Chapter 610 (1/2)

AST 610 – Jin Shang, Jin Clan, an eccentric old woman, Medicine Emperor Yi Clan of Lingxi Country

Qing Shui turned his head to the direction of the voice. Four young men who walked towards him. They should be in their thirties. The person who spoke was the man in the middle.

The man wore a snow white warrior’s attire. There was a warm smile on his handsome face and his skin was really white. His eyes shone with a black light, while his sharp brows curved upwards. This man possessed a huge amount of heroic spirit.

He had a straight nose and lips which had just the right thickness. This was a very good looking man. At the moment, he was looking right at Duanmu Lingshuang. He was the type of man who would always be recognized as very handsome.

In comparison, the three men beside him were slightly inferior. However, they still possessed a noble aura. Their clothes looked really clean and they behaved in a very elegant manner. At the very least, that’s what they appeared to be so.

Earlier, Qing Shui heard the man calling out Lingshuang’s name. Who would have thought that this cold woman would have such a close male friend?

Duanmu Lingshuang looked at the man with an unwavering gaze. She still maintained her calm and tranquil look and didn’t say a word. Qing Shui, who was at her side, found it a bit funny.

Qing Shui looked at that handsome man once again. He did not discover anything strange. It seemed that this was not the first time such a situation occurred, that was why he was still able to shift his gaze and look at Qing Shui and Di Chen with a smile.

His eyes shone as he smiled and said, “I’m Lingshuang’s friend, Jing Shang. Nice to meet you. Let me give you a treat so that we can get to know each other. How do you feel about this?

The man spoke as though he was already really familiar with Qing Shui. However, Qing Shui didn’t find the way he talked annoying. He was really good at subtly manipulating people’s emotions.

“I’m Qing Shui, Miss Duanmu’s friend. Erm… why don’t we do it on another day?” Qing Shui said with a smile.

“Alright! It’s a shame I’m not able to sit down and have a chat with you. But we still have time! We can do so on another day. Allow me to take my leave now.” Jing Shang smiled as he was spoke to Qing Shui. Despite that, the expression in his eyes also showed consideration to Di Chen and Duanmu Lingshuang so that it wouldn’t seem like he was only speaking to Qing Shui and neglecting the other people present.

Before Jing Shang left, he took a look at Duanmu Lingshuang one more time, from his expression when he looked at her, Qing Shui could already tell that Jing Shang liked Duanmu Lingshuang. Not only that, he might even be obsessed with her.

He was such an outstanding man, but of all the choices he had, he chose to like an ice block. Qing Shui shook his head, he felt really sorry for Jing Shang. It would definitely be a hard task to get a woman like Duanmu Lingshuang.

“Young lady Duanmu, how do you feel about Jing Shang?” Qing Shui asked after thinking for a while.

“What do you mean?” Duanmu Lingshuang grumpily shot a glance at Qing Shui. She actually made such an expression with that ice-cold face of hers. It made him feel as he was looking at an icy flame.

“I’m asking about your impressions of Jing Shang, he seems to be pretty tough.” Qing Shui smiled and looked at Duanmu Lingshuang, without avoiding her gaze.

Duanmu Lingshuang avoided Qing Shui’s playful gaze and explained patiently, “The Jin Clan is an aristocratic clan in the Duanmu City. He is one of the outstanding members among the current Jin Clan young generation. Whether the Jin Clan is able to improve even further will all depend on him.”

Even though Duanmu Lingshuang only gave a brief explanation, she still managed to aptly summarize all the information about the Jin Clan and Jin Shang. The Jin Clan was an aristocratic clan and Jin Shang was the most outstanding young man in his generation. He was also the person who would take over Jin Clan in the future.

“You seemed to be really biased against him?” The three of them continued walking along the street, Qing Shui was just asking out of curiosity.

“I’m really biased against you too!” Duanmu Lingshuang responded without turning around.

Qing Shui touched his nose. If it was not for the things he did for her, he reckoned that he would have long since been kicked out of the clan’s gate by her. On the other hand, Di Chen who was beside him only smiled humbly while looking at the surroundings. This place was really quiet.

“Sister Chen, let’s go and take a look at the ornaments.” Duanmu Lingshuang smiled at Di Chen.

After all, it had already been a week. The two girls got along quite well with each other. The interesting thing was that one was really quiet whereas one was always cold. This left Qing Shui at a lost on how they managed to communicate with each other.

“Alright!” Di Chen smiled at Qing Shui, then she went into the ornament shop with Duanmu Lingshuang.

Qing Shui followed the two girls. From time to time, he would look around to see if there was anything which piqued his interest. There were also a few street stalls on both sides of the street.

After all, only those who were wealthy would be able to afford a proper shop along such a street. In comparison, the street stalls were far more numerous than proper shops. The things that they sold would also only be some small items.

Just as Qing Shui was about to walk into the shop with the two girls, he saw a dispirited old woman setting up a street stall on the ground. Similarly, there were some ornaments on it, mostly consisting of necklaces. A lot of them looked really old and shabby, which made wearing it purposeless. Therefore, a lot of people wouldn’t even bat an eye when they passed through the stall.

What truly caught Qing Shui’s interest was that the old woman was also a cultivator. Qing Shui felt that her strength should be around the Xiantian Grade but he was a bit unclear about it. Even though she was old, she looked really sturdy and strong. She also looked really clean with her plain and simple clothes. However, there was a small boy beside her who was about five to six years. He was really thin and had a really weak pulse, he had already fallen asleep beside the old woman..

Qing Shui squatted down by the stall and looked at the things on the ground. Not only was each and every one of the ornaments shabby, some of them had even had been destroyed. Despite that, there were still some faint spiritual fluctuations.

They consisted of amulets, silver necklaces, white stone necklaces, black iron necklaces, glowing pendant…… To his surprise, there were some stuff which he could recognize!

Suddenly, Qing Shui felt an inconsistent yet powerful spirit fluctuation. He followed his senses and looked at the direction where the fluctuation came from. It was actually a gray pendant! It looked really old and dilapidated, it was even missing a corner. There was a Nine Palace Image drawn on it.

Nine Palace Pendant!

“Granny! How are you related to the person beside you? He should have been sick for a long time right?” Qing Shui started searching for the pendant while casually asking the granny a few questions.

In that instant, Qing Shui felt a sudden and formidable aura flashing across the old woman’s body. After that, she let out a sigh, “He is my grandson. He was born with deficiencies.”