Chapter 89: A New Beginning (1/2)

Chapter 89: A New Beginning

Great Qin Nation, Dongming Province, Sishui Prefecture, White Water City, Within an Inn:

“Have you heard? Something big happened in Hunluo Prefecture, in the Qizi County.”

On the second floor, a cultivator wearing coa.r.s.e robes was chatting with his four companions, who were all grouped around him. He looked wild and strong, and his eyebrows were especially thick, giving him an air of heroism.

This inn was known as Liushang Pavilion, the biggest inn in White Water City. There was a total of five floors, with each floor becoming progressively more expensive the higher a person climbed.

[TL note: Liushang has the meaning of flowing smoothly.]

The third floor and above required, besides a great reserve of silver taels, that one had sufficient status; wealth without status did not make one eligible to enter the higher floors.

Furthermore, the fifth floor of Liushang Pavilion was a legendary place that only entertained distinguished guests of similar rank to that of the White Water City Lord, and was normally not open for business.

Regular citizens normally dined on the first floor, while regular cultivators preferred to dine on the second floor. Since White Water City was close to the Savage Forest, it was rife with cultivators. Therefore, the second floor of Liushang Pavilion had the most traffic.

When his companion beside him heard that, he curiously said, “I have heard a little about this matter. There was a youth in Qizi County who killed ten Martial Saints and more than 200 Martial Grand Masters in a single day.”

Another cultivator pitched in and said, “What I heard was 50 Martial Saints and 500 Martial Grand Masters.”

When a certain youth beside the window on the second floor heard this, he choked and spat out the mouthful of wine he had swigged just now. He muttered to himself in his heart, Rumors… Oh rumors… At the rate they are spreading and growing, I’ll soon be capable of killing Martial Kings with one palm strike.

The youth wiped away the stains around his mouth and picked up a piece of wood and a carving knife from the table, deciding to rather focus on his carving. The sunlight s.h.i.+ned through the window onto his handsome face, giving it a faint golden glow.

The youth had an extremely serious expression on his face, which was complemented by a bearing so meticulous as to allude to the object in his hand being not a wooden carving but a priceless and precious treasure. His solemn, respectful, and focused expression gave him a certain charm and grace.

A white fox rested beside the youth. It looked absolutely adorable and was happily wolfing down a bowl of fish porridge. Before long, the bowl of fish porridge was empty.

It carefully climbed onto the table and licked the empty porcelain bowl, patting the right arm of the youth with its right paw.

The youth stopped what he was doing and looked at the Spirit Fox. He discovered that it was looking at him in a pitiful manner, with big round eyes that were misting up. Its other paw was clearly pointing at the empty porcelain bowl.

When the youth saw this, he smiled faintly, “Xiao Bai… Xiao Bai… You are truly a glutton.”

“Waiter! Serve me another bowl of fish porridge, and give me the large one,” the youth shouted loudly, placing the order.

Shortly after, the waiter ran over with a large bowl of porridge. Although he moved fast, his hands and feet were very stable. It was obvious that this waiter had cultivated martial arts to some degree.

“Dang!”

The porridge was placed stably on the table without a drop of it spilling out. The waiter smiled and said, “The fish porridge, as ordered. If the Sir has any other requests, do let us know.”

The youth waved his hands and and threw out a silver ingot as his tip. The waiter joyfully received it and quickly left after expressing his grat.i.tude.

When the Spirit Fox saw the new serving of fish porridge, its pitiful expression immediately disappeared. It completely forgot about the youth's existence as it rushed to the fish porridge with a joyful expression on its muzzle.

The youth chided it playfully, “When there is food, you immediately forget about your master.” Having said that, he paid it no further mind and continued to focus on carving the piece of wood in his hand.

This youth was the very Xiao Chen of Mohe City from the rumors. After he left the Xiao Clan, his immediate destination was Heavenly Saber Pavilion, seeking to enter their ranks in hopes of finding a way to awaken Ao Jiao, who was currently asleep inside the Lunar Shadow Saber.

However, after he left, he had a taste of just how ma.s.sive this world was. Even the scale of the Great Qin Nation completely exceeded his imagination.

The Great Qin Nation, aside from the Imperial Capital and the Royal Court, had three provinces: Dongming Province, Xihe Province, and Nanling Province. Each province had three prefectures, and each prefecture had seven counties. The size of each county was already equivalent to half the size of his country in his previous life. One can only imagine how huge the size of the Great Qin Nation was.

[TL note: Given that the MC used Taobao and this is a chinese novel, my guess is that this country in question refers to China.]

The Mohe City that Xiao Chen came from was only an extremely ordinary city. There was still the Qizi County, Hunluo Prefecture, and Dongming Province above it.

The Heavenly Saber Pavilion was in the Xihe Province, relative to the Dongming Province; one was in the east and the other in the west. They were separated by tens of thousands of kilometers. Xiao Chen had already been on the road for two months. Along the way, he had discovered that every year, in the tenth month, the Heavenly Saber Pavilion would conduct an entrance exam in order to recruit new disciples.

The criterias of this entrance exam were very stringent. Xiao Chen calculated the time he had left. It was now the seventh month of the year, which was just three months away from the entrance exam of the Heavenly Saber Pavilion.

He intended to train himself through practical experiences for three months before leaving for Heavenly Saber Pavilion. This was to prevent himself from failing the entrance exam and having to wait for the tenth month of the next year to retake the test.