Chapter 52 (1/2)
An Zheng measured: ”With the speed of Zhong JiuGe, he still needs more time to go to the Clear Sky Palace in f.u.xi.” Because he had saved Xu Mei once, from then on, the princess of the Clear Sky Palace had always put him in her heart. Xu Mei was a pre-eminent talent. People knew that she started to practice when she was only seven, but they did not know clearly about her practicing progress. However, when she had taken over the Clear Sky Palace, she was only twenty-seven.
Twenty years was not long for a pract.i.tioner, but twenty years of each person was completely different.
An Zheng was free for most of the time during the day time, so he took Du ShouShou out of the martial school after he had arranged the practicing regimine to Xiao QiDao and Qu LiuXi. When he left, he asked old Huo and Qu FengZi to take guard of the Repugnant seal because if there were any greedy people breaking in, it would be hard for people of the martial school to cope with.
An Zheng held the kitten in his arms. On the kitten's neck was the bronze bell.
An Zheng had openly done so with the intention so that the people who were watching the bronze bell knew that they could not find it in the martial school.
– ”Go where?”
Du ShouShou asked.
An Zheng looked at the South Mountain town:
– ”To the Value a.s.sembly Courtyard!”
Du ShouShou:
– ”Why are you asking me to go hang out with you today?”
An Zheng said:
– ”Your practice rate is not slow. With the Repugnant seal here, your practice time will be thousands of times faster than other people's. Therefore, if it takes other people very long time to reach the Sumeru Stage, it will take yours many times less. Once you reach the Sumeru Stage, you need a magical weapon which fits you. Therefore, I am planning to go to the Value a.s.sembly Courtyard to see if they have any good items.”
Du ShouShou:
– ”Can you distinguish between good or bad items?”
An Zheng looked at the kitten:
– ”We still have Shan Ye here. Why worry?”
Du ShouShou:
– ”I'm just afraid that you cannot wake it up.”
An Zheng:
– ”No matter how well you are sleeping, if I put a delicious piece of meat in front of your nose, you have to wake up. It is the same to Shan Ye, we just need to present it with a treasure, and it will automatically wake up.”
While they were talking, the kitten suddenly raised its head to look at the sidewalk.
There were many items on the sidewalk of the Illusory Perennial Domicile. There were daily tools. There were also some people who were appointing themselves the master of weapon refining were shouting to sell magical weapons. The kitten looked at a small tavern on the sidewalk and made a low voice. An Zheng was sure that it had found something good, so he pulled Du ShouShou's sleeve in order to ask him not to reveal anything. After that, the two went to a small stall.
The merchant was a thin middle-aged person. His face was as yellow as turmeric powder. Obviously, his business was not very good. He was unfolding the dirty burlap, displaying some jars. There were also some combs and mirrors. An Zheng moved towards and looked at them, finding nothing special.
– ”Aren't you the sect head of TianQi Sect, are you?”
The middle-aged man immediately stood up and had a smile on his face:
– ”Formerly, when you had competed with the academy, I was also there. I really admire you.”
He gave a thumbs up and praised.
An Zheng smiled a bit:
– ”You're overpraising. It was just our good luck.”
The middle-aged man said:
– ”Don't say good luck. Everyone has good luck, but not everyone can be famous. An ye, you are just ten years old but you have already been famous all around the Illusory Perennial Domicile. Your future will be more and more difficult to measure. As I guess, when you leave the Illusory Perennial Domicile, you will be a true sect head.”
Du ShouShou:
– ”Having respect for you, we will buy some items.”
– ”No need, no need.”
The middle-aged man said:
– ”The items I'm selling are not good enough for you to place your green eyes upon. If there are any items that might possibly satisfy you two, I will give it to you for free.”
An Zheng sat down, and the kitten raised its nose to sniff stealthily. Finally, it stopped at a small plate. It looked back and said meow to call An Zheng.
An Zheng looked at the plate. It had nothing special. Moreover, it was made of porcelain. It was surely not a magical weapon. However, because the kitten had the Eyes of Nine Cycles of Reincarnation, it must not be wrong. Although the Eyes of Nine Cycles of Reincarnation of the kitten had not opened all, it would be too poor of the kitten if it could make a mistake. The plate looked quite old, and it was put on a blue cloth.
– ”Is it choosing a meal plate for itself?”
Du ShouShou asked.
An Zheng laughed and thought to himself: ”Hope it will not be like Du ShouShou's guessing.”
– ”How much does this plate cost?”
An Zheng asked.
The medium-aged man shook his hand:
– ”I have told you at the first time. Whatever you two like, I will give it to you for free. Telling you the truth, more than half of them were picked up by me in the mountain, and the rest of them were collected in the poor village. They are all common items. There are no magical weapons among them, and that plate… I guess it is an ancient item which costs about a few liang's, but I will still dedicate it to you two.”
An Zheng incidentally asked:
– ”How was it that you happened to have come about this old plate?”
The middle-aged man replied:
Some days ago, there was an outsider coming here. He looked quite hasty. He asked me if I would buy this plate. He still had some other items, and all of them were covered with that blue cloth. When he took it out, I looked over them and bargained so that he would sell them to me. Obviously, that man might have dug the items from somewhere, but I didn't ask in detail. These items were really antique, but time was too short then.”
Du ShouShou:
– ”How much did you pay for this plate?”
The middle-aged man stretched two fingers, and then he raised one more finger silently:
– ”Three thousand liangs!”
An Zheng smiled a bit, and he asked Du ShouShou to give the man a three-thousand-liang check. At first, the middle-aged man did not take the check. He gave them high price not that he wanted to earn profit. He wanted An Zheng to carefully remember him. In case he needed An Zheng's help in the future, it would then be easier for him to open his mouth. An Zheng obviously did not take people's properties, so he still left the check to the man, and then he left with the plate.
However, the kitten did not leave. It stood there and said meow.