Chapter 10 - A Temporary Job (2/2)
“Dao Lord, Fellow Daoist Lu is the customer that you need to escort back today. You just need to bring him to the west side of the Lu residence.”
Yi Qing nodded as he brought the young man out. The man was rather polite; perhaps due to the surprise of being escorted by a Golden Core cultivator, he seemed really excited the entire journey. He continued to talk about how he had managed to bid for the treasure in his hand as they walked towards the west of the city.
The Lu family was considered a reputable family clan in the area, but it was a distance away from Shunyu City. In addition to leaving the city, they needed to pass through a thick bamboo forest which was dense with miasma, making it unsuitable to travel through by sword-riding. The item he had bidded for was a rare fourth-stage Dharma artifact which was why the Treasure Pavilion had to arrange for the best escort it could to protect such an important customer in case somebody tried to kill him and steal the artifact.
Shen Ying had nothing to say about such simple manual labour, but… why did the auction have to drag on so late into the night before they started their walking journey? How sleepy!
“Dao Lord, we will reach the Lu residence once we get out of the forest.” Lu pointed ahead. “Thank you for your protection on this journey, Dao Lord.”
“It is my responsibility. You are welcome.” Yi Qing looked at the surrounding and said, “I am afraid this deep forest might be looming with danger.”
“Dao Lord, fret not.” Cultivator Lu paid no attention to his words and voiced out, “Shunyu City may be a secluded little city, but it has always been peaceful. Nothing much is going to happen.”
“It is still better to be safe than sorry.”
“Dao Lord must be kidding. Although it is not possible to traverse this forest by sword-riding, I travel this route often. There shouldn’t be any problem.” Cultivator Lu still felt carefree as he said, “It’s all because the Treasure Pavilion’s steward is too worrisome, insisting that someone must escort me back. While fourth-stage Dharma artifacts are rare over here, they are actually pretty common outside. It can’t be that someone would really jump out…”
He had not completed his sentence when all of a sudden, a white glow emerged from beneath him—an array formation took form and the ground shook as a large patch of thistles and thorns grew out and targeted Cultivator Lu.
Cultivator Lu was taken aback. He lost his grip and dropped the box in his hands right into the crazy thistles as they coiled back into the ground.
“My Dharma artifact…”
“Be careful!” Yi Qing grabbed and hurled him backwards, summoned his spirit sword and swung it down forwards; his Sword Qi shot towards the thistles with a flash of swift and fierce light, sweeping across them and severing a huge section. But in the next moment, more thistles grew out from the ground attacking them.
Yi Qing shoved Cultivator Lu further back out of the danger zone, and instructed, “Stay behind me, do not leave my master’s side.”
Surprised and confused, Cultivator Lu thought: Master? What Master? He subconsciously turned around to look and only then did he see a girl in gray robes, the sight of her giving him a scare.
When… when was this person here? Wasn’t it just him and Dao Lord on the journey? When was there one more person?
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Recalling Yi Qing’s instructions, he immediately stayed by the girl’s side. For a Golden Core Dao Lord to call her Master, she had to be someone who could ensure his safety.
“Thank you Fellow Daoist,” he politely said. The girl, however, merely stood there straight with her head pointed down, giving no response at all. He thought the other party was angry at his negligence, hence he subconsciously took a step closer. “Pardon my negligence, it must have been tiring this journey. I do hope that Fellow Daoist will not be mad. Fellow Daoist, Fellow Daoist? Fellow Daoist, you…”
The next moment, he heard a faint snore.
She… was… asleep…
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“…” Sleeping in this situation, are you freaking kidding me?!