Chapter 132: Bright Moon Deifying & Perfect Disguise (2/2)
It was just within the past four months that he had searched the surroundings thoroughly, but he did not find any traces of the little monster. If it was further in, it would have exceeded Junior Leopard's capability. Hence, he had to give up.
Leaving Misty Mountains, he stayed for a few more days in the village. He bought some property for his family in Qingyang Market. He settled his parents in, and pleaded with Qin Xuanlong who was in charge of the Wu's Ironware Shop in Qingyang Market to take care of his parents. Qin Xuanlong naturally agreed to do so, and patted his own chest to promise. Junior Leopard then relaxed and went toward Qinlingjun City.
In another few days it would be Xu Yong's birthday, so he had to arrive in Qinlingjun City before that day.
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”What? Zhou Bao came back, and even prepared the Sky Splitting Sword as a gift for Elder Xu?!”
Deep within the Wu's headquarters, in a house there was a shout of surprise. Following that was the sound of a teacup dropping on the floor. A white porcelain teacup dropped on the floor, and was smashed into pieces. The tea splashed all around the floor, emitting a faint white steam.
”Yes, yes. I heard that he met an assassin in Misty Mountains. That sword was obtained from that assassin!” a pink-clothed maidservant bowed her head and replied. She really could not understand why the Second Madam, upon hearing this news, would have lost her composure, even smashing her favorite teacup. However, at moments like this, she did not dare to raise her head.
”What about that assassin? What happened to that assassin!” The Second Madam's voice had changed. However, she seemed to have sensed her loss of composure. She took a deep breath and asked calmly, ”Has he caught that assassin?”
”I heard Zhou Bao killed him!” the maidservant replied.
”He was killed?!” The Second Madam moved slightly. She retreated a step and sat on the chair. Both of her hands were tightly holding onto the armrests. She then stabilized her body. ”Are you sure?!”
”I, I heard that he burnt him into ash, only leaving the Sky Splitting Sword!” the maidservant said carefully. Her tone seemed to be trembling. She could very obviously feel that the temperature in the surroundings had decreased by a few degrees.
”Burnt into ash, only leaving the Sky Splitting Sword!” The Second Madam was at a loss. Her eyes were loosely fixed in front, and her mouth seemed to be muttering something. She raised her hand to signal the maidservant to leave.
That maidservant did not dare to stay long, so she bowed her head and quickly left the house. Only the Second Madam was left there, sitting on the chair, dazed.
”Burnt into ash. That is impossible, impossible. Mother Wu has reached Level Six and has the Sky Splitting Sword. How can she fail? How is this possible?!” her mouth was muttering. Her tone contained signs of disbelief. ”Not possible. Definitely impossible. I want to go and see for myself whether that is the Sky Splitting Sword!”
A wave of hot air hit her brain. She violently stood up and rushed to the door. She just rushed out of the door and suddenly stopped.
”No, I can't just go like that. It is too lacking in propriety!” she thought in her heart. Then she slowly sat back in her chair and sighed deeply. ”Aye, Zhou Bao, Zhou Bao, what kind of a deity are you?”
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Zhou Bao was not a deity. He was only a normal hunter that came out of the village. Of course, he was the guard of Li Yuan, Zhonghe City's admiral, who had not reported yet.
On Xu Yong's birthday, Junior Leopard presented the Sky Splitting Sword. It ignited a lot of commotion.
Also as a smelting family, the Wu Family had lusted after the Jian Family's ability to craft weapons. It was a pity that after researching for hundreds of years, they still could not figure it out. And the mysterious weapons that the Jian Family had leaked outside were not many. Most of them had owners. It was thus difficult to research it. Who would have thought that Junior Leopard would inexplicably bring out one of the three great swords of the Jian Family, the Sky Splitting Sword? How could the Wu Family not be happy about this?
As for who really wanted to kill Junior Leopard, the Wu's were too lazy to dwell on it.
Now Junior Leopard was no longer the unknown person from back then. He used the hammers to destroy the city gate at Zhonghe City, and kept guard in the underground fire vein for four days. He defeated quite a few Bone-Forging Realm experts. In the end, he had some ties with Tian Long Taoism's Wang She. All of this caused his reputation to soar. Amongst the Wu's younger generation, there was not another like him. Even the two sons of the family head had their reputation robbed by him.
In this way, it was not a strange thing for people to want to kill him. Which martial artists in their meteoric rise to fame had not met this kind of situation before? In a martial artists' rise, it meant that there were a lot of experts falling at his hands, to become his stepping stones. This obviously incited hatred in people.
It would be normal that he would be killed by more than one assassin. This assassin's hands actually had one of the three great treasures of the Jian Family. This would obviously attract the deep thoughts of people. However, those were only deep thoughts. This sword was the Sky Splitting, not the Shaking Heaven, so there was not really a point to dwell upon it.