Chapter 362: Jiangxia City, the Godly Archer Huang Zhong (2/2)
”…”
Miaomiao and Zhu Qiao looked at each other. Without hesitation, they rushed east, avoiding potential trouble.
The old man didn't shoot an arrow at them again.
After Miaomiao and Zhu Qiao got back to safety, they stared at each other. The former began interrogating her, ”What do you know about that godly archer of this world?”
Zhu Qiao grinned, ”Let me marry you in-name and help me coax my mother not to marry me to some horny guy, and then, I'll tell you. Oh, the talisman deal is still on.”
”Haiz. Fine! I'll let you use my name. Happy now?”
”Good! Swear by your dao oath. I don't like empty promises.”
”I swear by my dao oath that I'll be your husband-in-name when we get to Siren City in one piece!”
RUMBLE
The air around Miaomiao hummed as the oath had taken an effect.
Though Zhu Qiao didn't like the vague promise, she cooperated and revealed the information that she knew.
”Okay. I'll explain. While I'm at it, let's detour to the north. Then, we can fly west when we're out of Jiangxia's airspace.”
”Alright.”
…
Jing Province, the same province name as Miaomiao's former world, was the home of a feudal lord with a ”Liu” surname.
Liu Biao was another aristocrat, who was a relative of the former emperor. His influence and territory covered the entire middle southern land and eight provincial capital cities, including Jiangxia.
Among Liu Biao's ranks, a renowned clan served this lord.
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, although many people with Huang surname weren't from the same clan or cities, many famous generals with Huang surnames served Liu Biao as his officers.
But in this world, all Huang clansmen came from Jiangxia City. Huang Gongfu, aka Huang Gai, was once a member of this clan.
Zhu Qiao knew two people, whose names were also famous.
Huang Zu, the same name as his counterpart, was the city lord of Jiangxia. He was also the patriarch of the Huang Clan in this world.
The other one was Huang Hanshang, aka the counterpart of Huang Zhong. Zhu Qiao had learned from her mother that this person was once a champion of the Huang Clan, and he had an opportunity to train at the Holy Land Continent. He didn't participate in the cultivator-demon war, but his strength and archery techniques were not to be looked down upon.
Furthermore, his strength was at the top of this mortal world.
”A fucking 9th-stage cultivator!? Are you fucking serious!?”
Miaomiao's throat went dry when he heard the true strength of Huang Zhong.
”Yeah. Let's not mess with that guy,” Zhu Qiao's face was pale as she glanced in the direction of Jiangxia City, where the 500-meter tall walls were located.
On the other hand, Miaomiao's throat and mouth became moist a few seconds later. He stared at the city and wiped his saliva.
He wanted to recruit the Huang Clan or hire them to fight the Yuan Clan!
Zhu Qiao noticed the smug smile on Miaomiao's face. She sneered at him, ”Don't tell me you want to recruit him as well? He's destined to join forces with Liu Bei, you know?”
”I don't give a fuck. I already won Gan Ning's heart, and he will join me later on. Why can't I recruit that archer god?”
”Don't be greedy. He's out of our league. If you can make a name for yourself or you can reach the 7th-stage, you can try talking to him later.”
”But, what if he joins Yuan Shaoqing's forces? Don't forget that the historical trend from our world and this world isn't always the same. Look at the Huangjin Monastery. They're pretty much the Yellow Turban thieves, but they are harmless monks in this world.”
”Dream on. He won't join you. Do you think a godly 9th-stage cultivator will bow his head to a 4th-stage fool!?”
”…”
Miaomiao didn't believe in Zhu Qiao. He had the urge to rush into the city and talk with this mysterious godly archer right away. However, his phone vibrated again.
A text message came from Wu Guotai.
[Zhu Qiao has escaped from the sect. Master, have you seen her? I heard you went out as well.]
Miaomiao immediately hid the phone before Zhu Qiao could spy on it. Because of the phone interruption, he suddenly had the second thought, ”Let's take a detour. We'll leave Huang Zhong's matter for now. I need to rush home.”
Zhu Qiao nodded. She continued riding her carpet, traveling along with Miaomiao toward the north.
…
Jiangxia City
A withered old man with a long white beard and long white hair had been sitting on top of the tall wall, meditating with his eyes closed.
His soul sense and soul domain covered the entire city and the airspace. Even though Miaomiao and Zhu Qiao had flown east, they were still within the domain range of this expert.
Huang Hansheng could hear everything that Miaomiao and Zhu Qiao had said. When they talked about enlisting him, he was amused.
”Hahaha! Ambitious brats. You're too tender to be my liege. If you want me to bow down to you, prove your worth first like the lady has said.”
Huang Hansheng slightly opened his eyes and gazed at Miaomiao. He paid attention to the small cut on the latter's cheek, which he had accidentally grazed.
The wound slowly healed despite being hit by his arrow. Normally, a 7th-stage cultivator should have started squirming in pain because of the poison element Qi. But for Miaomiao, he simply ignored it.
”Not bad. I guess you have the right to be that arrogant,” Huang Hansheng paused. His face darkened for a moment, ”Still, boy, Liu Biao has issued a warrant for your head. Had you come down here and attempted to recruit me, I would have arrested you. Well, since you're funny, I'll let you off the hook just this once.”
The old archer grinned and closed his eyes, continued meditating despite having abilities to instantly kill Miaomiao and Zhu Qiao.
…
Meanwhile, Miaomiao and Zhu Qiao suddenly received system notification messages.
Ding
[You have spent almost all your luck points to save your life.]
[Your current luck point: 1.]
[Your Heavenly Fate Pieces have been disabled. Please collect 1,000 luck points to reactivate them.]
[Warning, if your luck point reaches zero, you will die.]
Miaomiao and Zhu Qiao stared blankly at their system panels. They screamed simultaneously.
”WTF, SYSTEM!?”
None of them had realized that their personal plot armor had saved their skin from the instant death.