Chapter 249: The most beautiful women in Jianghu Twenty Years Ago; Ruins Appears (1/2)
Chapter 249: The most beautiful women in Jianghu Twenty Years Ago; Ruins Appears
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Fate was a thing that mankind could not see and touch. To some extent, it was related to luck.
When he was in the Immortal Palace, Junior Leopard once heard of relevant issues from his teacher of ancient Chinese characters.
A man had fate. A family and a school had fate. So it was with a nation.
Fate, in a way, meant fortune or destiny. It sounded abstruse and indeed was somewhat mysterious and beyond comprehension for Junior Leopard in his current phase.
He only knew that a treasure capable of guarding fate could increase the fortune or destiny of a person, an organization, and even a country.
Different nations, organizations, and persons had various fates. Thus treasures used to guard fate should be different. It must be compatible with the actual strength of the person, organization, or country. Otherwise, it would drive away all the fate rather than increase or maintain it.
For example, a common well-known family, such as the Wu family, could suppress fate once it owned a psychic celestial device like Junior Leopard's Demon Devil Needles. But if the device was much more high-end, like one at the mysterious level, Wu family would not dare keep it. They knew the valuable would finally bring misfortune to them even though they were innocent.
It was enough for Jin, a rich nation, to use a Pure Yang Celestial Device, namely Heavenly Crown of Peace, to guard its fate. In fact, the most powerful device used by dynasties before Jin was only a celestial device at the mysterious level that was close to Extreme Yang Level.
According to his teacher, if the emperors of Jin governed the country in a proper way, it could exist for thousands of years with the guarding of Pure Yang Celestial Device, the Heavenly Crown of Peace.
As for those well-known families, they all had their own celestial devices to guard fate. Tribes of Northern Yuan also owned similar things.
For instance, the ruby pendant that Junior Leopard transformed into a ruby ring was a celestial device of Blackwolf tribe to guard fate.
The device, at best, was only a psychic celestial device, but owing to its rare spatial attribute, Blackwolf tribe succeeded in staging a comeback for times after suffering from disasters. But now it belonged to Junior Leopard. The tribe would thus lose its fate.
As to the Clear Glass Jade Bottle, it was a fairy weapon far more powerful than a celestial device. It should never be used to deal with fate for one had no right unless one ruled the whole world. Nevertheless, dominating all life was only a thing pursued by some famous lunatics in history.
Though the present Jin Emperor was ambitious, he was not that crazy. Thus he did not need to guard fate with the Clear Glass Jade Bottle.
”Renzhen Cuo, why did Wang Hua know that you had the halidom of Blackwolf tribe and insist that it belonged to Wang family?” Junior Leopard asked.
After interactions with the princess of Blackwolf tribe for a few days, Junior Leopard had known her name, Renzhen Cuo. She seemed to have a clear mind of her current situation and began to carefully serve Junior Leopard with an obedient attitude. Awkward as she was, her service could be ranked as not bad, given her previous status.
Hearing this, Renzhen Cuo replied with a sad expression, ”Shortly after you had conquered the Blackwolf town, I escaped with the halidom under my father's demand and hid it in a safe place. Later, I was captured by your soldiers on the run and was brought to Yunzhou. I used to think that I would never have the opportunity to return to the prairie in my life. But unexpectedly, Wang Hua bought me to Yunzhou!”
”After that, you went back to the prairie with them?” Junior Leopard asked.
”That's right. All the slaves they bought are sinners, and we all worked as guides. I didn't expect that a bastard should recognize me!” Renzhen Cuo said, grinding her teeth in extreme anger. ”I thought he was a kind man. I never expected that he would inform Wang family of me after gaining the halidom. It was just a futile effort to believe that he was bent on helping me reinvigorate Blackwolf tribe!”
”What a fool!” Junior Leopard snickered and murmured. It appears that the guy swindled the little girl out of her halidom and love.
Junior Leopard now figured out what had happened. The guy who recognized Renzhen Cuo was named Timur, a warrior of Blackwolf tribe. When he met her, he pretended to be excited as if he was loyal to Blackwolf tribe. However, he soon betrayed her and secretly monitored her under the order of Wang family. Besides, he wanted to rob her when Renzhen Cuo retrieved the pendant. But he did not expect that the girl would perceive his intention and cut off his pendant. She escaped and entered Junior Leopard's territory by coincidence.
”Well, I think I have known the whole story. You can stay in my territory at ease. I can promise you that no one will hurt you, but you'd better give up the idea of reviving Blackwolf tribe. Now that Northern Yuan has collapsed, it is impossible for you to reinvigorate the tribe!”
”Of course. In the past years, I have accepted the fact. Your Central Plains people have a thriving fate while we have only been abandoned by Grassland God. Besides, you, the powerful people, have controlled the prairie. We have no chance to achieve the goal!”
”It's good for you to be realistic!” Junior Leopard said, nodding and smiling, after seeing the disappointed expression of Renzhen Cuo.
At this moment, out of the camp came Jiang Xiao's voice, ”Your Excellency, here again comes the Wang family!”
”What endless trouble!” Junior Leopard sneered and complained. When he talked with Renzhen Cuo, he felt the spirits of dozens of masters of martial arts approach. However, he did not care because those spirits did not move stealthily but instead drew near to his camp at the speed of common walking. Besides, he also felt the familiar spirit of Jiang Xiao in front of those masters.
”Let them in!”
”Yes, Your Excellency,”Jiang Xiao responded. He turned around and said to those masters behind him, ”Please!”
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This time Wang family dispatched a fair number of people headed by a woman.
