Chapter 24: Collusion (1/2)

Chapter 24: Collusion

Translator: Pika

Zu An had been paying attention to that carriage in theconstruction naturally drew attention

Is it a Rolls Royce? Appearance-wise, the carriage bore no siave ardless of which world one was in, the aesthetics of hue was a le contour embodied the blood, sweat, and tears of a master craftsman It was drawn by four handsome steeds, all with a muscular build and lustrous coats that conveyed ie wheels and even the hooves of the horses were cloaked in blue light It was an extree tothe passengers seated inside the carriage the slightest disturbance

Zu An had ridden in the Chu clan’s carriage before, but it paled in coht before his eyes

A chare “Go? Where can I go?” Her tone of voice seeuid at the same time, but was colored with more than a hint of confusion

“What a melodious voice!” Ji Xiaoxi ht nothing of it In his ital world, there were plenty of people whotheir voices, be it voice actors, vtubers, and other content creators He had heard far too ood voice didn’t equate to good looks Countless pitiful souls had been fooled by the false allure of a beautiful voice

The black-clothed attackers seemed to lose their senses for a ht, Madam Yu is indeed in there! Brother, let’s push on! Soon, we’ll be able to have a taste of the previous number one beauty of the capital!”

This drew a chorus of cheers fro theuards reddened at these words, but there was only sonumbers No matter how much they tapped into the hidden potential in their bodies, they could not stand against this onslaught

“Ah! So it’s her!” Ji Xiaoxi exclaiued “Why? Do you recognize the person in the carriage?”

Ji Xiaoxi shook her head and replied, “I don’t know her in person, but I have heard of her Cloudmidst’s Yu clan deals in ki stones, and they are the most renowned tycoons in the world Back in those days, the matriarch of the Yu clan, Yu Yanluo, awed the entire capital with her grace and beauty, and countless men still pine for her to this day”

As she mentioned this, Ji Xiaoxi suddenly recalled how her father often proclaimed himself to be Yu Yanluo’s number one fan, and her face flushed with eing by what you just said, the Yu clan should be pretty forroup of bandits”

Ji Xiaoxi corrected Zu An “The Blackwind Stockade isn’t any ordinary band of bandits They are an incredibly powerful gang that even Duke Chu is—”

Before she could finish, Zu An cut in, “No matter how formidable they are, bandits are still bandits Besides, just as you said, the Yu clan is one of the richest clans in the country, and their matriarch is a known beauty They are bound to attract attention from eneuards they have, how in the world did she e to survive to this day without any major incidents?”

“Ahh” Ji Xiaoxi hadn’t expected such a strong reaction fro, “Her husband, the Cloudmidst Duke, passed away recently in an accident That could have caused some internal turmoil within the Yu clan, and consequently affected the quality of guards she brings around with her”

“Politics inside h It had only been two days since he joined the Chu clan, and he had already suffered so many near death encounters Someone like Yu Yanluo was likely to have faced farthe bandits down there Great Bandit Chen Xuan?” Zu An asked, pointing to the leader of the black-clothed attackers

Ji Xiaoxi shook her head and replied, “It doesn’t seem to be him Chen Xuan is a sixth rank cultivator, possibly even reaching the seventh rank None of those below have even reached the fifth rank”

“Ah, that re to ask you for a long time How do you discern the cultivation level of a person?” Zu An asked It was not as if this were a game, where enemy levels were displayed above their heads His inability to discern the cultivation level of his enemies would make it hard to deal with any future threats

After all, not everyone was like Plu away their cultivation level

“You don’t even know that?” Ji Xiaoxi asked in surprise Nevertheless, she still explained the matter patiently “In the first rank, a cultivator learns to sense raw ki In the second rank, a cultivator’s skin hardens, allowing them to deal with ordinary swords barehanded In the third rank, a cultivator gains the ability to release ki in a radius of three chi around his body to forainst enemy attacks

“In the fourth rank, a cultivator is able to project ki away fro-distance attacks In the fifth rank, a cultivator awakens their ability to control the elements and imbue them into their attacks In the sixth rank, a cultivator can forainst elemental-type attacks

“In the seventh rank, a cultivator’s regeneration is significantly boosted, such that the attacks of low-level enemies wouldn’t be able to keep up with their rate of recovery In the eighth rank, a cultivator beco hireater reserve of power I’m not faht is possible once one reaches a certain level

“Those bandits below are incapable of using elemental attacks, which means none of them have reached the fifth rank I believe that the leader of this group is the Blackwind Stockade’s Third Master, Bao Gang”

“I see!” Zu An nodded, grateful for her explanation His new-found knowledge helped hihly grasp the fighting prowess of the combatants

Most of the black-clothed bandits beloere at the second rank, though a couple of them had reached the third rank Only the leader of the bandits was at the fourth rank

According to what he knew, a fourth rank cultivator was eligible to be named the lord of a smaller city whereas a third rank cultivator could serve as athe Blackwind Stockade to ordinary ruffians was indeed unwise

The guard captain of the Yu clan was at the fourth rank too, and his subordinates were all at the third rank Their strength had allowed some of them to survive so far Unfortunately, their numbers were too small to matter Their defeat was already sealed

“Who’s there?” The leader of the black-clothed bandits suddenly turned around Zu An and Ji Xiaoxi had spoken too loudly, and had inadvertently revealed their presence

“You should leave, quickly!” Ji Xiaoxi hissed at Zu An She was the one who proposed coet hurt because of her

She had nearly used up all of the ht with her, and was not confident in dealing with the bandits