Chapter 35 - Chapter 35: 035 Treasure Map (1/2)
Chapter 35: 035 Treasure Map
Translator: 549690339
In Xiang County, at Ruyi Tower a grand banquet was underway. The star of the day was none other than the seventh son of the Lin family, Lin Zirui.
In the midst of the joyful feasting, abruptly, a follower approached Lin Zirui and spoke softly into his ear. A change came over his face.
Suddenly, the once lively attendees all fell silent and set down their wine glasses.
Lin Zirui quickly regained his composure, picking up a cup of wine, he said, “Let’s call it quits for today, I have some matters to attend to.”
After emptying the cup, he left his seat and departed.
Once outside the tavern, his expression immediately turned grim, “Zhou Qing was actually killed by that boy. How is this possible? Elder Wu said himself that Zhou Qing had a cultivation level of Sixth Grade.”
Elder Wu was from the Red Mansion in Divine City. Lists such as the First Rank List and the Hidden Dragon List all came from the Red Mansion. For a thousand years, there had never been any error.
This time Elder Wu came to Xiang County, it must have been for the newly promoted Second Grade of the Zheng family.
His observations were sharp, he certainly could not be mistaken.
The guard behind him responded, “According to the report, Zhou Qing was killed by a saber technique called Duanyue. He was killed with a single strike.”
“Tianxin Martial Arts Hall?”
Lin Zirui’s brows furrowed slightly, “Which one of them from Tianxin Martial Arts Hall came to Jiangzhou?”
“We did not receive any information about this before.”
Lin Zirui coldly said, “The Listening Wind Hall is becoming more and more useless.”
“Young master, please calm your anger.”
“Where is Gu Yang now? Where is he?”
“Ping County City, young master, do we need to send more people?”
Lin Zirui’s eyes were somewhat gloomy, “That’s my second brother’s territory. He despises others intruding on his turf. Consider him lucky.”
Though the Lin family was prosperous and powerful, the loss of Zhou Qing, a Fifth Grade, would surely warrant him a scolding.
Meanwhile, Gu Yang, with Ling Ling, had already left Ping County City overnight.
This time, they did not travel by carriage and didn’t carry much luggage. Traveling with light equipment, their speed increased tremendously.
His goal was Yuzhou in the neighboring region. He was supposed to exchange the thirty thousand two silver notes in Yuzhou City. Su Qingzhen had already given him the code and the seal for the exchange. With these, he should be able to cash in those notes.
Originally, Gu Yang wanted to go alone, but Ling Ling insisted on going with him, probably worried that he would run away.
He knew that even if he didn’t let her follow, she would definitely sneak after him, so he agreed to take her along.
As for Su Qingzhen and her maid, they had already gone to Qingxuan Sect.
As for Zhang Xiao Hai, Gu Yang gave him some silver and told him to find a place to settle down first.
Under the cover of night, two shadows leaped down the road, moving at a swift speed, as fast as if riding the wind and demonstrating the power of lightning.
“There is a broken temple ahead, let’s rest there for a while.”
Suddenly, the man in the party spoke.
These two, were none other than Gu Yang and Ling Ling who had been travelling for half of the night.
Such a swift journey had significantly drained his True Qi; he had already used up almost half of it.
Ling Ling still looked calm and unflustered. After stopping, she commented somewhat guiltily, “I’ve been traveling north and south with my father since I was a child, so my speed is a bit faster…”
“Mm, that’s very normal.”
Gu Yang followed her words, if she wanted to play this act, he would accompany her in this play.
After interacting for more than ten days, he also realized that this girl was a bit naive, she seemed to really believe that her clumsy acting skills had fooled him.
To put it bluntly, she was just lacking some common sense, she was not very worldly but seemed very knowledgeable, having a profound understanding of the various forces.
This confirmed his speculation that she came from a powerful family, dedicated to cultivation, too protected, lacked experience, and therefore lacked common sense.