The Mighty Mage
Chapter 116: A Foul Smell

Chapter 116: Chapter 116: A Foul Smell

Other than these mandatory things, Gu Jin focused on studying medicine and making pills.

Because of the constant pill-making, Gu Jin ranked up. Currently, she has reached the Advanced Stage of Apprentice Level.

With a little more focus she would soon cross the Apprentice Level and become a Yellow Rank Alchemist.

It was the result of Gu Jin’s consistency.

After practicing and cultivating, Gu Jin came out of her space and laid on the bed.

Just as Gu Jin fell asleep, a foul smell slowly started to spread in the lodge.

Gu Jin who was sleeping suddenly opened her eyes in alert.

She surveyed her surroundings and found nothing unusual. However, the slight fragrance was still in the air and Gu Jin was sure that some danger was lurking in the darkness of the night.

Gu Jin got out of her bed and took slow steps. Her body was taut and she looked as if she would attack any second.

After checking her room and finding nothing, Gu Jin focused on the sweet fragrance. It was so sweet and powerful, that if Gu Jin was sleeping she would have a good sleep.

Gu Jin frowned. She needs to check her environment. She quickly put on Su Jin’s disguise and got out of her room after eating 2 herbs.

Strangely the entire lodge was silent. Even the receptionist was sleeping. What was even more surprising was that some of the guests had fallen asleep on the sofa.

Creak.

Gu Jin insistently turned around and clenched her hand into the punch. She looked at the silent corridor.

Creak.

Creak.

Whoosh.

One of the room’s doors was pulled open and feet appeared in front of Gu Jin. Slowly the entire person appeared in front of Gu Jin.

Gu Jin threw a punch and the other party quickly held her hand.

It was then that Gu Jin realized that the person in front of her was Tang Guan.

Tang Guan was stunned when he saw Su Jin. To be honest he didn’t have much trust in this newbie. But who would have thought that in the face of danger, the person who would be the most alert would be this newbie?

"Relax man." Tang Guan tried to calm Gu Jin down when he felt Gu Jin struggling free from his grasp.

Gu Jin didn’t respond and her stance didn’t change as she asked,

"What are you doing?"

Tang Guan was surprised by the sharpness in Gu Jin’s eyes and the distrust in Gu Jin’s eyes, made him taken back.

"Man! Su Jin, its me Tang Guan!" Tang Guan felt that maybe Gu Jin didn’t see him properly.

Gu Jin asked,

"What did we have for lunch?"

"Huh?"

"Answer it or I will f*cking attack you." There was a bit of harshness in her tone.

"Woah! Alright! Alright! We didn’t have lunch together." Tang Guan answered when he sensed slight magic in Gu Jin’s environment.

This f*cking boy has no chill.

Gu Jin finally withdrew her magic but she didn’t relax completely.

A habit of previous life taught her that even though you trust the person never relax your guard.

Tang Guan shook his head. He needs to tell his captain about how alert this little brother of his is.

Suddenly a voice sounded,

"What are you all doing?"

Gu Jin and Tang Guan turned simultaneously and saw Xu Mingtao who was rubbing her eyes and was in her pajama.

Tang Guan gulped while Gu Jin narrowed her eyes. Xu Mingtao was barely wearing any clothes.

With a singlet and short pajamas that barely covered her private area, she looked sexy as hell, not to mention her open hair and innocent look were enough to melt anyone.

Tang Guan shifted his eyes and asked,

"Nothing just a bit of accident. You should go inside."

His face was red.

Xu Mingtao held her head and said,

"I don’t understand why my head is paining so much!"

Tang Guan frowned and guessed,

"Maybe it is because of the fragrance."

Once Xu Mingtao mentioned, Tang Guan started to feel a slight ache in his head too.

"Huh? What fragrance?" Xu Mingtao asked.

"Can’t you smell?"

Xu Mingtao sniffed and said,

"Yeah! There is indeed a sweet smell."

Suddenly Xu Mingtao stumbled and in 2 steps reached towards Tang Guan.

Just as Xu Mingtao was about to fall, Tang Guan hurried to catch her. However, before he could reach her...

Bang.

