With one look they could tell immediately that it was the skin of a mystical tiger. Their looks stiffened and Valley Master Ji immediate picked up the tiger skin and began studying it.

  The other two stood nearby and exchanged a look. They saw the surprise in each other’s eyes.

  “Valley Master Ji, have you ever seen anything like this before?”


  “Hard to say. If I were to guess, this mystical white tiger had it’s flesh, blood, and bones sucked out of it. It couldn’t be done by an ordinary creature!”


  Valley Master Ji sat down and replied in a heavy voice.

  Mo Xuanzun sat next to Cheng Xiao Xiao and asked gently, “Xiao Xiao, are you alright?”


  “I am fine!” Knowing that he was asking if her mystical beast being murdered in such a brutal way had any negative impact on her, Cheng Xiao Xiao replied nonchalantly.

  Mo Xuanzun let out a sigh of relief and said, “That’s good to know!”


  Cheng Xiao Xiao gave him a smile before turning toward Clan Master Ji and asked, “I heard Old Man Ying and the lot mentioned something about City of Heitu. Old man Ji, I trust that you have heard of them as well?”


  City of Heitu!

  Hearing that name, Clan Master Ji, Mo Xuanzun, and Luo Junhao all changed colors. Needless to say, there were no strangers to the place.

  The other three seemed to be a little baffled. The Elder said dubiously, “I seemed to heard that it was some sort of a forbidden location before.”


  “I have heard of it as well. Words had it that it was a very devilish place, but as they were located quite some distance from us so most of the cultivators here just treat it as though it’s a forbidden region and never try to go there,” said Zhou Jinjiang with a frown.

  “Manager Zhou was right about that!” Came a voice from the outside.

  Old Man Ying, Clan Master Qin, and the rest of the group had returned.

  Everybody exchanged greetings and every one took a seat.

  “Were you able to spot anything?” asked Cheng Xiao Xiao directly at Old Man Ying.

  “No, Miss, we didn’t find anything.”


  Shaking his head, Old Man Ying had a very solemn look, “It would not have been easy to slip away under our surveillance. This person must possess the skill of some secret techniques.”


  “……” Cheng Xiao Xiao was speechless upon hearing that. The best of the best had all gathered in her house, and they still weren’t able to track down the culprit. Naturally, she was somewhat concerned.

  “City of Heitu? What kind of a place is that?”


  The mention of this place again made everybody’s face dropped. After a long while, Clan Master Qin finally started slowly, “City of Heitu, just as Manager Zhou had mentioned, was a devilish place. In there resided monsters and creatures of all sort; including ones that you could imagine, and the ones that you couldn’t. You can find them all there.”


  “Ugh. I don’t get it. What monsters? What creatures? What are they? Can you be more specific?”


  Cheng Xiao Xiao wanted to have a better understanding of exactly what was inside the City of Heitu.

  “Xiao Xiao, let me fill you in!” Mo Xuanzun interjected after hearing her words, “It wasn’t entire incorrect to refer to the City of Heitu as a forbidden place as nobody would ever want to go there. Some might even say it was a haven for crimes, as anything could happen there.”


  “As for the monsters and creatures, those were true as well. Inside there you could find female werewolves, tigers with human face, birdmen, creatures beyond your wildest imagination. Many of them were half human and half beasts and were not able to live among us. After all, we weren’t able to accept these bizarre creatures nor could they tolerate they way we look at them. That’s why they all congregated in the city of Heitu.

  “It was also true to refer to this place as the haven of crimes as there are no laws or rules in the City of Heitu. Only criminals would choose to live there; the ominous unaffiliated cultivators who harmed the innocents, or unusual cultivators with odd inclinations. That’s the only place where they would not be prosecuted!”