Chapter 28 – She jumped over a wall and encountered a man in black robe (1/2)

The little girl was called Luo Heng, her nickname was Luo Luo because ever since she was very young, she used to add some words that preceded her actual speech. For example, when she called for an eagle to fall on her little hand, or when she called to a crocodile to take her to the other side of the river, she would always say, “Loh Loh, quickly!”

Luo Luo was fourteen this year. She was very young and for some reason, she looked even younger than she actually was. She was immature and cute to say the least. Like her appearance, she was naive because she was borned into a high position and great wealth. She did not have to worry about anything.Even after she left her homeland and came to the capital, she still hasn’t changed at all.

She lived in the herb garden in the capital for nearly a year. She barely interacted with others which left her, more or less, lonely and bored.

But this didn’t bother her. She was only concerned about how to xiu xing – in the aspect of xiu xing she had some problems that she could not solve. Even her seemingly omnipotent father could not solve them which is why she travelled thousand miles to the capital.

She hid her identity and went to listen to some lectures in the Heavenly Academy and the Startaker Academy. She went as far as to privately ask famous professors about her situation and to discuss related questions with an honorable guest in the great Zhou royal palace. Even so, she unfortunately couldn’t get answers to her questions.

One night, when she was at her most disappointing moment, she suddenly felt a star light up in the sky. She did not know where the star was but because she knew that the spirit was very strong, very calm and also very different from common xiu xingists’spirits – she could feel it because she had a very special talent. She was certain that what she sensed was real and she wanted to find that person.

She wanted to put the questions that bothered her for years in front of that person and hoped to get answers.

Yet after twenty days, she still couldn’t find the person. Even though she sent disciples and honorable guests from the royal palace out to search, she still could not find a trace of this person. She was extremely disappointed.

Luo Luo’s was feeling slightly depressed. Even the well-known and rare Cong Yu new tea in the cup could not grab any of her attention. Normally, she excelled in Teaism; how could she ignore the fragrant tea? It was very uncharacteristic of her.

Suddenly, she smelled a scent.

Luo Luo opened up her eyes wide and her body became somewhat stiff.

This scent was very light, but after it had entered her nose, it became intense and extremely clear like a good wine that lures people. There were countless rare fruits in the herb garden which would give offdifferent smells at night but they could not hide the smell that Luo Luo picked up.

In the valley that she lived in during her youth, there was a mountain of flowers. But even if they all bloomed together under the morning sunlight in the beginning of summer, it would not be as fragrant as the scent Luo Luo sensed now.

She dared to swear on all the stars that she had never smelled such good fragrance in her life.

This fragrance was especially light.

What kind of scent was this? Where did this scent come from?

When Luo Luo was thinking, she suddenly realized the scent had disappeared. Just in a second, the fragrance went away. She could no longer find a single remaining scent. She felt lost as if she just missed a very important thing in her life.

She walked to the west along the wall for a several dozen steps. After she arrived at where the flowers were blooming in the ivies, she discovered that the fragrance was not from here. Subconsciously, she looked towards the green ivies on the wall. She thought the faint fragrance was coming from the other side of the wall.

What’s on the other side? It seemed like the discarded Tradition Academy. Compared to the herb garden lived in, the other side had been soundless, like a graveyard. Yet since a few days ago, it suddenly became noisy and crowded, as if something had just happened.

Should I go to take a look?

She had a feeling that the fragrance was related to the person she was trying to find.

Luo Luo’s hand in the wide sleeves slightly grabbed tighter. She became a bit nervous. Without turning, she looked into the darkness of night.

Far away, the oil lamp that was emitting lights behind the spider plant fell into the depth of the night, became distorted and disappeared.

It meant that there were people, or some kind of power existing.

She knew who they were. They were her clansmen who were responsible for protecting her. But at the same time, these people also restricted her freedom. Everyday, when she wanted to go to the Heavenly Academy and Startaker Academy, they had to prepare a long time beforehand, and so, they obviously wouldn’t allow her to leave at night.

Luo Luo saw her shadow on the wall and thought that she was so useless and was such a coward.

Suddenly she laughed, shook her head, pulled out a button and then loosened her hand.

The button that was made from horns of rhinoceros, fell from her little hand to the ground.

“Pa.” One light sound came out.

A fog shrouded the corner of the wall and went in and out of the green ivy.

“Soh, soh, soh, soh,” around ten people came out as fast as arrows from different places in the darkness of night.

The leading middle-aged man waved his hand and dispelled the fog but he still could not see anything in the corner.

These people obviously had high xiu xing. They were probably even some of the best in the world. Yet now, their faces were all extraordinarily pale. They were extremely scared.

One said with a shaken voice, “Prin…Miss…disappeared.”

The middle-aged man’s face was extremely cloudy. He ordered with a low voice, “Report to the palace quickly!”

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Luo Luo didn’t go very far; she just went to the other side of the wall.

She was confident that her people wouldn’t able to find her in such a short time because the seemingly ordinary button was actually the Button of Thousand Miles.