let anyone see him!'

Not that she hated Zhao Li Xin, it was just that she couldn't let anyone see Zhao Li Xin now because she knew full well what kinda trouble would knock on her door and Lory wasn't sure she wouldn't go berserk if anyone dared to have obscene thought about Zhao Li Xin.

At this time Lory really misses Mong Ki and Mong Yi and also appreciates their unnoticed hard work to protect this dangerous walking temptation.

The anxiety on Lory's face makes Zhao Li Xin think they're really in deep trouble "Did I really cause big trouble?" he apologetically asks.

Lory mind was all over the place when she felt the heat rush to the top of her head, she remembered this sensation when she had nosebleed when she saw Zhao Li Xin's body in the hot spring in the past, but that happened in the early of their relationship so what excused she had to have nosebleed this time.

Lory shook her head to get rid of her wild thoughts then she replied with a half focus [Well... as long as no one is looking at you I guess we'll be fine?]

"...." Zhao Li Xin didn't understand what that meant, should he hide his power or himself?

In the meantime, Lory tries to pluck her eyes from Zhao Li Xin, she doesn't know if it because the remain of Zhao Li Xin power or what but she feel hot all of a sudden.