Chapter 435 - Helping (1/2)

”It should be fine. What say you, senior brother?” Xing asked.

”Well, if Xing'er is fine with it, then okay,” Xiao Huang said and took out a large, red-colored ship.

The design of the ship was similar to the one Alex had, but was larger and could probably house up to 6 people easily.

”Come, little brother. Sit next to me,” Xiao Huang said as he sat towards the front.

Alex nodded and jumped onto the ship. He sat down next to Xiao Huang while Luo Xing sat behind them both.

They quickly said goodbye to the people from the caravan and started moving.

”We should reach Ruby road city around midnight. Don't worry, Xing'er” Xiao Huang said.

”I'm not really worried about father. I'm more worried about how Mei'er is holding up. After stepmother's death 10 years ago, she would get depressed whenever something bad happened to anyone.”

”Hehe, there was this one time when mother got food poisoning a year before we left for our sects, and she spent the entire night with mother, crying that she too shouldn't die on her.”

”I probably shouldn't be laughing, but it's quite a sweet memory actually,” Luo Xing said as she thought about the past.

”Oh, how is she holding by the way?” she asked.

”Well, she was indeed a little depressed when we started the journey, but halfway through when we heard information about the beast attack, she stopped worrying about everything else.”

”After that, we were separated as I took the task of luring the beasts away from the caravan so I don't know how she is holding up.”

”However, since Meng Yun is with her, she should be fine,” Alex said.

”Oh, Mengmeng is coming too? I probably should have brought Fei'er too. At least one pair of sisters would be happy to see each other in our household,” Luo Xing said with sadness in her voice.

Alex was about to ask something when Xiao Huang asked him another question instead.

”Little brother, what do you mean by you took the task of luring the beasts?” he asked.

”Oh, since we thought the caravan couldn't handle the onslaught of the beasts, I took the task of luring the beasts away from them with this,” Alex said as he brought out a pill.

”This is the same pill that the Royal Alchemist used to lure away the beasts from the capital. Using these, I could lure the beasts away.”

”I also happened to have a flying artifact that I used to escape away from them,” Alex said as he mixed truth and lies.

”Oh, I heard about that. How did you get your hands on the pills? Did the Royal Alchemists sell them?” Xiao Huang asked.

”Oh no, I made them. The recipe was handed to the participants of the new pill-making competition on the 4th day, and my friends gave it to me,” Alex said.

”Oh, little brother, you're an alchemist?” Xiao Huang asked.

”Ah, yes. One of the reasons I was going with Sister to see her father was to possibly heal him if I can.”

”Since most alchemists are not moving from their cities, I was hoping to at least diagnose him even if we have to roam the empire, looking for clues.”

”After all, finding what is wrong is the first step to solving it,” Alex said.

”Y-You… came here to find out what's wrong with father?” Xing asked with wide eyes.

”Yes, sister. At least, I hope to help a bit in these desperate times,” Alex said.

”Haha! I like you, junior brother. Come, tell us more,” Xiao Huang said and started asking questions.

Alex hid as much as he could but eventually let it be known that he was part of the Hong Wu Sect as well.

The two of them got a little surprised but said nothing about it.

Alex asked them a few questions too.

Xiao Huang and Luo Xing were direct disciples of the 2nd Elder of the Heaven's Barrier sect, a popular formation-focused sect of the east.

Luo Xing was one of the best formation makers amongst the students, while Xiao Huang was already an elder thanks to his age and cultivation base.

Luo Keng, the father of Luo Mei and Luo Xing was good friends with both Wen Cheng and the 2nd Elder of the Heaven's Barrier sect, so when it came time to send his daughters to study and enter a sect, he sent them both to two of his friends to grow separately.

Now that he was dying, they were both returning back from their sects as fast as they could.

It was soon nighttime, but the three of them didn't stop at all. It was then around midnight that Luo Xing spoke out.

”We're here,” she said.

Alex looked ahead and could see a massive city, around the same size as Scarlet city.

Even though it was midnight, the city was full of light.

”They must be rebuilding after the beast attack,” Xiao Huang said. He could see that people were rebuilding parts of the walls that had broken during the attack.

”It… doesn't look that bad, does it?” Luo Xing asked while surprised.

”They must have learned about the beasts attacking like I was let know,” Alex said.

”Must be. I wonder how they learned this time? They must have left sentries in the forest or something,” Xiao Huang said.

Once they got closer, a few people flew up to see who it was. However, one of the people, an elderly man with a white beard spoke out.

”Young Lady, you're back!” he said.

Xiao Huang stopped the boat and Luo Xing flew out. ”Senior Jin, are you out here helping the walls?” Luo Xing asked.