Gu Jin ruthlessly kicked Xu Mingtao toward one of the walls.

Tang Guan’s eyes widened and he scolded Gu Jin without thinking,

"Are you an idiot! How can you kick..."

But before he could finish he saw Xu Mingtao who after getting kicked into a wall turned into a dark black gooey thing.

"It was..." a monster. Tang Guan couldn’t believe his eyes.

He turned and asked,

"How did you know?"

Gu Jin rolled her eyes and said,

"She doesn’t like to wear revealing clothes. Her necklace was missing and she acted as if she was a fragile girl but the real Xu Mingtao isn’t fragile at all.

Also, she came from the direction opposite to Xu Mingtao’s room."

Even though Xu Mingtao always irritated her, Gu Jin was observant enough to know her nature and behavior.

Tang Guan’s eyes widened.

"My god! My little brother knows me the best!" Xu Mingtao’s voice sounded and when they turned around, they saw Yi Ran and Xu Mingtao.

Xu Mingtao and Yi Ran were watching Gu Jin in admiration.

Though cold this little brother of theirs was very smart.

Xu Mingtao pouted,

"Little brother, don’t you feel sad for kicking me?"

Gu Jin coldly said,

"It is a warning. If you ever dared to prank me using this tactic, I would kick you then too."

Xu Mingtao who was thinking of pranking Gu Jin: "..." How uncute!

"Guys stop bickering we should focus on this smell. From my observation, this smell is being emitted by some beast and it deepens the sleep of an average human.

From my analysis, the beast is of low grade." Yi Ran said.

Gu Jin nodded. She too had the same conclusion as Yi Ran.

"Where is the leader and Hao?" Tang Guan looked around.

From this much commotion, they should have woken up by now.

Xu Mingtao rolled her eyes.

"Leader and Hao woke up earlier than you. They had encountered this same slimy thing and they too understood the anomaly pretty quickly.

After defeating this slimy thing and checking on us, they went downstairs to check which beast or monster was behind this."

Suddenly admiration appeared in her eyes and she shifted her gaze to Gu Jin,

"Even though Leader reacted fast, this brother here reacted much faster than him! Brother tell me, have you ever trained your instincts?"

Gu Jin ignored Xu Mingtao’s question and turned to go downstairs.

Has she ever trained her instincts?

Well no.

It was experience more than training.

The only difference was, that she didn’t lose her life in the process, but lost the will to live.

Day after day seeing her loyal members getting killed, Gu Jin learned an important lesson, if you are in a world full of danger, and you start to trust someone completely, the person who will die at the end will be you.

Gu Jin saw how her loyal members were killed to save her from the mistakes she committed. If only she didn’t trust some people. If only she was a little older, then they would have been saved...

However, life is cruel. The ’if’ could never become true.

So it’s better to deal with the situation present in your hand and act quickly.

Xu Mingtao giggled when she saw how Gu Jin was ignoring her. Yi Ran rolled her eyes and asked,

"Why do you keep teasing her Mingtao? Do you perhaps like him?"

Tang Guan’s body tensed.

"Well maybe." Xu Mingtao said and twisted her body from left to right.

"God! You are unbelievable!" Yi Ran shook her head.

On the other hand, Tang Guan gritted his teeth and looked at Xu Mintao sternly,

"Tao, it’s better if you look out. He is just a new member, and we can’t fully trust him! Not to mention, he looks so sissy!"

Xu Mingtao didn’t even bother to answer him and said coldly,

"Ran let’s go."

Yi Ran looked between Xu Mingtao and Tang Guan and quietly left.

When Xu Mingtao was about to follow too, Tang Guan held Xu Mingtao’s wrist,

"Tao, please forgive me. It was my mistake! Please I will never do that again!"

Xu Mingtao forcibly pulled back her hand and looked ahead coldly as she said,

"No need. After all, I am not worthy to become the daughter-in-law of the wealthy family you belong to."

Without giving Tang Guan a chance, Xu Mingtao left.

Tang Guan stood there with a sad expression before following her downstairs.

The temperature outside the lodge was biting cold and Gu Jin’s entire body shivered from the cold.

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