Chapter 297: Hubby (2/2)
His lips twitched even more when hearing this. So she knew the word ‘hubby,’ but she did not really understand its full meaning—she just thought it meant staying with someone forever. Since that was her idea of a hubby, then it wasn’t so disturbing.
Still, Xue Wei shot a glance at Lin Xiao, and the monk could not help but return a look of despair as if he could cry, but no tears would come.
“My dear friend, I did nothing,” Lin Xiao said as he looked at Xue Wei and Luoluo. “Don’t look at me as if I have been seducing your family!”
Xue Wei knew he was overly sensitive and protective, but he also felt that Luoluo should be staying at home for a while longer, and not be so busy looking for a husband, so he looked at her and smiled as he reached out and scooped her up in his arms.
“Little Luoluo, don’t think too much about getting married,” he suggested to her, “we are family, don’t you want to stay by Big Brother’s side for a bit longer?”
“Big Brother, be good,” Luoluo scolded as she raised her childlike hand and patted Xue Wei’s head. “Luoluo will always be your cute little sister, but Luoluo wants to marry Uncle Xiao.”
Xue Wei was speechless, but instead of continuing the subject, he shook his head.
“Xiao, I am leaving Tianyi and Luoluo to you. Keep them safe,” he said as he smiled and placed Luoluo on the floor before he stood up and straightened his clothes.
Having handed Luoluo over to Lin Xiao and thrown a quick glance at Bai Tianyi, Xue Wei and Hei Gou left the house and headed towards the forbidden area.
“Let me come with you,” a feminine voice suddenly sounded from the darkness of the night as Xue Wei exited the house, and he almost jumped in surprise. He was not used to being sneaked up on, so it caught him by surprise.
Seeing that it was the King, he immediately felt much more relieved and smiled at her, gesturing for her to follow.
“It would be our honor to have you with us,” Xue Wei said with a grin. “There are some things I might need a spiritual energy expert to help me with.”
“It would be my pleasure to help,” the King said with a smile on her face. Together, the three of them moved swiftly through the darkness towards the forbidden area.
Unfortunately, everything was not as they had expected. When they reached the square that was in front of the forbidden area, the three of them were stopped in their tracks.
It was a dark night; the moon was hidden beneath the clouds, a dense fog covered everything, and even the stars were hidden from sight. Despite the thick shroud, the three of them heard distinct voices in front of them, all of which sounded rather frustrated.
“Seriously, the Soul Tower has been malfunctioning for a long time now, why are we still forced to guard this place?” a voice sounded, with boredom and slight aggravation clearly evident.
“Even worse, there have been no movements here since the tower stopped working, so why would anyone appear now?” another voice responded, filled with indignation and annoyance.
“Be quiet, we never know what could have happened. But I have an idea, don’t you find it strange? The moment this young man Xue Wei appears with his Qi methods, the Soul Tower—which makes these Qi methods desolate suddenly stops working. Don’t you think he had a hand in it?”
“Oh right, this is something I never thought about before,” a newly enlightened voice responded as they listened to the explanation. “But why are the leaders of the academy so sure that something will happen here around the forbidden area?”
“Don’t you think that something could have been inside the forbidden area and he stole it?” someone mused, and the others became quiet when they listened to his words.
“But what about those bloody scratches in the Soul Tower? There is no explanation for those; unless, do you think that this Xue Wei and that child friend of his have done something to the tower up there? After all, those two are the only ones who managed to reach the ninth floor before it stopped working.”
Xue Wei, Hei Gou, and the King were all standing still in the fog, looking at one another unsure of what exactly they should do.
They needed to enter the forbidden area, but it seemed that at least five guards were guarding the entrance, and it was likely that even more were stationed further down the road.
Xue Wei looked in his storage treasure and picked a few pills from within. These pills he produced made people fall asleep after breathing in the medicinal herbs that had been mixed within.
Not wasting any time, Xue Wei snuck closer. He knew that these people had a weak body; at most they were Ordinary Knights, but the majority would be Heavenly Warriors, so when breathing in the herbs, they would be knocked out instantly.
Xue Wei held his breath as he crushed the pills in his hands, and then he blew the medicinal herb dust towards the guards.
“What is this aroma?” someone asked, but the only answer was the sound of clattering armor as they all collapsed to the ground.
Xue Wei dusted his hands off and returned to the King and Hei Gou. He looked around, and then he smiled, “We should wait for a few minutes for the scent to dissipate, and then we will move towards the gate.”
“You really have a bit of everything with you, huh?” The King was very surprised. She knew that Xue Wei had many things and that many were things she had never heard about before. She became quite curious about it.
After waiting for a moment, the group started moving towards the gate. Hei Gou grabbed the King by the collar and jumped up to the top of the gate followed by Xue Wei, and together the three of them dropped down into the forbidden area.