Chapter 24 (1/2)
Chapter 24 Ghost Face
Zhou Zishu had absolutely no interest in all of this; it wouldn't bother hihtest even if they beat each other to death The only thing he wanted to do at the moment was to find a tavern to resupply his empty wine pot, then look for a place to sleep away the ”Red Boy broke the racefully slipped out of Cao Weining's hold and explained ”How about we bring the kid back to Sir Zhao first”
Cao Weining s , his perpetually transparent expression showing a strange sort of pity He sighed and patted Zhang Chengling's shoulder, ”You have suffered too ht?”
Since he and the boy were not that acquainted, the younger just stood there ignorantly Wen Kexing were quick to react as he cut in, ”What is it, are these people still quarrelling over the Lapis Ar fa and stopped there
Cao Weining explained everything, since the trio wasn't considered outsiders in his eyes ”This is the worst ti co Xiaofeng mentioned the Armor, so much that Sir Gao and Abbot Ci Mu could barely contain the uproar There were many who started to harbor other intentions towards it; like Yu Jiufeng the Patriarch of Hua Shan Sect, as the first to question Sir Zhao Jing about whether the latter had taken the Zhang's piece of lapis for hihts, Cao Weining continued in a dull tone, like he was repeating the words fro as if this was a funeral or soood ter Not only did they question about the s, the lot of Feng Xiaofeng also further fueled the fire; so a brawl started as a result Soive an explanation for the Ghosts' sudden appearance in jianghu, as well as what the Lapis Ar and Zhou Zishu looked at Cao Weining with aet so eloquent after just a day?
Cao Weining coughed ”Those were the words of my Uncle Master As for the details of the quarrels, I don't really understand either”
No wonder he said it that way…
Zhou Zishu suddenly said to Zhang Chengling, ”Do you happen to know anything, kid? Otherwise your room wouldn't have been set aflame and the Scorpions wouldn't be out for your life”
Zhang Chengling stared at him dumbly and shook his head
Zhou Zishu looked disdainful, having enough of this foolishness He ignored the boy and turned to Cao Weining ”It would do us a great service if Brother Cao brings him back to Sir Zhao”
Then he i no interest in the current chaos
Zhang Chengling's eyes followed his figure,his hair He looked up, and once he saw Wen Kexing s said, ”Do you knohy he fakes all of his coance with other people and only shows his i's head lowered as he hed ”Nah, you're only moderately stupid, not that stupid He doesn't wear a façade around you because he wants to befriend you; he just won't say it out loud because he's shy”
Zhang Chengling was taken aback ”Really?”
With his eyes narrowed instared at Zhou Zishu's back He said unconcernedly, ”His parents ave birth to him, but the one who knows him best is himself Other than that, his only soul”
—the uise, his habit of disappearing out of the blue, his kungfu, his vast knowledge of jianghu's , he had no other explanations
But if he really was fro, how did he escape the punishment of those monstrous Nails of Seven Apertures for Three Autu question, Wen Kexing ca here was not how he escaped them, but that he kne to escape—
Oh dear, I'ht
Before Zhang Chengling could fully take in what helaether is a little strange, considering that you are bothto do with someone who is able to understand you with a mere feords, someone who can complete you like a pair of ily ”There is a poeoes as such: ”What is love, O world? That makes those birds swear a bond 'till their death?1 The cherry blossom pond was thousands of miles deep, but can't be compared2…” He couldn't remember what it was that it couldn't compare to, and turned incredibly embarrassed Since he tried his hardest but couldn't recall anything else, he said the rest under his breath and coh so piece”
Zhang Chengling and Wen Kexing looked at hi only replied after a good while ”Qing Feng Sect educates such well-rounded disciples, how ad, modest as he was, s My Master says that reading to people in jianghu is pointless anyway, and there's no hope that anyone will ever pass the court official exah to know a feords here and there and one should focus on honing their kungfu instead I only read a book or two, that's justfelt like this ”shallow understanding” was actually quite fascinating
The two brought Zhang Chengling back to a Zhao Jing who had al and everything while Wen Kexing turned a blind eye; this old ht be a sly fox but he did have concern for his late friend's son He silently left, but the ht at hi, and in that , like that of a reeting him respectfully, and knew that was his Uncle Master - the infa Sect
Mo Huaikong was listening to Cao Weining ra at to face Wen Kexing At first glance he felt a sense of familiarity; then those deep, dark eyes caused him a pinch of alarm, but he couldn't pinpoint why
In his astonishrunted when Cao Weining started to describe hoell-acquainted he ith another ood at all
He turned to shout at Cao Weining, ”Will you stop it already?”
Cao Weining sed the rest of his words, wishi+ng he could sew his ht fall did Zhou Zishu finish with hiss to the person sitting in the table next to him; both then paid for their food and left Zhou Zishu opened his eyes wider as he realized half of the tavern was gone already He pulled a rando ot news that the Gao's Manor has successfully captured a Ghost, and they are going to do a public execution!”