Chapter 204 - Refining Fang Blade (1/2)

"Then I will bring Chun'er and the others to the dragon race today, when I'm away, the territorial affairs shall be handed over to Yuchi." Zhong Yue said smilingly, "Yuchi, you know of my rules?"

Yuchi Li nodded, 'Long Yue' had a wild ambition to ascend to a god, she had heard of the rumor that the humans in 'Long Yue''s territory were considered his personal wealth, worshipping him as their gods while he forbade the other monster Qi Practitioners from entering to eat them in his territory.

'Long Yue' had already killed a few monster Qi Practitioners over this rule.

"As for when I will return from this trip ... that is still an uncertainty. It'll be at least three months and at most half a year. If you encounter any irresolvable difficulties, you will go and seek help from City Lord Gu Hongzi, he will aid in solving the problems."

Zhong Yue instructed her, then he took plum wood totem pillar that substituted him and hid it in his Yuan Shen secret realm. He then brought Chun, Xia, Qiu and Dong, the four ladies away from his Falcon Ridge, he said to Yuchi Li who was sending them off, "One more thing, you've destroyed my Master Monastery, so I will be expecting to see a new palace by the time I return."

"Yes, my lord." Yuchi Li bowed and said, she then sent them off with her eyes.

"Chun'er, you all don't have surnames yet, am I right?"

The Gu Xia City has came into their vicinity, Zhong Yue suddenly thought of something, he turned to the four young ladies and said smilingly, "Why don't you four follow my surname as 'Long', then when you four have achieved something great in the future, all of you will have a decent name and won't sound like four servants but four female Qi Practitioners."

The ladies startled, Chun'er blinked her eyes as her heart slowly bloomed, Long Chun'er, Long Xia'er, Long Qiu'er, Long Dong'er — these names are incredible, people that don't know us might even mistake us as dragon girls!

The other three ladies were overjoyed as they continued to softly mumble their new names to themselves. Their hearts were filled with gratitude towards Zhong Yue; people like them who were raised to be medicinal pellets at risk of getting devoured at anytime. Never once would they have thought that they would have real names of their own!

Zhong Yue gave them his surname, meaning that their statues were nothing like before anymore, they were not the little human servants that only had names but no surnames.

I've brought out Chun'er and the girls, the territory is now in the hands of Yuchi Li alone, and along with Senior Martial Brother Gu Hongzi aiding from the side, the territory will still be working fine, but this will not last for long. My territory will continue to expand as the days go by. And it seems like Senior Martial Brother Gu Hongzi has the intention to pass over Gu Xia City to me, I need to have more men, just Chun'er and the other girls wouldn't be able to sufficiently manage the Gu Xia City and all its lands...

Zhong Yue thought to himself, he could not go to the humans to ask for help, or his identity would surely be exposed; and he could not allow the dragon race to send over more dragons either, otherwise he would be willingly inviting predators into his own house.

Monsters will work fine in handling the territorial affairs, but the crux lies in their interests in eating humans, I don't want the humans under my wings to be eaten away by my own subordinates….

He sighed, Gu Hongzi took in monster subordinates and ruled the monsters, he never cared for the humans who were eaten in Gu Xia City's territorial land. After all, he was a half-blood of human and monster, his childhood experience gave him a bad impression towards both the monster race and human race, causing him to be indifferent to either of them regardless.

The only tie that linked him to the human race was the Swords Gate headmaster.

But Zhong Yue was different, his heart burned for humanity, hence, it would be very much harder for him to find a solution.

In the Gu Xia City, Gu Hongzi and Zhong Yue sat down, they dismissed their servants and Gu Hongzi asked right away, "Junior Martial Brother Zhong, is Elder Shui really dead?"

Zhong Yue hesitated, he shook his head, "I can't tell for sure whether or not Elder Shui is dead, but the odds of him feigning his death are bigger."

Gu Hongzi heaved a breath of relief, rays flashed in his eyes as he said, "That said, he is faking his death. Did the headmaster know about it?"

Zhong Yue answered smilingly, "He should know, or otherwise he would not spit out blood."

Gu Hongzi was between laughter and tears, he shook his head and said, "He is dying, weak like a candle in the windstorm and yet he dares to spit so much blood, what a playful heart he has there. Hadn't the slightest worry of worsening his body crossed his mind? Junior martial brother, you need to be cautious in your trip to the dragon race, they are strong and ambitious, their vast ocean has now become too small for their wild desire to conquer. The relations between the forces and affiliates in the dragon race are intricate, the infighting there is way more intense. There will be no one looking after you in the dragon race, a lone man like you can only rely on yourself."

Zhong Yue thanked him and asked him to look over at his territory, Gu Hongzi nodded and said, "Right now, you have two identities, the arts and skills of Long Yue and the arts and skills of Zhong Yue; you need to be mindful of your identity and the skills you use lest you incite suspicion."

Zhong Yue's heart stiffened up, he nodded and thanked Gu Hongzi before leaving and heading towards Kong Saint City with the four ladies.

Senior Martial Brother Gu Hongzi is right, Zhong Yue and Long Yue need to have different art and skills, even their soul weapons need to be different. The [Monster God Ming King Art], the Jiao Dragon totems and Xiang Dragon totems will be left to Long Yue; while my true identity, Zhong Yue will only use the Swords Gate skills and arts like the Sword Cocoon sword silk array formation and the [Great Boundless Sword Qi]. As for Yuan Shen, I can use the Great Sun Golden Crow Yuan Shen while Long Yue will use the eight-armed monster god Ming King as a cover, the others can only see the eight-armed Ming King but they wouldn't know what my Yuan Shen will be. But in the saint city, I've cast the Golden Crow's skills before ….

Zhong Yue calculated in his heart, I need to be more cautious from today onwards, it's best to avoid using the Golden Crow sills. My Yuan Shen has two forms, one was the Star Toad and the other the Golden Crow, but it actually has a third form — the eight-armed Ming King, the Sun Moon Twin Spirit that hides in the eyes and morphs into the form of the monster god Ming King. From now onwards, Long Yue will use the Star Toad Yuan Shen along with the eight-armed Ming King, so that the world will not know the true forms of my Yuan Shen, while my true identity, Zhong Yue will cast the Golden Crow Yuan Shen without hiding.

When he was at the saint city, he hadn't shown anyone his Great Sun Golden Crow Yuan Shen, but he had indeed used the skills of the Great Sun Golden Crow, only Yu Xuanji and Hu Qimei saw his Great Sun Golden Crow Yuan Shen in the Black Mountain secret realm.

Even so, the two monster Qi Practitioners would not simply blurt it out, but there was after all, a possibility that they would.

It was the first time Long Chun'er, Long Qiu'er and the other ladies left the Gu Xia City; along the way, they have been looking around everywhere in curiosity, taking great interests in everything. They would oftentimes run over to something that was particularly interesting to take a better look.