Chapter 141: My Name Is... Xiao (1/2)
Chapter 141: My Name Is... Xiao
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Qinlingjun City, Yunzhou, Great Jin. This was an inn outside Qinlingjun City. Although it was situated outside the city, it enjoyed large passenger volume, especially when the wedding ceremony of the Governor's daughter was only several days away. All the inns inside Qinlingjun City had been packed with people having various purposes. Residents who had extra rooms rented them out as well to earn some extra money.
As the inns inside the city had all been occupied, those who still had nowhere to go could only settle down in some villages and town centers outside of Qinlingjun City, or even in the little village inns along the road.
It was in the afternoon when Junior Leopard received Wang She's message saying that he had arrived outside of Qinlingjun City.
Junior Leopard didn't hurry to join him. He leisurely finished his dinner inside the city. It wasn't until it grew dark did he sneak away from the Wu Family, and ran straight out of the city.
As an Inner Core disciple of the Wu Family, on the road back to Qinlingjun City, of course, he wouldn't stay in just any inn. Instead, he lived in the small yard belonging to him and Xu Yong in the Wu Residence.
His position in the Wu Family was very special now. Though he was considered not to be that high or powerful, no one from the Wu Family except Xu Yong could or would manage him.
Among the Core Authority circle led by the Wu Family Head, no one cared about his presence. He was only summoned once by Wu Yansheng, the Wu Family Head on the first day he came back. Wu Yansheng symbolically asked him about the situation of the underground fire vein in Zhonghejun City, and then gave him some encouragement. After that, he was left alone.
He owned a small yard in the Wu Family property. He could act freely when Xu Yong wasn't there.
After coming back to the Wu Family, he met with some familiar disciples first and then went to congratulate Jin Nanqing. Together with disciples who took on the same task in Zhonghejun City, he ripped off Jin Nanqing. The bustling atmosphere lasted for several days and gradually calmed down as the wedding drew near.
Junior Leopard was having a leisurely time, as Xu Yong wasn't there. That was until he received Wang She's message.
He took down the External Elixir on his ear and hung it on his chest. After putting on the mask, he covered himself with a black robe and placed the Emerald Pearl sword on his waist. Activating the Snake-like Breath Holding Skill, he snuck out of the Wu Residence unnoticed and headed straight for the meeting spot outside of Qinlingjun City. Though the city gate had already been closed, the high wall couldn't stop him.
”Who are you?!”
Even Wang She was surprised at the first sight of Junior Leopard. The man standing before him was all covered in a black robe and surrounded by an extremely mysterious spirit. On his face, there was a white mask with a weird smile and squinted eyes circled by red lines. It was quite scary, especially since it was now late at night.
”Chief Wang, I'm Zhou Bao!” Junior Leopard had nothing to hide from Wang She, so he took off his mask, bowed and smiled.
”It's you?” Wang She seemed a little surprised seeing it was Junior Leopard. ”You've grown a lot in the past year!”
”At my age, it's high time to grow up. It's been a year. It'd be really weird if I hadn't grown!”
Junior Leopard smiled and put on his mask again.
He was already 14. In the past years, he had good food to eat and comfortable place to live in. Besides, he had been working hard on the practice of martial arts skills. His body also grew very fast, so now he looked almost like an adult. If measured by the standard of the world he came from, he was almost 1.8 meters tall. With the mask and the long black robe, no one could tell that he was actually a 14-year-old boy.
”Why are you dressed like this??!”
”I don't want others to know who I really am!” Junior Leopard answered dryly, ”I suppose no one can recognize me in this?!”
”Of course not!” Wang She said and shook his head. He then looked Junior Leopard up and down and asked, ”What about the cultivation of your External Elixir? Have you reached Level Six?!”
Junior Leopard didn't answer. The External Elixir that was hung on his chest began to circulate. Cyan Internal Qi blended with Junior Leopard's body, then condensed, and a clear and peaceful spirit could be seen rotating around Junior Leopard. His black robe was lifted gently and a breeze was felt.
Wang She finally showed his surprise, ”The peak of Level Six! Oh boy, how did you make it! Wait, something is wrong with your Green Jade Qian Yuan Skill...!”
”Chief Wang does have a bright eye. The Green Jade Qian Yuan Skill is so marvelous that it's impossible for me to get the insights in a year. Fortunately, when I was practicing, I accidentally opened my Firey Eyes so some wonderful changes happened and it helped improve my cultivation to Level Six in a short period. But Your Highness must know that my improvement is so fast that my foundation is quite weak. Therefore, you'd better not trust me with too complicated tasks!”
