709 Causality (1/2)

The two continued eating and drinking. After a while, Jin Yao's curiosity got the better of him. Munching a peanut, he turned to Zhou Bao and said, ”Brother Jia, you're so young, but what's bothering you so much? Tell me, maybe I can help!”

”Well, it's nothing, just a few trivia with regards to my family. I felt depressed for a moment and heaved several sighs. Please excuse my poor manners!” Zhou Bao shook his head reluctantly, putting on an embarrassed expression. ”Unlike me, Brother Jin has traveled thousands of miles to get here, so you must be entertaining a lofty ambition!”

”Hee hee, not lofty at all. I'm just a man who is destined to have a life of toil!” Jin Yao gave a wry smile. ”The main purpose of my coming to the Remote Red Star this time is to search for a man. But so far I haven't found him, and now I have to go back and admit defeat!”

”Looking for someone? I wonder who you are looking for. Although I'm not very capable, I do know some people on this Remote Red Star. It won't be hard for me to find this guy!”

”Haha, thank you, Brother Jia. But I already found out that the man I'm looking for has left the Remote Red Star. Even if you dig to the core of the Remote Red Star, you won't be able to catch him!”Jin Yao laughed. ”However, meeting you here is really a pleasant surprise!”

”Meeting me is a pleasant surprise?” Zhou Bao' heart jolted as he gave him a startled look. ”What is this about?”

”I will share a secret with you. I discovered a Hidden Treasure, but due to my limited strength, I came to this Remote Red Star to find my friend to help me check it out. However, that friend of mine is traveling around and has long left the Remote Red Star. That's why I am here. But who knows I should run into you here. Brother Jia, I noticed that you have an extremely high cultivation at such a young age, so I guessed you must be quite remarkable. Then, from your worried face, I thought you might have some difficulties now, so I intruded on your quiet time and came forward to speak to you. I'm thinking if you would like to come with me to search for that Hidden Treasure. You can get some benefits and it will be something to distract your mind now. What do you say?”

Zhou Bao blinked, totally stunned by this!

He knew that this Jin Yao must have an agenda in mind when he approached him. But it never occurred to him that this sort of thing could happen to him. How weird it was! Could something like this really happen?

A man discovers a Hidden Treasure, but since he failed to find his friend to help him, he randomly picked a practitioner on the street and invited him to join him. How could this be true? This was not like the recruitment of soldiers described in the western fantasy literature, where you could drag any guy in the troop to go on missions.

Looking at Zhou Bao's astonished and bewildered face, Jin Yao forced a smile and said, ”I know. What I'm doing is a bit reckless. But I have my reasons for that!”

Yes, there should be reasons. Otherwise, this would be really ridiculous.

”I'm wondering what reasons you have in mind?”

”If I'm not mistaken, Your Excellency must be the young prodigy in the Jia Family, Jia Qingping. Am I right?”

”Right, I am Jia Qingping from the Jia Family, but I'm not a prodigy at all!” Zhou Bao answered, his mind racing. Zhou Bao was using the identity of Jia Qingping in the Infinite Star Sea, but he had never thought that someone could recognize this identity.

Did he find this out from Jia Huaiyu?

No, it could not be. After all, Jia Huaiyu could not be that silly, could he?

”I am seldom around in the Infinite Star Sea, but how did Brother Jin know of my background?”

”Well, as luck would have it!” Jin Yao smiled bitterly. ”The Cumulus Star is a very large Trading Star in the Infinite Star Sea, doing business with loads of vast planets, including your Jia Family. In fact, your Jia Family has quite an influence on the Cumulus Star, and I have also socialized with some of the men working for them on that planet. 10 years ago, I heard that a genius practitioner came to the scene from a side branch of the Jia Family. He was named Jia Qingping. By persistent practicing, his cultivation reached the Level Two of the Individual Immortal Realm at the age around 20, which really made many people jealous. At that time, the supervisor of the Jia Family on the Cumulus Star was called Jia Kou. He used to take your picture out to show off before us!”

”So that's how it came about!”