Chapter 7 (1/2)
THE NINE G.o.d HEADS CHAPTER 7
Chapter 7 – XiaoBao’s Gift
“Three years…” Hong Xiaobao muttered to himself; with a newfound gleam in his eyes he turned his eyes to the heavens above, “Fine by me!”
Yun CaiXiao has already done her utmost for him and their engagement, a true embodiment of the idiom “loyal and affectionate.” Seeing as how CaiXiao already went so far as to give him a second chance, there’s no way he could back down now. For a woman, regardless of whether or not she is a peerless martial artist, her most precious time would be her ten some years of youthful radiance. Since CaiXiao has already expressed her desire to spend this precious time with XiaoBao, what is there left to say?
“My little sister CaiXiao, I’ll cut to the chase… your XiaoBao definitely won’t disappoint you!” At the same time, XiaoBao suddenly felt as if a previously unfound string in his heart, has been ever so delicately plucked.
Standing up swiftly, XiaoBao held CaiXiao’s hand as he led her towards XuanXiao pavilion with a trot. “Come with me CaiXiao, since you’re back I have to give you a gift! This gift, it’s something I’ve prepared for a while now.” (XiaoBao)
“Gift?” Wondered CaiXiao as she allowed herself to be led by XiaoBao. “I wonder what it is?”
“This gift, it’s something which will be received favorably by all women,” said XiaoBao mischievously. “I gave this item a great name, it’s called ‘High-Heeled shoes’”
“High-Heeled Shoes”… CaiXiao’s curiosity was immediately piqued by this name. [A gift prepared by XiaoBao himself, must be quite an exceptional item.] CaiXiao thought to herself.
Quickly, XiaoBao led CaiXiao to a small room, the room was but a few meters squared, and then closed the door. In this small room surrounded by four windowless walls, on the top-half of the wall opposite the door, hung a pair of ma.s.sive pearls, glowing dimly in the lightless room. As the door was closed, the room as plunged into darkness once more and became the archetypical “hidden cellar”.
“Where are we?” CaiXiao asked as she looked around and reached out her hands to probe her surroundings. The surrounding walls felt to be made wholly of made of wooden planks, and didn’t feel to be terribly st.u.r.dy. But this empty and barren room, what is its purpose?
“Somewhere good,” replied XiaoBao with a smile as he pulled a string hanging from one corner of the room. A small “ring” sounded, afterwards XiaoBao pressed a b.u.t.ton by the door labeled “Third Floor”.
~Creak~Groan~ As CaiXiao had an amazed expression plastered on her face, the small “room” swayed a little. Immediately afterwards, it could be clearly felt that the “room” started rising.
“This… What in the world is this thing?!” exclaimed CaiXiao with open eyes. This kind of machine, even in the ten years that she traveled with her father, she had never seen anything like this. [A small, self-levitating room? How in the world did XiaoBao manage to create such a thing?!]
“Uh, this is one of my inventions,” explained XiaoBao. “This room is attached to a rail, and a steel chain is attached to the roof. The ringing of the bell signals to the guards that I’ve entered, afterwards they will operate a pre-determined mechanism corresponding to the b.u.t.ton I’ve pushed. As a result, this room will either ascend, or descend by moving along the rail and stop at the appropriate location.
[How is this possible?!] CaiXiao was dumbfounded. [He can even invent things like this? As expected of the bizarre XiaoBao, I guess he can’t be predicted using common sense.]
“Oh right, the name I gave to this contraption is called an ‘elevator’,” XiaoBao proudly explained. Finally, with a “gu~dong” and a tremble, XiaoBao opened the door and said, “alright we’re here. Come on, let’s go.” However, CaiXiao was still trying to process all the new information regarding this ‘elevator’ device.
After she was called, CaiXiao quickly regained her composure and said: “This ‘elevator’ device requires the manual labor of the guards right? If the entire process was mechanized, the bell would serve no purpose.” Upon hearing his previous lie pointed out to him, XiaoBao timidly chuckled and said “ahh, don’t mind these small details, since I can’t practice martial arts, these small exaggerations entertain me instead.” (TN: MC made it sound as if the guards only had to adjust a lever, or some small mechanism to arrive at the proper floor. However, CaiXiao realized that the guards are actually the ones manually lifting and lowering the room. To be honest, if he wasn’t re-incarnated, just designing just a system of pulleys would be quite impressive)
To be fair, he can’t be blamed. It’s not his fault that he embodies the Wolf of Greed. He couldn’t practice martial arts, and as a result was constantly bored. It’s only normal for him to pa.s.s the time by playing with his inventions.