Chapter 12 (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Zhou Xuanlong, the second prince of Great Zhou, was extremely gifted. He started cultivating at six years old, reached Foundation Building at nine, and achieved Inner Pellet at twenty.

Before he was fifty years old, he was already the first on the Hero Ranking Board. However, as his age exceeded the limit of the ranking, his name disappeared from the Hero Ranking Board.

Zhou Xuanji snorted in disregard. One day, he would surpass Zhou Xuanlong!

He had never seen this elder brother of his, but precisely because of Zhou Xuanlong’s presence, the Empress was so arrogant.

The Empress would speak of Zhou Xuanlong once in every ten sentences so that others were aware she had such a heaven-sent son.

“Ohh? This little brat was listening to us quite seriously. Do you know what we are talking about? Do you want some milk?”

A fat man with a bare upper body pointed at him and laughed. He had a shiny face, and he looked like a mountain of meat. The few hundred grams of flesh on his chest shook as he spoke.

The edge of Zhou Xuanji’s mouth twitched. He had a sudden urge to kill.

This fat pig needs a spanking!

Little Jiang Xue stood in front of Zhou Xuanji and covered him, like a hen protecting her chicks.

Madam Night Seven snorted coldly, “Fierce Tiger, he is mine. Don’t even think about taking him.”

Fierce Tiger?

He is Zhu Bajie! (TL: A very plump character who had a pig head and a human body, in Journey to the West.)

Zhou Xuanji rolled his eyes. Meanwhile, he started to think of ways to escape from the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends.

First, he needed to lower the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends’ guard.

A four-year-old’s appearance was quite deceptive.

He had yet to expose how powerful he was.

Based on his understanding of Little Jiang Xue, she definitely would not have exposed his true capability to them. If she had told them, they would be tied up.

The Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends continued their conversations.

Zhou Xuanji pulled Little Jiang Xue aside and sat down beside a giant boulder.

Little Jiang Xue looked at him with eyes wide open and asked with her eyes, what it is they should do.

Zhou Xuanji had a great understanding of dangerous situations, as he had almost died once after all.

In these two years, he had simulated dangerous scenarios with Little Jiang Xue every night. The two kids had a great rapport, as well as countless secret signals.

His eyeballs rolled inward and he crossed his eyes.

Yes, this expression is called Crossed Eyes.

The meaning of it was to stay calm, observe, and wait for opportunities to arise.

Little Jiang Xue blinked, which meant okay.

Madam Night Seven noticed their small actions, and although she did not turn her head toward them, she was contemplating.

“The two kids have spiritual energy inside their body, and they were not in the company of adults. Their background might not be simple.” Madam Night Seven thought in her head. Indeed, the older, the wiser.

Although he lived two lives, he was still younger than Madam Night Seven even if he put his age in both lives together. Of course, he could not predict what Madam Night Seven’s thoughts were.

Not only Madam Night Seven, but the other sixteen fiends were also curious about Zhou Xuanji and Little Jiang Xue’s background too. This was why the two of them were not dead yet.

They did not closely observe him and Little Jiang Xue because of the absolute difference in power.

As they continued to chat, he finally got to know the goal of their trip.

Dragon eagle!

This was a kind of demonic eagle that had in its veins the blood of a True Dragon. It was powerful and had already attained Demonic Pellet, which was equivalent to the Inner Pellet stage for human cultivators. However, within the same stage, demons were usually more powerful, let alone a dragon eagle that had the blood of True Dragons in its veins.

Dragon eagles were secretive, and they were extremely rare. Their bodies, from head to toe, were full of treasures of immense value.

Recently, the appearance of a dragon eagle at the edge of the Southern Snow Kingdom had caused a great commotion. Many wanted to possess the dragon eagle, and the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends were among them.

He thought to himself, “It seems like if we want to escape, we will have to wait until they are rounding up the dragon eagle.”

However, he was also worried that before that, he would already be boiled in soup.

Just the thought of it made him shudder.

After chatting for two hours, the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends finally stopped. Some slept, and others started training. The cliff fell into silence.

Zhou Xuanji laid in the arms of Little Jiang Xue and pretended to sleep. He could feel that Little Jiang Xue was very nervous. Her body was stiff, and she was quivering slightly.

To her, the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends were even more horrifying than demons.