Chapter 46 (1/2)

46 – Empty City School's Strange School Master

“Finally back.”

The wide main road is crowded with traffic. On both sides of the road, hawkers shout loudly. All this paints a lively scene.

Chang'an – even after being away from this place for a long time, people will still “think longingly” of it.

And now she's back.

“Girl, you're in the way.” An impatient voice came from behind. At the same time, someone patted her on the shoulder.

At this moment she realized that she was standing here for a while, standing in the middle of the main road to boot.

“I'm sorry.” The girl smiled apologetically and quickly made way.

With large bags on his back, the paddler pa.s.sed by the girl and grumbled, “Really, standing in the middle of the road like this. Don't you know that you'll be in the way?”

The girl smiled bitterly.

Just now, she was absorbed in her melancholy, a faint melancholy that can be described by – things have remained the same, but people have changed.

“I need to find a lodging first.”

Following the stream of people, the girl walked ahead.

She came back to Chang'an this time to partic.i.p.ate in the annual admission conference. The host the Leisure Manor will provide accommodation for the representatives of the various sects. However, this treatment isn't available to the applicants, who have to find a place to stay themselves.

Then, she suddenly noticed the pipa in her arms and snickered a few times, “Almost forgot, this thing has to be dealt with.”

The pipa is just a prop she used as a guise. The girl disguised her ident.i.ty.

Chang'an's entry checks are the strictest in the Hua Dynasty. Without a pa.s.s, it is difficult to enter the city.

There is only one exception – untouchables.

No matter where, untouchables can easily enter, even easier than rangers and travelers.

In the eyes of others, they are no different from goods as they can be “bought and sold”. Their value is just a measurable number.

This has been the case since ancient times.

Just as countless people sing – each person is unique and priceless, those who have a price aren't people.

The reason why the girl has disguised herself as a performer is because changji [1] is a kind of untouchable that has a price.

The soldier in charge of the checkpoint only asked her one question: “Which brothel are you from?”

They didn't ask where the girl came from nor why she came, and they didn't even check the girl's suspicious pipa.

This pipa isn't an ordinary pipa, it won't ring even if you play the strings, because… there is a sword hidden inside, a sword that can kill people.

If the soldiers had inspected the pipa, it would be easy for them to find the sword. But they didn't. Thus, the girl could enter the city easily.

The girl looked up again.

“Ah?” Her gaze caught a pet.i.te figure, a little girl.

Her hair is combed into two ponytails with a bun each, and she has bright yellow eyes, and is surrounded by some kind of unusual aura.

The girl has seen this unusual little girl while waiting for her turn in the queue in front of the city gate, and now she saw her again.

“Is that person from the Merak Temple?” The girl muttered.

Two months ago, the Merak Palace's Young Ancestor who has just recently exited closed door cultivation has rushed into the Heavenly Sword Gate and killed Heavenly Sword Gate's Gate Master by herself. This information has already spread throughout the Hua Dynasty like wildfire.

No one thought that the Merak Temple that has gone stagnant for a long time still had a Young Ancestor, and no one thought that this Young Ancestor would be this powerful.

“If I could become a disciple of the Merak Temple…”

Will it be possible to accomplish what I want soon?

The girl doesn't know, but she can only believe it.

“I must become a disciple of the Merak Temple and meet this Young Ancestor.”

The Merak Temple's Young Ancestor who rushed into the tiger's den by herself and killed her enemy, I must meet her. Yeah, I must. The girl made up her mind repeatedly.

Maybe she heard her inner voice, or maybe she noticed her gaze… the little girl looked back suddenly, and her bright, clear, and deep eyes met accurately the girl's eyes.

Her sight entwined with a threatening aura penetrated straight into the bottom of the girl's heart, as if she has the power to see through her heart.

The two looked at each other until the girl smiled and nodded.

The little girl responded with a sweet smile, and then turned around and left.

Xue Qilin quickly caught up with Xia Xue.

“Young Ancestor, what were you looking at? I can't imagine myself looking for you like a parent who lost their child!” Xia Xue's tone contained a hint of dissatisfaction, like she was a little angry.

However, Xue Qilin felt that Xia Xue's temper wasn't too good to begin with, so she didn't care too much.

“Oh, I saw that girl again.”

“Who?”

“The one with the pipa at the city gate!”

“Looks like there's some fate between you guys…” Xia Xue dragged out the last word and raised the corners of her mouth, “Then you should ask her which brothel she's from.”

“Why?”

“So that you can find her one day when you have nothing to do and talk to her about he old days!”

Xue Qilin fell silent – what's wrong with Little Xue?

“Are you jealous?” Soon after, she blurted out.

“Why would I?” Xia Xue responded with a look of disdain.

“No no no, what mean – there's clearly a beautiful girl by my side, yet I talk about another girl, what's wrong with me?”

Gong Tianqing who followed silently couldn't help laughing.

Probably afraid to laugh loudly, she suppressed her laughter, which sounded like a squirrel's call.

“Why don't you write a novel?” Xia Xue put a hand on her forehead and sighed helplessly, “Little Sister Temple Master likes such unreasonable novels the most.”