73 Forgotten Kings (1/2)
The guy who had blocked Xue Wei's path snorted. ”A dead genius is not worth anything,” he said casually, as if he was planning to kill Xue Wei, but hearing his comeback Xue Wei just snickered.
It was not only him, but the guy who came to his aid seemed pleased. ”So you plan on killing the only living relative of Primordial Beast Hunter Xiao Lei? Are you sure that you and your family will be capable of withstanding his wrath when he realizes that you caused his death?”
”I also would like to say that he is a person of significance to the prophet from the center of the continent who just left. If the prophet finds out that you killed his, uh, special friend, right after he had left, do you think that he will just stand by and watch? Do you think you and your family can shoulder the extinction of our country?”
The more this person spoke, the more worried everyone else became, and they started looking at one another with hesitating looks. Was Xue Wei truly that dangerous? Not because of himself but because of his background? That could not be right, as they were all noble-born members of the capital. They were used to being the ones above all others, but now they had to lower their head to someone who was not even on their level?
Some were unhappy with this; others were unreconciled. All of them understood that this person who had appeared out of nowhere was exaggerating, but everything he said were possible situations. It was no secret that Xiao Lei doted on his nephew – even the noble-born from the capital knew this – and that killing Xue Wei would incur his rage.
Although no one knew how Prophet Lan would react if Xue Wei was killed, there was a chance that he would fly into a rage, as it was rather obvious that he had been very fond of this youngster.
And the Crown Prince had also displayed his stance at the banquet a few days back. He would protect this youngster if he had to, so if Xue Wei died he was likely to be the first to execute the ones behind it to appeal to Xiao Lei.
Thinking of all these things, the faces of the men who had blocked Xue Wei turned pale, and their limbs trembled slightly, but they had mounted the tiger and it was not easy to get off again.
”Xue Wei crippled my cousin when he had done nothing wrong! In the middle of the streets of the Inner City, my cousin came riding casually, minding his own business when suddenly this Xue Wei attacked him, only to get crippled by his own panicking horse.”
”He must have used some sort of forbidden technique to assault his horse and then caused this so-called accident to occur!” the cousin spoke with a loud voice, and from time to time people would glance at Xue Wei to see how he was taking these accusations, yet Xue Wei just stood still, leaning on one leg and having his arms crossed over his chest as a small smile played on his lips.
Xue Wei understood that he did not have to defend himself this day. The person who had jumped in had to be one of the Crown Prince's followers whose task was to ensure that life was as simple for Xue Wei as possible, while making the latter know that he could thank the Crown Prince for this calmness in his life - this was also why his helper had mentioned the Crown Prince as one of the first protectors of Xue Wei.
Xue Wei had to admit that the Crown Prince was doing rather well. He was skilled and quite shrewd to come up with such a plan, but Xue Wei had a better impression of him because of it.
”It is a shame I cannot openly support him since it will show where my uncle puts his allegiance, and I cannot do that for him,” Xue Wei muttered to himself. The Crown Prince was someone he had come to respect and acknowledge. He knew how to conduct himself and how to reel in people.
”Oh well, there is no reason to stick around anymore,” Xue Wei continued. While the two people who were facing off against each other began another round of verbal sparring, Xue Wei slipped off to the side and left the two to do what they wished to do.
He then made his way into the tent that sold medicinal plants and other items that could help improve one's cultivation base.
Looking around, Xue Wei started to consider what to do. ”I cannot make herbal concoctions any longer,” he sighed. ”I am not sharing baths with a whole group of men, and it's not very convenient to sit in a concoction in the middle of the shared bathroom.
”Since that is the case, then I have to focus on herbs that can be consumed directly. I haven't consumed any medicinal herbs directly since it is limited how much of the energy I can absorb from each plant, but now it seems that I do not have much of a choice.”
Xue Wei went to the counter and contemplated for a moment longer before he started speaking to the patient clerk that was in charge of this medicinal plant tent.
”I would like to buy ten Rising Mountain Dewflowers and five stalks of Corpse Grass.”
”Please wait a moment,” the clerk said with a nod of his head. ”That is one thousand and fifty contribution points.”
”The Rising Mountain Dewflower costs a hundred contribution points each, whereas the Corpse Grass costs ten contribution points a stalk.”
Xue Wei nodded his head and handed over his plaque where his contribution points were recorded in. Moments after, the clerk handed it back together with a few jade boxes of the most common jade make and placed it all in a few paper bags.
Having received the items, Xue Wei cupped his fists and turned around to leave. He had no reason to stay in the middle of the tent city any longer. Instead, he needed to return to his own tent and start consuming the medicinal herbs.