Chapter 15 (2/2)

Then Chaoya sat down, telling the lady. “Let me play a song.” And then the room was filled with beautiful music, the kind of music that was able to touch the heart of the wall of sigh.

Yue Shen went to the centre of the couch and told the man. “Come down, you are not fit to even take this seat.”

The man went silent for a while before he came down from the couch. He looked at Yue Shen as if he was asking how did she know that he wasn’t the one.

“Your build is too burly but that doesn’t mean anything. Do you believe that Chaoya, the one who is now playing the zither, can beat you easily?” Yue Shen said.

And then Yue Shen walked to the front of the woman and bowed. “Tai Zi, nice to meet you.”

But when Yue Shen lifted her head, she was actually staring at the maid. “Tai Zi, you can rest now.”

I smiled happily because Yue Shen’s deduction was the same as mine. The true Tai Zi was actually the maid.

Then the maid stopped whatever she was doing and stood up, looking at us. “How did you know that I am the one?”

“Because we have already eliminated the lady and you are the only one left.”

Tai Zi looked up and I could see her face, it looked so refined yet the gaze was so inviolable. “How did you know that it isn’t her but me?”

“At first I have never thought about you, and she did not have any improper action. Then suddenly I thought of something, when your maid was ma.s.saging your leg, you would never sit so formally unless the one ma.s.saging your leg was actually your master. And when Tai Zi was ma.s.saging her leg, you have revealed quite a number of secrets, your strength was extremely precise and everytime your force would be the same. Your fingers were more agile than many others so no matter what secret weapons or summoning skills you used, the power would definitely be greater.”

Tai Zi told all his men to leave the place and just like what Yue Shen had predicted, the old man was of the lowest status among the group because he was the last one behind the group.

When Tai Zi has changed into his own clothes and appeared before us, he was a handsome man just like my brother, Ying Kong s.h.i.+ and the East Guardian, Qing Ren. They were extremely good looking men. He didn’t have any other action, but he was able to give others the feeling of being pressurized and he has this spurious smile on his face that looked so mysterious and vague.

When all of his men were out, he turned to us and said. “Why are you here?”

“I don’t know too. Xing Kui gave me a dream and told me to look for you.” I said.

“Xing Kui?” Shang Lie’s voice seemed to tremble a little. He may have hidden it well but it still couldn’t escape Yue Shen’s eyes. He knew it was impossible to hide so he let out a cough and said. “Yes, I know her.”

After that Shang Lie told us, he had stayed in Ren Xue Cheng before. Xing Kui had once saved his life because one day while Xing Kui was reading the stars, she realized there’s predestined fate among Shang Lie’s star sign so she warned him via dream. During that time, Shang Lie was an illusionist from the Ice Tribe that was about to retire so up till now, he was still grateful to Xing Kui for all the helps that she had given to him.

“Since Xing Kui told you to come here, then you are allowed to ask seven questions. I can answer you any question. You may start asking now.” Shang Lie said.

“Is this the normal mortal world?”

“No, this is an enchantment created by the spiritual power of the West Guardian. Some of the people here are mortals while some are professional a.s.sa.s.sins that are followers of the West Guardian. The biggest group in this world is called Qian Yu (thousand feathers) because the names of all these people are related to birds and the two most powerful persons are Feng Huang (Phoenix) and Wu Ya (crow). Between these two, Wu Ya is the strongest and the leader of this group is none the other than the West Guardian.”

“How can we leave the West territory and see Yuan Ji?”

“Find the West Guardian, kill him or her and then this enchantment will be gone together with him.”

“How do we find the West Guardian?”

“Wait.”

“What for what?

”Wait for him or her to find you.”

“What if he or she doesn’t come?”

“Continue to wait.”

“Who is the West Guardian?”

“Don’t know.”

“Who will know?”

“No one. Ka Suo, you have already asked seven questions, you can leave now. However if you are willing to stay, you can stay here and I can guarantee the rooms here are better than those you found out there.”

I was about to accept his accept but Yue Shen cut me off and said. “It’s okay. We will go back to the inn.”

I couldn’t understand why Yue Shen refused to stay here but I believed in her judgement, so I nodded my head without any objection.

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