Chapter 279 - How to Accomplish His Mission? (1/2)

Madam Zhong's hands trembled. Her son … was in danger? How could this be! Qiu Ling had followed him. He was so strong. With him around, nothing should be able to happen to her son.

Xiao Li put on an apologizing expression. ”I'm very sorry. There are a lot of missions like that. I guess it means the sect trusts him very much. Knowing this will probably not help you very much but you can be proud of him.”

Madam Zhong nodded mechanically. She knew she needed to calm down. It wasn't as if something had already happened to Jing Yi. He had just gone to a dangerous place. That didn't have to say anything.

She took a deep breath and smiled at Xiao Li. ”Mister Xiao …”

”Xiao Li is alright.”

”Mn. Xiao Li, do you happen to know if my son went alone to that … other Sect?”

Xiao Li shook his head. ”He didn't. Senior Martial Brother Qiu followed him.”

”Ah.” Madam Zhong's smile grew lighter. So he wasn't alone. Qiu Ling was indeed with him. In that case, she didn't need to worry. Nothing would happen to Jing Yi.

Xiao Li's eyes narrowed. Surprisingly, this woman had calmed down completely after knowing that the dragon king was with her son. Could it be that she knew who he was? Did that boy know? Then their relationship should be closer than he had thought. Mn, His Majesty would definitely want to know about this.

Just then Nie Huang brought two teacups over, placing them in front of Madam Zhong and Xiao Li. Her gaze lingered on Xiao Li's face for a moment before she hastily turned away and went back to her place. He really looked a lot like him. Was that just a coincidence?

Xiao Li's gaze followed her. This was interesting, too. But he didn't have time for that now. He had to find out more about Jing Yi first, then he could find out what was up with that Nie Huang woman.

He lightly touched the teacup in front of him before looking up at Madam Zhong again. ”Senior Martial Brother Qiu is very strong so I guess Jing Yi won't be in too much danger. Still … It's an evil sect, after all. One can't know what might happen. I'm actually worried about him. Junior Martial Brother Jing Yi is still so young, after all. Will he really be alright?” He drew his brows together and stared down at his tea with a dark expression.

Madam Zhong had no idea this person was only pretending. Seeing him this worried about her son, she was actually happy. It seemed Jing Yi didn't only have Qiu Ling. He still had other friends in the sect. Well, he had also told her that Shao Hai and Xiao Dong had become disciples of the sect when he came by last year.

”I'm sure Qiu Ling will protect him.”