chapter 4 Weird Skeleton Manor===

Leo Ji looked down at the woman fainting on him. Her small face had turned pale to the point of translucence.
His breath calmed slightly as he embraced her slender waist. The ink-black figure passed through the dark night.
"Master, you're back. Who is this...?" White Butler's eyes flickered as he saw his master, who had actually brought back a girl in tattered clothes.
Judging by the situation, it seemed their master had dealt with this girl outside. After all these years, the master had finally come to his senses.
"Prepare a medicinal bath and send a female skeleton to tidy up this woman for me."
"Yes, sir."
The warm water moistened her skin, causing every cell to relax and stretch out.
Since she had transmigrated, she had first killed a giant wolf, then dealt with three more. Next was washing the marrow and fracturing the meridians, pushing herself to the limit. And then there was the battle with a terrifying man.
Her nerves had been taut all this time, and she hadn't relaxed like this in a long while.
But it seemed the heavens didn't want Serene Mu to relax. When she opened her eyes, everything was amiss.
Before her stood a blood-red skeleton, moving about. The hollow eye sockets of the skeleton had purple flames dancing within.
If it were an ordinary woman, she would have screamed long ago.
However, Serene Mu, in a calm manner, soothed her slightly startled heart. After all, she had once fought the King of Hell for a life.
This was a room dominated by dark red tones, which seemed to complement the man's temperament. It appeared that after she fainted, he didn't kill her. But he also didn't send her to the Mu family, so he brought her to his own place.
After Serene Mu finished cleaning up, the red skeleton brought a woman's dress and presented it to Serene Mu.
Then it tried to help her get dressed.
Using a skeleton as a maid... this man was really perverted!
Serene Mu waved her hand, saying, "I'll dress myself. You can step back."
Although the skeleton couldn't speak, it understood Serene Mu's words. It handed the clothes to Serene Mu and obediently withdrew.
The texture of this light purple dress was soft, embroidered with large intricate patterns. The craftsmanship was exquisite and flawless.
It seemed that in her previous life, even her incredibly wealthy former self hadn't worn such exquisite clothes.
Serene Mu put on the dress and then prepared to escape.
But...
Skeletons of various kinds were patrolling everywhere, their eyes glowing with purple flames like ghostly fires.
This scene was like a procession of ghosts!
Serene Mu knew that escaping would be near impossible now.
So, for the present, she could only stay.
Cultivate!
Grow stronger!
Serene Mu returned to her room, recalling the item the beautiful young man had given her after kicking her away.
It was a cultivation technique. She recited the mantra, "Heaven-Defying Decree, Chaos' Genesis, Primordial Origin, All things..."
In an instant, the spiritual energy and vitality of the entire Purple Moon Kingdom surged madly towards her room.
As for Leo Ji, who was in her room, he watched this strange surge of energy without a hint of disturbance, lazily closing his eyes once again.
The next day, the sun rose.
Serene Mu exhaled deeply, and a glint of determination shone in her pitch-black eyes. Her lips curled slightly.
Third-rank Spirit Master. In just one night, she had advanced to a third-rank Spirit Master.
Not only that, but she was also a third-rank martial artist, because the Heaven-Defying Decree was a cultivation technique that combined both martial and spiritual practices.
In this world, spiritual practitioners were ranked as Spirit Practitioner, Spirit Master, Grand Spirit Master, Spirit King...
While martial practitioners were ranked as Warrior, Martial Artist, Grand Martial Artist, Martial King...
In Serene Mu's memory, their Mu family's first genius, Emily Mu, the granddaughter of the Mu family's eldest elder, reached the seventh-rank as a Spirit Master at the age of seventeen. She became the number two genius in the Purple Moon Kingdom, according to the list of young talents.
And she, in just one night, became a third-rank Spirit Master. The so-called Mu family's number one genius didn't seem so impressive after all.
"Ugly woman, don't be too happy too soon. After being cleansed and purged by the Water Spirit Lake, if your talent isn't high, you might as well throw yourself against a wall. Now quickly think of a way to escape! You can't let me fall into someone else's hands."
The voice of the youth suddenly entered her ears.
Serene Mu coldly snorted, "You're only scared now. Where were you yesterday when I was fighting that demon-like man to the death?"
He explained, "I just woke up and didn't have enough strength. I fell asleep again. It was only because you practiced the Heaven-Defying Decree and had a bit of spiritual energy that I woke up."
"Now, how do we escape?" Serene Mu muttered.
She didn't believe that becoming a third-rank Spirit Master would allow her to escape from that dreadful man.
"It depends on how you figure it out. Your strength is too weak, too weak. I've only recovered a tiny bit; I can't help you much."
Her strength was too weak. Relying on this bit of spiritual energy to escape was simply a pipe dream.
Only...
A glint of light flashed in Serene Mu's eyes. She walked out and called the skeleton that had been guarding outside, "You, come here."
The skeleton obediently came over. Serene Mu asked, "Is there an herb storage room here?"
The skeleton nodded and then turned to leave.
Serene Mu's face darkened. She had originally thought the skeleton would lead her to the herb storage room, but she hadn't expected it to be reporting to its master.
The skeleton wasn't looking for its master; it was looking for White Butler.
White Butler inquired, "Master, the woman you brought back last night, does she need herbs?"
"Handle it as you wish!" came a cold, ruthless voice.
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