Chapter 867 – Part of a Sight That Others Can Only Watch from a Distance (2/2)

”Your wounds are too heavy and numerous. You need to recuperate, so I want to arrange a place for you to hide away for some time.”

Chen Changsheng added, ”I'm not Wang Po. There are no grudges or affections between us, so there's no need for you to reject my good intentions.”

Xiao Zhang was quiet for a while, then said, ”In fact, I had also thought of finding a place to hide away.”

After being pursued by the Imperial Court for three whole years, how could he not feel exhausted? No matter how unbridled he was, he also knew that this could not continue.

Not long ago, after being heavily wounded, he truly did want to find a place to rest, but such a place was quite difficult to find.

There were very few sects that were both daring enough and able to defy Shang Xingzhou's majesty.

He had old grudges with the Mount Li Sword Sect and Scholartree Manor, and was not willing to lower his head to them, even if his refusal resulted in his death.

The place he ultimately chose was the same place Chen Changsheng had intended to bring him.

Holy Maiden Peak.

Hearing Xiao Zhang's words, Chen Changsheng's party was shocked. Since he had already gone to Holy Maiden Peak, why had the Imperial Court chased him here?

”I wasn't able to enter Holy Maiden Peak.”

Xiao Zhang's eyes pierced through the holes in the paper, turning somewhat dark, perhaps because he was recalling the circumstances of that day.

”The sword array formed by those girls is truly difficult to deal with, and since they clearly didn't want me, should I implore them to let me in?”

Chen Changsheng felt this very strange. After the battle of the Luo River, the Imperial Court began to pursue Xiao Zhang. Everyone knew what the Li Palace's position on Xiao Zhang was. Even if Xu Yourong was in seclusion, South Stream Temple was masterless, and the people in the temple did not like Xiao Zhang's way of doing things, was there a need for such an unyielding stance?

As he thought of these questions, his eyes met Xiao Zhang's.

He suddenly understood that Xiao Zhang was telling him that something might have happened in South Stream Temple.

”When leaving South Stream Temple, I encountered a party from the Imperial Court and quickly avoided it.”

”Why?”

”Because there were two sedan chairs in that party. I don't know who was in them, but they were far stronger than me.”

Chen Changsheng and Tang Thirty-Six glanced at each other, knowing the answer.

”The Prince of Xiang and Wuqiong Bi… Where were they going?”

”It wasn't clear. Afterward, I was ambushed by some monster. Because I was driving out its poison, my old injuries broke out, and then these houseflies came chasing after me. It was very annoying, so I wanted to come here and drink some tea.”

Drinking tea could truly calm one's mind, but Chen Changsheng's party knew that Xiao Zhang must have thought he did not have long to live and so wanted to come here and drink some tea.

Both involved drinking tea, but the reason and frame of mind were different.

Chen Changsheng had a vague guess as to who that monster was.

To poison a person like Xiao Zhang, who else could it be?

”Have you been eating well lately?” Chen Changsheng asked.

Xiao Zhang replied, ”I can eat my fill, but I'm not eating well.”

Having to watch for an ambush at any moment, always looking out for poison—anyone would find it difficult to savor one's food this way.

There was a restaurant in the Seven Treasures Stronghold, so they found a private room to sit in. In a short while, they began to partake of a sumptuous banquet.

Chen Changsheng was also eating, so there was naturally no one who dared to poison the food.

Xiao Zhang paid no attention to anyone else. His chopsticks descended like the wind, swiftly emptying the plates of their delicacies.

He didn't drink alcohol, but he did drink half a pot of winter wild tea.

To be able to eat in such a relaxed fashion was already a very extravagant matter for him.

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Xiao Zhang became too relaxed and fell asleep at the table, his snores seemingly echoing throughout the entire city.

Chen Changsheng's party quietly watched him, none of them saying a single word.

Outside the restaurant, countless people were also watching him, none of them saying a single word.