”My honor to meet you, Your Excellency. I'm Wang Yue-er from Wang family in Cenzhou,” Wang Yue-er stepped forward in front of Junior Leopard and said with her hands folded.
”Wang Yue-er!” Junior Leopard's eyes lit up because she was famous. ”Haha, here is Miss Wang. If I was told of your arrival ahead of time, I would have welcomed you at the door!”
He rose to his feet from the seat and moved forward with an apologetic expression to Wang Yue-er.
”It's very nice of you, Your Excellency. Please forgive Yue-er for coming here without an invitation.”
Junior Leopard gave two hollow laughs and said, ”Miss Wang, sit down, please. Jiang Xiao, let a servant girl quickly offer tea!”
”Yes, Your Excellency!” Jiang Xiao replied, nodding his head and naturally leading Renzhen Cuo out of the camp.
After everyone sat down, Junior Leopard smiled and asked, ” Miss Wang, could you tell me what do you come here for?”
”I come here, first, to apologize to Your Excellency for the offense of my cousin several days ago, and second, to capture the fugitive slave. Would you mind my taking away the slave? We will subject her to discipline.”
”You are too serious, Miss Wang!” Junior Leopard replied and gave a hollow laugh feeling uncomfortable for what she said, thinking to himself, ”Sh*t. I am only 17, while you b*tch are 37. You are old enough to be my mother. Why do you call yourself Yue-er? No f*cking shame!”
Even though she was 37, honestly speaking, she was beautiful. After catching sight of Miss Wang, Junior Leopard, with a memory of a previous life, where he had decades of experience exposed to the computer Photoshop technology, had to admit that she was a beauty.
Because of her attractiveness and eminent status, she was known as the most beautiful women in Jianghu over two decades ago and pursued by countless teens and persons with exceptional ability. It was said that duels for her were more than one hundred. All participants were juveniles or outstanding figures with names in Jianghu at that time just like Junior Leopard.
Moreover, though Miss Wang was nearly forty, she appeared to be a maiden in her twenties, attractive and gorgeous, more charming than younger, immature women.
However, the most beautiful women in Jianghu two decades ago was not mere eye candy. As a matter of fact, she was a well-known martial artist.
Wang Yue-er was born with great talent and strong savvy. When she was 17, she made cultivation reach Level Four and became one of the most renowned masters of martial arts among the young generation in Jianghu at that time.
All these attributes, young, beautiful, noble, and highly skilled in martial arts, had formed the most striking landscape in Jianghu. You could say that people of the whole Jianghu had been crazy for this woman at that time.
”What a pity that she was already 37 years old!” Junior Leopard thought.
Though she looked like a twenty-something woman, Junior Leopard was not interested in her.
”About Wang Hua, I have already taught him a lesson. No need to mention. As for the so-called fugitive slave, honestly, I knew nothing about her. You know, my territory, covering 282,600 square kilometers, contains mountains and rivers. If someone flees here and hides in a corner at random, no one knows whether the person is frozen to death, drowned, or eaten by wolves. Is that right?”
”What you say adds up. I shouldn't have troubled you for this matter, but someone happened to see the slave in your territory and was taken in by Your Excellency. For this reason, I come to you!”
Zhou Bao laughed and asked, ”Really? I want to see which son of a bitch has eyes on his buttock. Miss Wang, words alone are no proof. Do you have any direct evidence?”
”No problem,” Wang Yue-er said confidently. She turned half around and nodded toward a family servant in greenish-blue standing nearby. The servant stood.
”He is a family servant named Timur. It is he that first found the fugitive slave!” Wang Yue-er pointed out the pale man and said, ”The maidservant who had stood beside you just now is exactly the slave of our Wang family. Her name is Renzhen Cuo, originally a princess of Blackwolf tribe. If you have any other question, you can ask her!”
”The story is funny. You randomly let a family servant testify that our maidservant is a fugitive slave of your Wang family,” Junior Leopard replied. ”Likewise, I can ask some random person to prove that this so-called Timur guy is the dog that we lost twenty years ago, can't I?”
”Your Excellency, please do not draw a hasty conclusion. He is only the first witness, and I have another to verify that on the day our Wang family chased fugitive slaves, that maidservant fled to your territory and got caught by your soldiers. Two days later, she unexpectedly became your maidservant to provide service for you!”
Junior Leopard raised his eyebrows and asked, ”Really? Then I would like to see who the witness is!”
”He is one of your men, Your Excellency!” Miss Wang said and clapped her hands. Then a man lifted the curtain and entered.
”Your Excellency, don't you know him?”
The guy was in his thirties with only one arm. Junior Leopard remembered he was one of the first nomadic herdsmen entering his territory.
”My man? To be honest, I actually don't know him. Miss Wang, you know, since I came here, I have always stayed in the camp all day long and hardly gone out. It is Jiang Xiao that takes charge of those specific matters. Jiang Xiao, come in and tell me whether you know this guy?”
”I don't know him!” The voice of Jiang Xiao came out before he lifted the curtain.
The curtain was lifted again, and Jiang Xiao came in and said to Renzhen Cuo who came with him, ”Offer some tea to our guests!”
Renzhen Cuo responded in a low voice. Looking down, she at first poured Junior Leopard a cup of tea. Then she walked carefully to the front of Wang family and served them the hot drink.
”Zhou Bao, she is here. How dare you deny the fact!” A man shouted.
He suddenly gripped her wrist when Renzhen Cuo served tea. He is a member of the Wang family.
Renzhen Cuo screamed and tea in her hands spilled all over the floor.