Flames of Ambition

10: Another Breakthrough

Chapter 10: Another Breakthrough

"Master, Miss Fan almost found us. If we did not leave the place or if we left after that time, your subordinate would have been caught," Mo Yi said while bowing in front of Ming Wangye, Feng Zhengying.

"According to our investigation towards her, she was only Intermediate Primary Spiritualist, but when we examined her cultivation, it was already at Low Intermediary Spiritualist. It seems that she's hiding her cultivation. But this subordinate was not entirely convinced that she's hiding it because we managed to check it quickly. She's not hiding it, so if someone really wanted to check her cultivation, you would know it immediately," Mo Er added.

Feng Zhengying just stared at them coldly. His eyes were full of danger, and anyone who looked into those eyes would think they were going to die. He bore a heavy, terrifying aura that he accumulated from the battles he won.

The Prince Title he had was only conferred to him as a reward. And this reward was only a mere title, and it was even useless to someone.

"She has already gone back to the Prime Minister's Manor now, Master," Mo San said.

Feng Zhengying gestured for them to leave, so the three of them stood up and bowed before they left.

Feng Zhengying smirked and moved his wheelchair away from his throne.

"Really interesting. Let’s see what she can still do," Feng Zhengying mumbled to himself.

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Zexel was inside the Pagoda Ring that night.

Just like the last time, she positioned herself beside the river and gathered the Qi in her surroundings. In no time, heat consumed her body as it began from her toes until it reached her head, just like before.

A familiar feeling began to spread in her body as she began to emit a white light around her body, indicating that she had broken through.

She was cultivating for a week until she reached another level—from Low Intermediary Spiritualist to Intermediate Intermediary Spiritualist.

When she broke through to that level, she stopped cultivating and went inside the pagoda. She saw Red, Blue, White, and Black sparring. They were also cultivating now with their unique cultivation.

"Guys? Can you also spar with me?" The four of them stopped fighting each other and glanced at Zexel.

"Are you sure, Master?" Red the Vermillion Bird said. Zexel nodded and positioned herself in a fighting stance.

"Well, you need to choose between the four of us," White the White Tiger said.

"Then Blue, please spar with me," she smiled at Blue the Azure Dragon.

So Azure Dragon went in front of Zexel. After a while, the whole place was replaced by an illusion. It became a wide field, and the two of them were the only ones in that illusion.

Zexel increased her alertness. She knew that this sparring would help her stabilize her cultivation.

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Zexel decided to stop her cultivation now, so she let herself go back to her body. After she opened her eyes, Zexel smelled herself unconsciously. She frowned as she smelled so stinky after cultivating.

"Fan Yi, prepare a bath," she ordered after she opened her door. She realized that it was only morning right now.

After just a while, Fan Yi told her that everything was prepared, so she took a bath.

Fan Er helped her to take a bath as she talked to Zexel.

"Miss, did you break through? It's only been one week since you entered seclusion. Why did you stop after that? Before, you were cultivating for an entire two months," Fan Er curiously asked her while scrubbing her back.

She remembered according to the host's future memories, her three servants were extremely loyal to her to the point that all of them died horribly at the hands of that modern assassin who transmigrated into Fan Yaoli's body after she died because of poison.

She sighed as she stared at Fan Er. The servant felt uncomfortable, so she decided to kowtow to Zexel.

"Nubi doesn't mean to be curious. Nubi made a mistake," Fan Er said while banging her head on the ground.

"Stop it, Fan Er!" Zexel coldly said, making Fan Er stop from banging her head.

"This Lady did not speak anything, so why did you punish yourself?" Zexel asked her.

"Nubi—" Zexel gestured to her to stop, so Fan Er shut her mouth.

"Yes, this Lady had a breakthrough, so this Lady stopped from cultivating. After this Lady takes a bath, we will go to Big Sister," Zexel said. Fan Er just nodded and sighed as she continued to help Zexel to take a bath.

After a while, Zexel, together with her three maids, went to Hua Kai Pavilion.

It was only morning, and she hadn’t taken breakfast after her seclusion. The first thing she thought was to have breakfast with Fan Yaoli.

When they reached the Pavilion, she saw Fan Yaoli eating her breakfast. When she got near her, she smelled a strong slow-acting poison, and she knew that it was in Fan Yaoli's food.

She stopped Fan Yaoli from eating and brought out her silver chopstick. She dipped it in Fan Yaoli's food, and the tip of the chopstick turned black.

Everyone except for Zexel became shocked by that. Fan Yaoli decided to throw up the food she had eaten a while ago.

"Dao Lu, where did your food come from?" Zexel coldly asked.

"From the kitchen, Miss Lihua. The ration came from there," Dao Lu answered.

Zexel gritted her teeth. She grabbed Fan Yaoli's wrist and checked it. As she expected, there was another poison inside her body.

"From now on, Dao Lu, after you pick up the food for your Miss, throw it away immediately. Don’t let others know that your Miss will not eat it. Fan San, always give a decent meal to my sister for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Understand?" Dao Lu and Fan San both nodded.

"Let's go, Eldest Sister. We will go to my restaurant, and this Sister will feed you a lot of delicious food," Zexel said as she pulled Fan Yaoli to go outside the manor. They ate and strolled around the capital again and went back to the manor.

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