Chapter 348: Exchanging Intel with Zhou Yu (1/2)
At 3 AM, the sky was still dark.
All outer disciples had cleaned the banquet hall and left as the party was over. Sun Jing's wife also excused herself and return to her residence.
The main character of the party, Miaomiao, had also been escorted to a guestroom in Sun Jing's house.
The manor was a humble 3-story brick house with a flat cement roof. The room of Miaomiao was located on the second floor while Sun Jing and his wife's room was on the third floor.
There was no air-conditioner, fan, TV, or any modern electrical appliance in Miaomiao's room. Only a single stone bed with a cotton bed topper was there. Fortunately, the room had a window, or it would be too similar to a prison.
Getting his time alone, Miaomiao sat on the bed and contemplated his life choices. Sometimes, he doubted if his past decisions were correct.
In addition, Miaomiao was aware that he had been slacking lately. Unlike his early days when he worked so hard to gain power, he lacked the angst and the motivation to cultivate. Even though the threat of war was at hand, he couldn't feel the necessity of getting stronger as he had gathered many strong allies in Siren City.
Most importantly, he was bored.
'I know that I need to expand my dantian size, but things are dull lately. No matter how hard I dual-cultivated with my wives, the result was always lackluster. How many times do I need to have sex? How many side-quests do I need to complete? How many people do I have to kill before I can advance to the 5th-stage?'
Miaomiao had never experienced bottlenecks in cultivation as he knew a hundred methods to get stronger. Still, the progress was at a snail speed.
It felt stagnant.
Had any local cultivator knew what Miaomiao had been thinking, they would have been fumed with rage. It was totally normal for the progress to be slow and steady. Some of the top cultivators on Aves Continent even spent years before they advanced a small realm!
'Is there a way to increase my dantian capacity faster other than having sex with my wives? I'm tired of being underestimated as a common essence gathering realm cultivator. I want to join the 5th-stage gangs!'
Ding
[The Sun Crow wants to punch you in the face for being too greedy and too lucky.]
[A few Anonymous Viewers are envious of your constitution and foundation.]
”…”
Miaomiao dryly laughed and shook his head. He closed his eyes, planning to rest and enter the Isolation Training Space.
Click
The window was suddenly opened, and two men entered the room. One was a ninja-like tall and toned guy while the other one was someone that Miaomiao had seen before.
It was the guy that ate the rabbit poop!
Different from the morning, this man wore an official brown robe and tied his hair like a scholar. His feminine handsome face, which could turn any man gay, looked attractive under the moonlight.
Miaomiao stared at the intruders, scanning their cultivation base and dantian. The ninja dude had the scent of shadow element that Wang Yun and Liu Bian had.
As for the other guy, he was similar to Miaomiao, a full-fledged 4th-stage cultivator. Though, in the term of dantian size, this person was a lot weaker than him.
As usual, Miaomiao had nothing to fear since he was confident in his natural physical defense and abnormal status immunity. He simply sat there, looking at the two men.
”Hello, there. What can I do for you gentlemen?”
Zhou Gongjin cupped his fist and saluted, ”This humble junior is Zhou Gongjin, a servant of Sun Bofu. I greet the representative of Siren City.”
”Hoh?”
Zhou Gongjin was the name of a famous strategist in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He was known by the other name in the modern world.
Zhou Yu
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yu was portrayed as a rival of Zhuge Liang and the advisor of the Sun Family. However, in historical records, he was a capable strategist and general, who was responsible for Cao Cao's defeat at Chibi. Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei didn't contribute anything, but Zhou Yu was the one who single-handedly outmaneuvered Cao Cao's armies.
Miaomiao broke a sweat upon hearing the counterpart of Zhou Yu's name. Facing such as genius strategist in a flesh gave him goosebumps.
He wondered what kind of character Zhou Gongjin in this cultivation world was. As Miaomiao had already guessed that this man might be a hidden protagonist, he was curious about what Zhou Gongjin had planned for him.
Miaomiao stood up and returned the salute, ”My alias goes as Cao Mao. I'm sorry that I can't disclose my real name at the moment due to the sensitive issues.”
”It's alright. I don't mind. So, I've heard that you've come here to convey our sect master not to attack your city. Is that true?”
”The news has traveled fast. Indeed, I've come here for a peace talk.”
Zhou Gongjin smiled and nodded, ”Then, that makes things simple for us. As the matter of fact, we also desire peace, but our sect master lacks information at the moment, so he might make wrong decisions. I apologize in advance if he insulted you or he might offend you tomorrow.”
Miaomiao smirked as he found this protagonist interesting. He was indeed the counterpart of Zhou Yu as he had a way to play with his words.
He didn't insult his sect master, but he gestured that Sun Wentai might not cooperate with Miaomiao.
Then, Miaomiao remembered that Sun Wu had given him a quest that involved Zhou Gongjin.
Since Sun Wu wanted to protect Zhou Gongjin, Sun Wentai, and Sun Bofu, it might be a good idea to get along with this strategist regardless of what they might be scheming. For now, Miaomiao wanted that third piece of time-and-space mural.
”I don't mind. Actually, Lord Sun Jing should be talking to the sect master right now. I think the negotiation should be smooth when we have an official meeting tomorrow.”
Zhou Gongjin's eyes brightened in excitement, ”I see. That's good! Oh, by the way, I know that it might sound rude, but could you tell me what had happened to Siren City and Red Sun City? I need to know the bottom of these recent incidents regarding the war, so I can encourage the sect master to make the right decision.”
Miaomiao raised his eyebrows as this came out of nowhere.
Zhou Gongjin wryly smiled and coughed, ”Of course, it won't be free. In exchange for your information, I shall tell you a few secrets regarding the Mount Hua Sect and the Yuan Clan's strength.”
The topic of Mount Hua Sect and the Yuan Clan's intel piqued Miaomiao's interest, ”Ah! So, you wish to trade information.”
”That's correct. Is that possible?”
Miaomiao laughed as he had nothing to lose, ”Sure.”
…
Miaomiao retold Zhou Gongjin the old story. However, he added a piece of new information as a bonus.
He revealed the identities of Liu Xuande, Guan Yunchang, and Zhang Yide, who had been lurking around Chicken Ann City, west of Red Sun City.
As soon as Zhou Gongjin heard the names of the trio, his eyes widened, ”Those people… so they're involved.”