Chapter 185 (1/2)

Leaving Town (2)

The next day...

“You little idiot, it’s time to leave!” Coldblood Five leapt from Little Zero’s body, talking to Ye Lang who was tossing under his blanket.

“Leave? For what?” Ye Lang stopped tossing about to look at Coldblood Five, confused.

“To kill Princess Longji, of course!!”

“... But that’s so soon?!” Ye Lang stopped for a moment. He didn’t expect to start something they discussed yesterday, today!

Then again, Coldblood Five was surprised when she first received the instructions too. She expected the mission to start soon, but not the very next day!

“Not really. The Empress Dowager’s birthday celebration is next week. We’ll leave to Dragon City now, and it will take three to four days of travelling. The schedule is quite tight!” after thinking about it, she wasn’t surprised anymore.

Dragon City was the capital of the Vermilion Bird Empire.

Although they were called Vermilion Bird Empire [pronounced zhu que in chinese], the surname of the royal family was Long, meaning dragon. Long was the most common surname in the empire though, so not everyone with the Long surname was royalty.

Many people thought it was weird. Why didn’t they call the empire something like the Green Dragon Empire? Then the royal surname and capital city would match their empire’s name.

You would have to ask the first emperor who founded the empire, only he knew the reason!

There was a legend, that the founding emperor had seen vermilion birds, and had drunk its blood. So his royal descendants all had vermilion bird blood in them.

The Vermilion Bird God didn’t look at surnames when he picked his chosen ones. They didn’t have to be a Zhu or a Feng (meaning Phoenix), Long worked too!

“Dragon City sounds familiar…” Ye Lang thought the name was familiar.

“Of course it sounds familiar, it’s the capital of our Vermilion Bird Empire!” said Coldblood Five. She understood Ye Lang probably didn’t know Dragon City was the capital.

But how would he not know? He was used to planning his journey, and he should be familiar with the geography of the mainland (although he did make many mistakes along the way).

“I know it’s the capital city, but I’ve heard this name somewhere…” Ye Long shook his head, “Forget it, perhaps it’s because it’s a common name!”

Common…

If other locals heard him, they would exclaim, “Do you know of another Dragon City in the mainland? What do you mean by common?!”

However, only Coldblood Five and Little Zero were present, they didn’t take it to heart.

“Alright, pack up, we’re leaving!” reminded Coldblood Five.

Snap!

The spirit automatically walked over when Ye Lang snapped his fingers. Ye Lang jumped on it, climbed to his favourite spot, then grabbed Coldblood Five up too.

“Let me go! How many times have I said this, don’t grab me like that!!” shouted Coldblood Five. She didn’t struggle because she was used to it.

She also knew Ye Lang would put her next to him very soon. Then, they would act out the same dramatic scene again.

Thud! Coldblood Five knocked Ye Lang’s head.