Refining the Mountains and Rivers

It was obvious that Little Zhao who was worried and despairing over her future hadn't noticed Qin Yu's existence these past four days. So when he appeared in front of her she nearly cried out in alarm, excitement filling her face.

Qin Yu was frightened for a moment. He loudly whispered, "If you want to die then die by yourself. Don't drag me down with you!"

"You…" Little Zhao flushed red. But she also knew that she was in the wrong. Still, she never expected Qin Yu to survive that round of investigation. It had to be known that she had been forced into a helpless situation so she had no choice but to mix herself in with these 'human livestock' to barely survive until now.

She took a deep breath and lowered her voice. She said between clenched teeth, "Don't worry about me. After that deep investigation, the City Lord Mansion is in a relaxed state. You need to figure out a way to complete the Stronghold Master's mission. Remember, that Dorafi is likely to have something on his body that can save his life. If you attack him you need to be fast, to the point where he cannot respond!"

Qin Yu looked up with surprise. He could see how scared she was and yet she still thought of completing the mission first. At the very least she was loyal. But unfortunately, unless he had a full assurance he wouldn't make a move because he had no intention of dying.

"I can't right now. I need to wait for an opportunity." Once he finished speaking he turned and left. He couldn't stay here any longer or he would be easily discovered.

Little Zhao's complexion changed. She had idea whether or not Qin Yu was too scared to carry out the mission, but she had no other choice but to stay here and wait.

"You know that woman?" The female obam's voice sounded from behind him.

Qin Yu put down his hatched. He turned around and nodded, "That's right, she's the one that tried to assassinate Dorafi."

"Humph! What a stupid woman. Its fine if she failed but she also dragged so many people down with her to their deaths!" The female obam sneered several times. Then, her complexion suddenly changed. "You aren't planning on rescuing her, right? Let me tell you that you shouldn't even try it, because you will only be killing yourself!"

Qin Yu shook his head, "I also don't want to take that risk, but you need to understand that she is the leader of my mission. If she dies, my fate will also end up poorly. So if it's possible, I will try and save her." He paused for a second and said, "At that time I might need your help."

The female obam's complexion changed. She clenched and said, "And you are sure that I will help you?"

Qin Yu silently looked at her.

"Consider it this old lady's bad luck. If I knew about this earlier I should have watched you been killed off!" The female obam cursed beneath her breath and turned to leave.

Qin Yu revealed an apologetic look, but that soon faded away. In his current situation he couldn't bother with these things. As he said, if he had a chance he would rescue Little Zhou. As for what he owed that sorrowful and pitiful woman, he could only try and figure out some way to make it up to her later.

Fourth day.

Fifth day.

Sixth day.

In the blink of an eye, the day to entertain the nobles of the imperial city had arrived. The men and women in the cage revealed looks of despair. This also included Little Zhao.

Ever since their conversation that day, Qin Yu hadn't approached the cage at all. He was just like the other surrounding obams, faintly looking on. It seems that the opportunity he spoke of was only an excuse to comfort her.

Little Zhao's eyes casually looked over Qin Yu. Her fear-filled eyes flashed with a trace of disdain and contempt. This boy was truly as timid as a rabbit. If it weren't for him being the only one that might complete the miss's mission, she wished she could expose Qin Yu's identity and drag him down to hell with her.

"Hurry up! Today's banquet must be of the highest standard possible! We must satisfy the noble masters from the imperial city!" The obam master chef roared out loud. The back kitchen started to immediately move at full speed. The human men and women were dragged out from the cage.

These past several days their diet had already been tampered with and now their limbs were weak and sore; they weren't able to offer any resistance. In fact, they didn't even have the ability to sob. They only had blank and empty expressions on their faces, as if they were happy that they could become food for these honored obam.

At this time, Qin Yu looked up at the depths of the City Lord Mansion. The source of that incomparably terrifying aura had finally started to move. And looking at the trajectory, it seemed she was finally leaving…was she going to leave the city to greet the nobles from the imperial city?"

His chance had arrived!

Qin Yu closed his eyes. In his ears he could hear the groans of humans as they were boiled alive. He had no idea whether or not these people included Little Zhao. But right now he couldn't make a move, otherwise he would only end up killing himself.

Finally, the aura he sensed left the City Lord Mansion and vanished beyond his scope of detection…it was time to begin!

Shua -

Qin Yu's eyes opened. At this time his dumb and blank eyes turned cold and sharp, like an icy spring gushing out from the frozen ground! Within his chest his heart began to beat vigorously. But, he didn't release his aura. Instead, he kept every fluctuation contained within his body.

The complexion of the female obam who had been paying attention to Qin Yu the entire time finally changed. But before she could look away, Qin Yu turned to her and slightly nodded. The female obam clenched her teeth and walked over, "What do you plan on doing?"

Qin Yu narrowed his eyes. "Help me get into the dining hall. You don't need to worry about the rest."

"You want to take advantage of that time to save her? Stop dreaming. There are even more guards in the back kitchen today. Once a commotion is caused, you will die without a burial ground!"

"I have a plan."

The female obam looked at Qin Yu's calm expression. It was clear he wasn't affected at all. "You…"

"Don't delay. Go!" Qin Yu shouted.

