86 Complications (2/2)

Wang Li Jie doesn't like her to see him rage, quickly tries to calm down, she looks terrified of him. She looks like a bunny caught in a hunter's trap.

He wants to reach over and hug her to him but he refrains. ”I'm sorry I screamed at you, but this is all very sudden and the arrangements have been made.”

”Li Jie, I promised.” she knows persisting is only going to anger him more, but she owes a debt.

”How can you make promises without consulting me first? I will explain the situation.”

”Let me tell you about him.”

”I'm sorry Xiaolian you know I always try to agree to whatever you want but this time I can not.”

Xiaolian thinks at least he has calmed down and is speaking in a normal tone. ”He is the reason I was able to obtain the ancient medicinal book, he is my benefactor. Can I give the book back?”

Wang Li Jie is shaking his head, he rubs his temples,what happened on the Soaring Sky Continent anyway.

”Once it is given it cannot be returned.”

Xiaolian puts her hands propping her chin, she is deep in thought thinking how to convince him. What she is thinking is written all over her cute face. He looks at her and his heart starts melting, he loves her sweet personality. But she needs to return to being XiXi, all these promises she is making as Xiaolian how is he going to merge it all.

”He will be waiting at the Sky Angel Inn for us, what am I going to do?”

She looks distraught, he can barely stand it. ”Tell me about him.”

Xiaolian brightens up, at least he will hear me out. ”His name is Kang Longwei.” she says with a bright smile.

Wang Li Jie reaches over, grabs her arms gently, looks into her eyes, ”How can that be? Someone is deceiving you!”

”No, it is him I'm sure of it.” {I helped him leave the abyss, and everyone welcomed him as the Crown Prince Kang Longwei, but should I leave that part out}.

”It can't be him.” Wang Li Jie remembers the incident clearly, his bastard brother took revenge on Kang Longwei and that Sorcerer of his made him disappear. He has probably been dead for a thousand years.

”It is him.” Should I say I heard it from the monk? If I tell him about the Black Abyss Beast he will get mad at me...Yeesh.. I can't get a break. I will just gloss over the facts.

” He just returned to the Soaring Cloud Continent, he had been away, I helped him solve a problem and we became friends. {that is simple but true, I can't lie to him} As a reward he had the monk give me the ancient medicinal book. Which reminds me we need to stop by Sky Mist City so I can get a furnace and supplies from Sun Bingwen.

”Xiaolian you take things too lightly, why would you helping him he would give such a reward? Do you know how many people covet that book! Only the elders of The Ancient Mystical Medicine Sect possess that knowledge.” Wang Li Jie is shocked, why did the monk give it to her. Did he owe Kang Longwei? Then the only favor the monk asked was to give Sun Qiang a place to stay? None of this makes sense! She isn't lying I can always tell when she tries. She seems distracted pulling something out of her pocket.

”I almost forgot,the monk also gave me this amulet to enter their medicine halls, or to receive help from his people if I ever need it.” she pulls out the carved jade to show him.

This is unfathomable, she comes back from cultivating having passed three stages without even exhibiting any fatigue or distress. The monk passes on priceless revered knowledge, and gives her a jade amulet only five people he is aware of possess. That sect is the most powerful in all the Seven Kingdoms, that old monk appears benign but is fearsome. Why? Maybe the only way he will find out is by meeting this Kang Longwei. What is his interest in Xiaolian?

”I will meet him and make my decision then.”

Xiaolian jumps up and wraps her tender white arms around his waist. ”Thank you Li Jie!” She drops the amulet out of her hand, unperturbed she leaves it on the ground as she hugs him.

Wang Li Jie picks it up off the ground and studies the mysterious carvings on it. He places it in her hand and folds her fingers around it.

”Put this jade amulet away and don't let anyone see you have it.”{ Too many people would kill for this jade. He doesn't want to alarm her}.

”Huh?”

”It is more fragile than it looks, you just dropped it carelessly, best you put it away until you need it. You should show respect for it since the old monk gave it to you.

She looks at the jade amulet and puts in back in her pocket, he's right, I will put it in a safe place, I know in my Red Lotus bracelet

”So when will we go to the village?”

”They are packing the carriages now, two hours. Go bathe and get ready. Tell Jiang Bai to return to the bracelet, Sun Qiang doesn't need to be aware you have a Mythological Beast protecting you, before you do tell Jiang Bai about Sun Qiang.

”I will.” Xiaolian respects Wang Li Jie and knows he has her safety in mind, so why doesn't he just take her to the Capitol.

Wang Li Jie's purple eyes narrow as he watches the small figure fade from view. She is so innocent she has no idea what men are thinking. That Sun Qiang in the short time he saw him had an arrogant attitude towards her. yet the silly girl was concerned about his injuries. They weren't sustained being transported here it was obvious he was in a fight. She is so clueless.

Now what about this Kang Longwei, is it really the Crown Prince?

How is he going to return her to the Mystical Garden as XiXiwith all these extra people. He doesn't have much time to figure it all out. Dammit!