Chapter 24: Mo Qiu of the Mo Clan 2 (1/2)
Chapter 24: Mo Qiu of the Mo Clan(2)
Translator: Sissy That Walk
Xuan Lingzi, whose face was as pale as a sheet of paper, did not reply until Yu Qingzi suddenly yelled, ”Jianqing hasn't gone far. Let's take back that half primordial life”. Hearing that, Xuan Lingzi mustered what strength he had left to stop Yu Qingzi by standing in front of her.
Looking as elegant as ever, Xuan casually said, ”Sister, he is my disciple. If you dare do anything to him without my consent, I will make sure your disciple Mu Tianxin would pay the price.”
Yu Qingzi widened her eyes in astonishment and for a while words escaped her.
A quarter of an hour later, a group of disciples followed Master Shan and left the Tai Hua Mountain.
It was a long way from the Tai Hua Mountain to the Liu Yan Valley. Even with the help of Master Shan's flying tool, it still took them ten days to arrive at the Liu Yan Valley. At that time, many cultivators had gathered there. Some were from famous schools, but most of them were rogue cultivators.
When the Liu Yan Valley was open, anyone below the Nascent Soul level could get in. But for most rogue cultivators, the chance of getting precious items there was really slim, as most of them usually couldn't survive the experience. Those from various schools, on the other hand, usually teamed up to improve their odds, and so they usually got the bigger prize.
After Luo Jianqing and the others made it to the Liu Yan Valley, Master Shan quickly found his way to the only tavern in the town and took away the number plate that read Tai Hua Mountain.
The lord of Liu Yan Valley ran this tavern exclusively for travelling cultivators. Even though the tavern had not been open for fifty years, this one-time operation could bring enough profits to sustain it for another fifty years. Every time they opened, they would have rooms reserved for cultivators from ”One Mountain, Four Sects, Eight Clans and Sixteen Schools.” What few rooms left were to be distributed among rogue cultivators through fierce competition.
As the Tai Hua group entered the tavern, the masters of the Four Sects came up to greet Master Shan and together they began a joyful conversation. In the meantime, Luo Jianqing started arranging accommodation for his fellow disciples. He gave each female disciple a single room, whereas two or three male disciples were to share a room. Even himself was no exception, as he had to share a room with Xie Zizhuo due to the lack of available rooms.
Upon hearing this arrangement, Xie Zizhuo quickly waved his hand and said, ”Brother, why don't you have the room for yourself? I have something to talk with little Nineteen anyway, and so I thought maybe I could crash over there together with him and little Eighteen. Isn't that right? Little Nineteen?”
The little Nineteen snickered, ”Yeah, Brother Luo. Brother Xie and I have a lot to talk to each other.”
Looking at their wicked smiles, Luo Jianqing raised his eyebrow and said, ”That's fine. But you must not go out at night.”
Xie Zizhuo suddenly put on a downcast face and said ”Brother, we hardly get a chance to come down the mountain. How could you ground us?”
Luo Jianqing replied with a sneer, ”You really think I don't know what you guys are up to? Don't cross the line, otherwise your master will be informed.”
Xie Zizhuo and others were immediately disheartened after hearing what Luo Jianqing said.
Meanwhile at the other side, Master Shan was still talking with the four masters of Zoarium level. Then, after entrusting Luo Jianqing with the rest of the affairs, he went upstairs to exchange information of Liu Yan Valley with other masters. They discussed about how they would find that evil cultivator of Nascent Soul level and kill him after all the disciples were inside the valley.
Luo Jianqing sat everyone down and ordered a few dishes for them to eat. Though the likes of them could live without eating grains when they reached the Foundation level, the food ingredients this tavern served were the best and so one could hardly say no to those dishes.
Like the saying goes, you get what you pay for. Luo Jianqing found those dishes to be quite appetizing and couldn't help but eat a few more.
Hardly had they finished eating when they heard clanking sound coming from the lobby. While Xie Zizhuo and the other curious disciples were looking at the direction where the sound came, Luo Jianqing was still busy picking up food in front of him with lowered head. Then a soft voice broke the air, ”So, there is no more room available?”
The man spoke in a slightly high-pitched voice that sounded both feeble and feminine. He ended each word with a slightly raised voice, just like a feather brushing over people's hearts.
Xie Zizhuo exclaimed in a low voice ”Brother, I wonder if there ever exists such a pretty man like this one. He is as beautiful as a woman!”
As soon as he finished those words, a gust of wind whizzed towards Xie Zizhuo.
Xie Zizhuo was for a while struck dumb. Luo Jianqing raised the chopsticks and caught a flying needle. That man chuckled ”What an impudent man. The man beside you are more beautiful than me. Why don't you make any comment on him?”
Luo Jianqing looked up at him.
Wearing a scarlet robe embroidered with dark red texture, that man held his hair with a white jade hairpin. He fixed his flirting gaze on Luo Jianqing with his pretty, curved eyes. What with his red, seductive lips and his slim body, this man looked very much like a woman from all possible angles. However, it was impossible to fool a cultivator over something as basic as one's gender.
This was a man, or rather, a man whose appearance was as delicate as a woman.
Xie Zizhuo finally come to his senses. As a feared cultivator of the Tai Hua Mountain, he had never been treated like that. With a thump on the table, he growled, ”What do you mean? My brother naturally looks better than you, but he is not in any way as sissy as you.”
That man squinted his eyes and tried to say something. Before he could open his mouth, Luo Jianqing spoke up in a casual tone ”It's my brother's fault. He shouldn't have talked about you like that, but you used a poisonous needle. Don't you think that's too much?”
That man in the red robe sneered, ”Well, pretty. Your brother said I was a sissy.”
Xie Zizhuo wanted to talk back, but Luo Jianqin stopped him before he could finish the word ”sissy”.
Moving his fingers, Luo Jianqing cast the needle back, which immediately turned into a beam of light and flied towards its owner. Seeing this, that man in the red robe raised his sleeve to retrieve the poisonous needle. Luo Jianqing then clasped his hands to make a salute and said, ”I apologize to you on behalf of my brother, but you also have to explain what you just did with the poisonous needle. Although you are a late-stage Gold Core expert, Tai Hua Mountain would never be bullied.”
That man asked in an odd voice ”Tai Hua Mountain?”