17 Chapter 17 – Returning to the Zhu Clan (1/2)
Zhu Xuan spent next two days in the Inn trying to break through the Eighth stage.
He only went down to the restaurant to eat and learn information about him from Zhu clan. He learned the scout among their group who let them to the ambush and escaped, came back with heavy injuries and told the clan that Zhu Xuan died.
There was also a rumour spreading throughout the city that as soon as Zhu Xuan saw the demon beast, he abandoned his team members and ran away like a coward, and he disgraced the Zhu clan.
Zhu Xuan was confused about this rumour because he figured his second brother would spread the news about his death to scare the other siblings. But he couldn't understand why he had to disgrace him by spreading such a rumour, or is it someone else spreading the rumour. If that is the case, he still couldn't understand why anyone in the clan would do such a thing because he was sure the previous Zhu Xuan didn't trouble anyone and kept to himself and he couldn't think of anyone who would have a grudge against him.
He thought ”I should find who is it spreading the news and solve this issue soon or I will have more future trouble.”
On the third day, he successfully broke through the Eighth stage. He cleaned himself and left the inn and out of the city. Once he went few miles away from the city and making sure no one was nearby, he changed back to his original self and walked back to the city.
He entered the city after showing the Zhu clan emblem. The guards at the entrance of the outer wall were shocked to see him. They have heard about the rumours and thought he had died, but here he was alive. But soon their shock turned to disdain. They have also have heard about how Zhu Xuan abandoned his teammates and ran away like a coward. For the soldiers, fighting in the front line of a battlefield to death is a sign of bravery, so they looked down upon Zhu Xuan who ran away like a coward.
Zhu Xuan felt the disdained gazes from the soldiers but he didn't care about it and walked towards the Zhu clan. He entered the Middle wall and walked to the gates of Zhu clan.
When the guards at the Zhu clan gate saw Zhu Xuan with his emblem, they were shocked and stuttered without opening the gate ”You, You… Eighth prince you are alive?”
Zhu Xuan didn't answer them and instead berated angrily at them ”Open the gate. Do you think mere guards like you have the qualifications to keep me here outside the clan gate?”
He already figured with the rumours spreading, and he decided need to show his dominance a bit. If not, he will have to face endless disturbance. He berated the guards so that when people hear about it, they will think twice if someone want to trouble him.
The guards got scared, even though the rumours are spreading about him, he is still the prince of the Zhu clan, so they moved fast to open the gate. Zhu Xuan walked past them without showing any emotion and entered the clan, and walked towards his courtyard.
He opened his courtyard and entered it. It was a small courtyard with a main hall, two rooms and a kitchen. He entered the room he stayed, and found it was filled with dust. He opened the window and used his wind Qi to clear the dust out of the room.
He felt a sense of familiarity to this place. Maybe it was because the previous Zhu Xuan stayed here all his life. He laid down on the bed to rest. He have been either practising or fighting all this while since he came to this world, so today he simply want to rest.
While Zhu Xuan was resting peacefully in his courtyard, the entire Zhu clan was in an uproar. Everyone heard about the return of Zhu Xuan who was supposed to be dead. Not only did he return, he made a small scene at the entrance of Zhu clan. They remembered him as a timid person, so they were astonished to hear that he entered the clan with a headstrong attitude.
Night passed by, and morning came. Zhu Xuan woke up, cleaned himself and walked out of the courtyard towards the direction of technique pavilion of Zhu clan. The Technique pavilion is where all the Absorption mantras and Auxiliary techniques of Zhu clan are kept.