Chapter 320: Encounter With Legendary Sworn Brothers (2/2)
'Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei!?'
As a fan of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the portraits of these three sworn brothers were everywhere on the internet. Many games had made them popular and handsome, but they had several things in common, such as their legendary weapons, which had been custom-made for their fighting style, or their general look as their statues were everywhere in China.
[Liu Bei], the man with long earlobes, bowed and smiled at Miaomiao's gang.
”Hello, fellow Daoists. Excuse me for interrupting your pleasant journey, but I would like to ask you for a direction.”
Miaomiao, Fogan, and Liu Guang glared at the monkey-man in wary. They had the urge to run away from them as soon as possible as the messy beard guy had been locking his killing intent on them.
”Yide, stop that,” The monkeyman kicked the burly man's shin. Despite being stronger than the former, the alcoholic guy shrunk back and stopped focusing his killing intent on Miaomiao.
”Who are you? Why are you stopping us?” Miaomiao attempted to extract information before these three men began their interrogation, taking advantage of the conversation momentum.
”Ah, excuse me. It's a bad manner not introducing ourselves. My name is Liu Xuande. This is Guan Yunchang, and this silly guy is Zhang Yide. We're from the Holy Land Continent, so we don't know much about this place. Please forgive us for our insolence and bad manner.”
Liu Xuande, aka Liu Bei, was surprisingly humble. He didn't exert his authority or used their superior strength to suppress them even though he could.
Liu Bei continued, ”As you can see, I'm from the Liu Clan. I'm a descendant of the Great Emperor of Han, and they've entrusted me with an important task. You see, umm, what can I call you?”
Miaomiao patted Fogan's back before the orc monk could assume the role of their guardian. He took charge of the negotiation.
”I'm Cao Mao. This girl here is my wife, Cao Guang. And this monk, he is my guardian, Cao Fogan.”
Miaomiao used fake names to hide their identities. For now, he didn't want these sworn brothers to know that they were from Siren City.
”Ah, your Cao Clan must be famous. To have a nascent soul orc as your guardian, how luxurious.”
”… We've just met and become a family recently.”
Miaomiao broke a sweat and glanced at Fogan. Unfortunately, he couldn't hide the fact that Fogan was an orc due to his face and his physique.
”I see, I see! Well, is Sir Cao Fogan one of the Blood Orcs that had raided this continent recently?”
Fogan's face changed for a moment before he bowed toward Liu Xuande.
”Amitabha. This monk has been enlightened by the light of Buddha. I've already cut ties with my Blood Orc Tribe. From now on, I live for the sake of helping fellow orcs and fellow cultivators walk the right path.”
Fogan was a smart orc. He emitted his light element Qi, letting the sworn brother gang sense his proof.
Guan Yunchang raised his eyebrows in surprise. Then, he nodded in approval as he liked the way Fogan acted. As for Zhang Yide, his face twisted in disgust when he heard that an orc could become a monk.
Liu Xuande gazed back and forth between Miaomiao and Fogan. He dropped his jaw for a few seconds before he regained his bearing.
”Ahem. Excuse me. I was lost in thought. To be honest, I've never heard that a blood orc could become a monk. This is a first.”
Fogan smiled, ”I don't blame you. No orc walked this path before. I'm the first.”
”Cool! That's awesome! Very well, we've been sidetracked enough. I would like to ask you a few questions regarding this continent. Junior Cao Mao, do you mind?”
Miaomiao had a bad feeling about Liu Bei. The latter seemed to craft his words and tried to appear as neutral as possible, which was unusual for someone with great backings.
”Sure, as long as I can answer them. You see, I'm a country bumpkin. I only travel around this area.”
”Oh, don't be nervous. I won't ask for something cruel. I just want to ask for a direction. I'm searching for a couple of famous individuals in this area. By chance, do you know someone with a similar cultivation base with these two?”
”…”
Miaomiao, Liu Guang, and Fogan frowned. Liu Bei had promised to ask for a direction but asked for strong people instead.
”I have no idea who you're looking for. I don't know anyone with the same strength as the two seniors behind you.”
”I guess you don't know. Well, one more question…” Liu Bei grinned and shrugged before his eyes changed color. His brown pupils became pitch black as if they had turned into an abyss, ”If I remember correctly, only foundation establishment realm experts can fly. But you, sir. You're only an essence gathering realm expert. How can you fly like that?”
The question was directed at Miaomiao. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also stared at the young man, asking the same question with their eyes.
However, Miaomiao was used to this type of interrogation.
”I'm under a dao god.”
”…”