Chapter 199 – Driven By Greed! (1/2)

Chapter 199: Driven by greed!

The carriage, constructed from fine stones of Mt. Wu, was st.u.r.dy and abnormal. Ordinary swords would not be able to penetrate it or harm it at all.

The inside was simple and unadorned, except a few soft stools and a tiger skin mat, there was no other decor. It really did not match the Master of the carriage, an important person of West Wind Kingdom.

Yan Xiangma got into the carriage, bowed respectfully to the slightly plump man sitting upright inside, smiled and said: “Uncle, you just came back from work?”

Yan Batao has the back of a tiger, waist of a bear, stern-looking eyes, and very imposing facial features. He fixed his stare at Yan Xiangma, carefully inspecting him for a while, before he said angrily: “All day long, you only know how to play and cause trouble, when will you stop?”

“Uncle, did someone upset you? If you're angry, you can yell at me. Don't be polite to me. I know I can't help my family with other things, it's my pleasure to help my elders to calm down.” Yan Xiangma grinned sheepishly, as he said in a sincere tone.

“You——” Yan Batao pointed at his nephew for a long while, before he simply sighed helplessly: “Xiangma, when your father sent you to escort Xiaoxin back, that was just one of the purposes. The most important thing for you is to help get you a job in Tiandu. You're not young, you've been playing around in Jiangnan, that prosperous and leisurely land, for too long. You should come to help us do something. It's a troubled time and your family needs your help.”

Yan Xiangma's face grew solemn. “Uncle, it's not that I don't want to help my family, but there's nothing for me to do. You also know my temper, I can't sit still at home, so it's better for me to walk around or I would be bored to death at home.”

“Well, now there is one thing. Would you help relieve your family's worries?”

“Of course.” Yan Xiangma repeatedly nodded. “I have long hoped to do something for my family, to share and lessen uncle's troubles?”

Yan Batao smiled and nodded. “About Zh.o.a.ren, how much do you know?”

“About Cousin Zh.o.a.ren, what I should know, I know everything. What I shouldn't know, I know nothing.” Yan Xiangma chuckled. “

He had no idea that things were going to involve Cui Zhaoren. Cui Zhaoren's death is closely related to Li Muyang, and there are rumours across the entire Tiandu that Li Muyang killed Cui Zhaoren while he was on his way to his new school. They also said he's a monster, can display demon techniques, and a whole river of fish and shrimp and water monsters all obeyed his commands.

Because the rumors were too much, too exaggerated, and the truth mingled with the falsity, it was unclear which side of the story was true.

However, Yan Xiangma secretly got in touch with scholars who came to the capital to study and contacted some businessmen. They unanimously confirmed it to be true, causing Yan Xiangma to be completely puzzled.

The monster that they described, was it really Li Muyang?

He can soar to the sky, escape underground, call water soldiers, summon storm and thunder, and command fish and shrimps to collide into the boat——If Li Muyang had such abilities, just what was there for him to learn at Starry Sky Academy? If he had these abilities, why was he and his family almost killed by a.s.sa.s.sin Crow?