Chapter 447 (1/2)

“Lord Kuai. What do you want?” Deng Tian asked, knowing that there were no free meals in this world. He became a cautious person after the Deng Family was wiped out. n.o.body would be so kind as to accept someone as a disciple so easily. Even if Kuai Ran is an idiot, his status alone would make him a famous teacher as becoming a disciple to Kuai Ran would make them a disciple to the Kuai Family. With the Kuai Family’s status, it would not be a problem to become an official. The Deng Family may be able to become influential again.

Why would Kuai Ran give this boon to Deng Tian? While they were friends, this was not something possible for friends. The Deng Family was already destroyed and there were also enmity between the Deng Family and Huang Family. Huang Zu pleaded for Deng Tian’s life but this would not have pa.s.s if it was not because Liu Biao wanted to balance the powers in Jingzhou.

If the Kuai Family accepts Deng Fan as a disciple, it would mean they have plans to offend the Cai Family.

“I don’t want anything other than loyalty1!” Kuai Ran replied. Kuai Ran also knew that he would offend the Cai Family but he could not reject Liu Mang’s request.

“Loyalty?”

“Yes.”

“Is it possible to tell me why?” Deng Tian questioned. He wondered what made Kuai Ran appear personally to accept his disciple, offending the Cai Family without hesitation.

“When the time comes, Brother Kainan will know.” Kuai Ran said to Deng Tian. This is because Liu Mang did not want to expose his ident.i.ty.

“You can’t say? Then apologies. This dog thanks Lord Kuai for the offer but his son is too insufficient to be taught by Lord Kuai!” Kuai Ran immediately refused.

“Brother Kainan?” Kuai Ran did not expect Deng Tian to reject his offer so quickly. It was such a good offer that they would definitely become successful unless they were an idiot.

“Deng Tian is not willing?” Liu Mang frowned. He was determined to obtain Deng Fan. If he could not have Deng Fan, no one will. That being said, he did not give up. Deng Tian may have rejected the offer now but that does not mean he would do reject the offer again in the future.

Deng Tian was unwilling because he did not want to be involved in any political conspiracy. While the offer was good, he had to gamble the life of his son. This was something he would not do as what he wanted above all else was for his family to survive

“Since Lord Kuai is here, there is no need to go to the Huang Family residence. Please make things easy for us and allow us to search the carriages!” Deng Tian said again. There was no need to involve the defenders of Xiangyang as they were only here to look for a criminal instead of creating one.

“There is no need to search!” Liu Mang suddenly came out of the carriage. “You are looking for a barbarian man right?”

“This sir is…?” Deng Tian saw Liu Mang came out from the same carriage as Kuai Ran and believed that Liu Mang must be one of those influential n.o.bles. However, he did not know who Liu Mang was.

“Brother w.a.n.g!” Kuai Ran nodded at Liu Mang and then introduced him. “Brother Kainan. This is Brother w.a.n.g Shu. Right now, he is a student at the Lumen Academy.”

“A student from the Lumen Academy?” The students from the academy were all popular.

“Lord w.a.n.g. What do you mean by those words earlier?” Deng Tian asked.

“If you are looking for a barbarian man carrying a woman, we have ran into him!” Liu Mang said directly.

Kuai Ran looked at Liu Mang feeling confused. If Liu Mang wanted to bring out the barbarian man, he would have done so already instead of waiting for so long. They should be hiding his existence instead. With Kuai Ran around, Deng Tian would not dare to approach if they admitted to nothing.

However, the smell of blood was too strong so it was actually impossible to hide it. As Liu Mang did not want to become enemies with Deng Tian, he did not want to forcefully make Deng Tian leave.

“That’s right! It’s that barbarian man! Where is he right now?” Deng Tian asked but his eyes were glued to the carriage. His sense of smell was good and he was already certain that the barbarian was in the carriage.

Of course, Liu Mang would not just take out the barbarian. If he wanted to do, he would have already done so earlier. He would not wait for Deng Tian to ask this question.

“He took one of our carriages and left!” Liu Mang lied. With his men and himself here, even those in the refinement stage wouldn’t find any benefits attacking them.

“What about that smell of blood?” Deng Tian frowned. Deng Tian believed them if they said they had encountered the barbarian. After all, Jia Xu’s men had blood on their blades. However, he did not believe Liu Mang when he said that the barbarian had already left.

“I don’t know who that barbarian is. His skill was excellent. Not only did he steal our carriage. He even injured me!” Liu Mang said as he showed his injury to Deng Tian. The injury itself wasn’t too serious but it was still bleeding.

“That carriage!” Deng Tian did not give up and still insisted on looking inside that carriage. Liu Mang had underestimated Deng Tian who went straight for his goal.