131 A Cultivators Way (1/2)

Xiao Fang told Xiao Hei to refer to him as Long Wang from now on and to introduce him as such.

”Long Wang, huh...”

”Xiao Fei Lin, aren't you going to introduce her to me?” Xiao Fang said.

”Ah right, this is Li Xiang, Patriarch's daughter of the Li Family clan.”

”I see, so it's another Li family clansmen,” Xiao Fang said. He finally realized why Xiao Hei was being friendly with her.

”Another Li family clansmen?” Li Xiang replied.

”We know someone else with the surname Li. Well, more than know actually, she is my fiancée,” Xiao Fang replied.

”You're fiancée! Who is it?”

”Perhaps another time. We should get back to doing the exam,” Xiao Fang suggested.

Xiao Fang didn't like revealing too much about himself to strangers, and he preferred to keep certain things about himself a mystery so that people would be curious about him.

What Xiao Fang didn't realize was just how effective it was on her. She was the Patriarch's only daughter in the Li family clan, so she felt it was her responsibility to know everything about her people. However, this was the first time she was hearing about Long Wang.

”Hey, Fei Lin. Do you know who his fiancée is?” Li Xiang whisperer.

Xiao Hei smiled as she nodded.

”Can you tell me who it is?”

”It's Li Lian.”

Xiao Fang felt like he was suddenly hit by a massive boulder. He didn't expect Xiao Hei to reveal a secret like that so easily. Although the secret wasn't big, it was still something Li Lian didn't want people to know yet.

'She must really trust Li Xiang,' Xiao Fang thought.

Despite learning who his fiancée was, Li Xiang was curious about him now, more than ever. Even if Li Lian was born into a noble family, she still had a fairly poor reputation. She wasn't given the nickname Crazy Lian for nothing.

”Long Wang, is your fiancée really Li Lian?” she asked for him to confirm.

”It is,” Xiao Fang admitted. ”Li Lian wants to keep this a secret, can I trust you not to share this information with anyone?”

”... Sure, I won't tell anyone about this.” Li Xiang replied almost unconvincingly. Truth was, she was fairly bad at keeping secrets.

Xiao Fang sighed, but there was nothing he could do about it now. What was done was done, all he could do now was move on and pretend nothing happened.

Li Xiang wanted to learn more about him, but he didn't seem too interested in talking. Without even realizing it, she was now following him through the maze, and so was Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei seemed content to follow Xiao Fang without question, but Li Xiang wanted to work on it together. Every time she wanted to share her input on which path to take it seemed that they had already made up their mind.

”Don't worry about that, Long Wang is really good with this sort of stuff. We should trust him,” Xiao Hei reaffirmed her.

Li Xiang was reluctant to follow him, but she did so anyway. The terrain gradually began to change, signifying that they were reaching the end. However, they eventually encountered a problem.

The path they were walking on eventually ended. There wasn't a wall blocking their path, but a large abyss.

”Long Wang, wait!!” Li Xiang screamed.

She then jumped in front of him, stopping him before he could fall over the cliff.