Wang She stared at Junior Leopard and said, ”Boy, you know, I've never expected that you could actually improve the cultivation of your External Elixir to Level Six in one year. Thank God if you're able to reach Level Four. It's really amazing, you really made it!”
”You know I'm really scared of death. You said that if I couldn't reach Level Six, it could be very dangerous, so I've tried every means to reach Level Six in one year!”
”I should have said Level Nine!”
”Then you wouldn't see me, as I'd already have run away!”
”You crafty boy!” Wang She laughed and he didn't ask in detail the reason why Junior Leopard had improved so quickly. ”Well, follow me. I'll take you to see several guys. We need to arrange his action carefully. It's a tough call!”
”Why?!” Junior Leopard asked following Wang She.
”This really is a tough call!” Wang She said in a serious manner that he seldom revealed. ”We've underestimated the resolution of the Mingyi School. Of course, our enemy won't just be the Mingyi School.”
”You mean Governor Ma?!”
”Him? No, this is basically none of his business except that he needs to send his daughter out!” Wang She didn't look natural mentioning Ma Tianchang, the Governor of Yunzhou. ”Otherwise, we won't decide to move!”
”It's his daughter. How will he stand aside?!”
”He didn't want his daughter to marry Lu Shaoyou at all. He agreed on the marriage only under pressure from various parties!”
”Who could give him pressure with his status?” Junior Leopard gasped, ”Though the Mingyi School is powerful, it's not powerful enough to do this, is it?”
”In the team escorting the bride this time, except Lu Shaoyou and Gao Yulou, the other six are all from the imperial court and they're all martial experts at Level Four!”
”Imperial court martial expert?” Junior Leopard stopped and asked unconsciously, ”What's this matter to do with the imperial court?!”
”You tell me?!”
Junior Leopard didn't speak. After a second thought, he seemed excited, ”You mean, Governor Ma agreed on this marriage only under the pressure of the imperial court?!”
”Not the imperial court, but the one seated in the hall!” Wang She said with a grim smile, ”If not, as a Governor of Yunzhou, he would agree to marry into the Mingyi School? Nonsense!”
Junior Leopard didn't ask any further. He just secretly thought about the relationships among the imperial court of Jin, the Mingyi School, and the Tian Long Taoism. It was not that Junior Leopard knew nothing. In fact, he knew a lot and he had always kept himself away from this complicated relationship business.
Hearing this, he would naturally stop questioning. He only asked, ”Chief Wang, you've never talked about me with anyone, right?!”
”I'm going to!” Wang She laughed, ”But if you don't want others to know, then I won't say!”
”That'll be great, I don't want to get into more trouble!”
”I assure you after this is done, I won't get you into trouble anymore!” Wang She said, ”As for your secrets, I won't tell anyone. You're much more careful than I expected. This is better. Careful people always live longer!”
”My best advantage is that I am scared of death, so I won't do things that are too dangerous!”
”Oh, you don't think this is dangerous?”
”Though it's a little dangerous, I'm confident that I can make a safe retreat!” Junior Leopard answered, ”Otherwise, I wouldn't come!”
”You're quite confident in yourself. I like it!” Wang She laughed and said, ”Well, we're almost there. If you want to hide your identity, you'd better be careful. Those guys inside are stronger than you!”
”Stronger than me??!”Junior Leopard was a little shocked. He had been an expert at Level Six. If they were all as good as him, it meant that they were all at least at Level Six. He couldn't help asking, ”It seems that you're fully prepared this time!”
”They're all friends of Lei Xu. The biggest mistake of those old guys in the Holy Mountain and the Lei Family is that they think everything would be fine if Lei Xu was trapped on the mountain. Aha... OK, we're here!”
”Why are you so late?!” As soon as Wang She finished, Junior Leopard saw a figure flash and heard a cold voice. When he saw clearly, he was stunned.
Such a beautiful woman!
The appearance, the figure, and the face are all perfect. Even though Junior Leopard had seen a lot of beauties on Baidu in his previous life, he was still stunned by the sudden appearance of such a beauty in ancient costume.
”Long Bug, is he the little friend you've mentioned?!” The beauty seemed used to others' reaction at the first sight of her. She stared at Junior Leopard's mask for two seconds. She seemed a little surprised and said, ”He seems like a mysterious figure!”
”Wu Shuang, why are you here?!” Wang She was also surprised at the presence of the beauty. ”Why don't you stay on the mountain? What are you doing here?!”
Hearing the name Wu Shuang, Junior Leopard knew who the beauty was. ”Nian Wushuang, like Wang She and Lei Xu, is one of the three Chiefs of the Tian Long Taoism.”