The female obam's heart shivered in awe. She suddenly nodded and left.

When Qin Yu's eyes followed her and saw her approaching an obam guard. It was unknown what the two spoke about, but the guard's eyes swept over her body and then turned to look at him. Qin Yu's thoughts raced and he immediately put on a fearful and awed expression.

"Coward!" The guard sneered. "Then we have a deal. Don't go back on your word."

The female obam squeezed out a smile. "Of course I wouldn't dare to deceive my lord."

She stretched out a hoof and rubbed her body. The guard smiled and said, "Tell him to cover over. He'll trade clothes with me."

"Yes yes yes, thank you my lord."

The female obam returned. She said to Qin Yu, "You can go. But I can't help you in what happens afterwards."

Qin Yu nodded, "Thank you!"

He walked over the guard and bowed deeply. He groveled and said, "Thank you my lord, thank you my lord!"

"Humph! You low level obam are quite skilled at betraying your own woman. Don't worry. Since I promised to help you I will definitely do it. But you must be careful yourself. If you stir up any trouble, no one will be able to help you!" The guard sneered several times. He looked over to the female obam and licked his lips, saying to her, "Come with me too. You can help your man change his clothes."

The female obam paled, as if she sensed something. Although she had accepted her destiny, to be in front of someone of her original race and do that…still, she had no room to resist right now. Seeing the guard's face sink, she hurriedly nodded.

Qin Yu maintained a groveling posture as if he had never seen any of this before. The guard smiled and spoke to two of his companions. Then, he led them inside.

The dining hall was a vital area, but with a guard leading the way, they continued unimpeded.

"Alright, go inside and change your clothes…you can come in too. I just happened to be tired of working today so you can help me recover from my fatigue."

"Yes, my lord." The female obam looked at Qin Yu. Seeing no expression on his face, she bitterly smiled.

Fellow human?

Hah, whatever. She had already been reduced to such a state, so what did it matter if she was more pathetic and lowly? She would consider today as having used up the last bits of her humanity. After today, she would be a true obam and have nothing to do with the human race again.

Puff -

There was a dull thumping sound and the smell of blood filled the air. The female obam's eyes flew open. If it weren't for her covering her mouth, she might have screamed out loud.

Killing an obam guard was definitely a major event; it would surely be investigated. At that time, there was nowhere she could escape.

"You…you…"

Qin Yu looked at her. "If you don't want to die then follow me!"

He changed his clothes and pushed open the door, making his way out. The female obam shivered and followed behind him. There was no longer any choice for her, unless she wanted to die!

"Mm, who are you?" An obam asked with a frown, blocking their way.

Qin Yu didn't stop. Space suddenly twisted like a piece of folded paper and the obam was sucked inside, smashed to bits.

Following that, several obam died in a similar way. When Qin Yu came to a stop, he arrived at the scene where humans were being boiled alive for the banquet. Several 'human delicacies had been completed and they were placed on giant dishes. They were still dressed in clean and gorgeous robes, smiles of joy on their faces.

Many 'human delicacies' were still being processed. Their bodies twitched but they couldn't even let out the slightest groan. They weren't even able to move their limbs.

And one of them was Little Zhao. Her luck was quite good. She was placed in the back of the production line and had just passed the cleaning process.

To use humans as materials to create a variety of dishes…Qin Yu drew in a deep breath. His appearance suddenly attracted many eyes.

An obese obam wearing white chef's clothing snarled and said, "You scoundrels, where did you two come from? You actually dare to come here without cleaning yourselves first! If you were to contaminate the food prepared for the nobles…"

Bang -

His head was smashed apart, turned into a mass of good that splashed onto the floor, directly cutting off his words!

"Ah! You actually…"

Bang -

Another head exploded.

"Hurry and run! This obam has gone insane!"

"Save me!"

"Guards, guards!"

The obam chefs that were carefully preparing the banquet suddenly fell into fear and panic. But everything that happened here was covered with an invisible barrier of strength so it couldn't be sensed from the outside.

Little Zhao's eyes flew open. She looked as Qin Yu silently made his way forward. He didn't seem to do anything but the heads of the obam burst apart like overinflated balloons in his wake.

Soon, headless corpses covered the entire kitchen. Everywhere one could see was covered with the twitching bodies of obams.

"You…what are you here for…" Little Zhao's eyes reddened and she found it hard to speak.

Light flashed and a long robe condensed out of thin air. Qin Yu covered her pale naked body with it and calmly said, "Don't worry, I will complete the mission."

He turned towards the already frightened female obam. He paused and said, "I still don't know your name…your human name…"

She was stunned for a moment before she regained her composure. In this sort of situation he actually wanted to ask her name? He was insane, he had to be insane! But she instinctively muttered, "Snowside…"

Qin Yu nodded, "My name is Qin Yu."

Snowside looked at him in a haze. Was this the time for introductions? Didn't he know he was going to die soon?

No, the three of them would be dying here!

Qin Yu didn't care about her expression. He moved towards the humans that were in the process of being cooked.

The lives of these people had come to an end as soon as they entered here. Even if they didn't die now, they would soon be killed off by the drugs in their bodies.

What Qin Yu could do was to alleviate their pain and allow them to pass on in dignity…as humans and not as food!