231 Tianxing City (1/2)
The family of four made it into the city with no problems at all. No one had expected that Xue Wei would disguise himself as a woman so they were treated like any other cultivating family that was migrating towards the center of the continent.
The Diviners that were chasing Lin Xiao were heading further and further away from the center of the continent. Lin Xiao came from Tiansong Empire as well, and thus, the Diviners would never have imagined that he would be heading back the way from where he came.
On the streets of Heavenward City were many experts. There were quite a few Ordinary Knights, and even Earth Knights could be seen from time to time. There was even one Sky Knight who passed by them.
Many disciples from the various sects were also walking down the streets in groups. Some were from smaller sects and clans, while others were from the three great sects. There were also experts from the major families that could rival the sects.
Xue Wei was in a terrible mood from pretending to be a woman, and it was made worse when they were suddenly stopped by a group of women.
These women were clearly disciples from the Argent Moon Sect. Their clothes gave away their faction, and their behavior was lofty and arrogant. All of them were Ordinary Knights, and their leader was an Earth Knight.
”What can we do for you?” Xue Wei asked with a frown on his face. He was not in a good mood, and being stopped like this made it worse. Had these women perhaps noticed something wrong with his group?
”We saw that you are a fellow woman,” one of the women said, her words causing everyone in Xue Wei's group to have peculiar expressions on their faces. ”We are currently recruiting experts to join our sect, and your strength is rather outstanding. We would like to invite you to join our sect.”
Xue Wei was stumped and his mood sunk. He was a man! He was really a man! He just glanced at them and shook his head. ”Thank you for the offer, but I wish to travel with my family,” he said casually and tried to walk past them, but one of the women stopped him in his tracks.
”Do not be so fast to decline,” the woman who stopped them said with a smile on her face. ”With your strength, you can be a very outstanding person in our sect later on. One of the elders might even want to take you as a direct disciple.”
”I am really not interested,” Xue Wei said through gritted teeth, his azure eyes turning slightly red from suppressed anger.
”Mother, don't leave me,” Bai Tianyi said with a sad expression on his face, and even Hei Gou and Lin Xiao stepped forward, each placing a hand on Xue Wei's shoulder. ”Our Meilin is not interested in going with you,” Lin Xiao said, coming up with a name for Xue Wei on the spot, a name that made Xue Wei feel like kicking him right away. Who was Meilin?
”You will regret this. This is the chance that every woman dreams about, to get stronger and to kill Primordial Beasts. Just because of your family, you are going to let go of this great opportunity?” the leader of the women asked. Xue Wei looked at them with great hostility.
”It might be simple for you, but as a member of this family, I am incapable of leaving them.” Although Xue Wei was pretending to be a woman, the feelings he had for Bai Tianyi and Hei Gou were indeed the kind one would have for their family so he said something serious for once.
”I will never leave them and go somewhere on my own unless it is for their sake,” Xue Wei continued and shook his head. ”Now, please, leave us be,” he said. He then took Bai Tianyi's hand in his own and pushed his way past the women and walked down the street, followed by Hei Gou and Lin Xiao.
When they were out of reach, Xue Wei let go of Bai Tianyi's hand. He was in the foulest mood imaginable, while the other three were laughing so much that their shoulders were trembling.
”Meilin, dear, you should not be mad. Your acting skill is seriously amongst the best I have ever seen!” Lin Xiao said, but when he saw the other's azure eyes stare unblinkingly at him he quickly shut up.
”Let us just get to Tiansong Empire as soon as possible!” Xue Wei said through gritted teeth. ”The sooner I can get rid of this terrible mask, the happier I will be.”
At the same time, they noticed that the group from the Argent Moon Sect was following them, causing them all to be rather annoyed.
”We are cultivators,” Xue Wei finally said. ”We do not need to sleep, so let us just continue forward. Sleep and food is no longer something we need as we have broken through the shackles of mortal life and are now Knights. Let us just go forward and continue moving until we reach the Tiansong Empire!”
Although this was a rather drastic decision, the other three had nothing to say against it. Although they had quite some fun when it came to teasing Xue Wei, they also understood that he was not pleased with the current situation.
As a result, the group immediately left the Heavenward City and entered into the next kingdom, the Jingling Kingdom, which was said to be the place from where all beautiful women came.