38 Chapter 38 – End of the Mission (1/2)
Wang Qinyang just looked at him for a few moments without speaking making him slightly uncomfortable.
She then spoke slowly ”I figured you will be leaving soon, when you asked us to take the people to the village and asked others to protect them for few days. I have been observing you and found you leaving silently, so I followed you. May I ask why you are leaving without anyone knowing in a hurry and where you are going Young master Xuan?”
She had a good opinion of Zhu Xuan. He saved them from the bandits, but instead of leaving he stayed and made plans for others to get to safety. She understood he clearly cared about everyone's welfare, but he is suddenly leaving in the night without informing anyone so she was confused by his action.
Zhu Xuan smiled wryly for being found out and told her ”The truth is it was a training mission set by master to kill all the Blood claw bandits within seven days. Today is the seventh day and I need to go meet my master in the prearranged location. Even though I want to stay with you all, I can't go against my master's orders. My master Shen Long is little eccentric and will punish me if I don't show up on time.”
He made up a story with part truth and part lie saying the mission from the system as from his master. He even made a sad face at the end of his sentence. Seeing his sad face, Wang Qinyang couldn't help but laugh out loud. This is the first time she laughed like this after they have met.
She said with a smile ”Then I wish you a safe journey Young master Xuan. And you don't have to worry about others. We will definitely make sure they are safe and do everything to find out about the people behind the bandits.”
Zhu Xuan also smiled and cupped his hand ”Then I thank Lady Qinyang for your help. I hope we can meet again soon and also please tell Young master Shuang about my departure.”
Wang Qinyang looked at the disappearing figure of Zhu Xuan with a smile and she also turned to leave.
After travelling for more than an hour and making sure no one is around, he injected his Qi into the dragon pendant. He saw Shen Long inside and said ”Senior Long, I finished the mission successfully.”
But he was shocked when he heard Shen Long's response. Shen Long's replied with his usual tone ”Sorry for being an eccentric man.”
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't expect the always calm and serious Shen Long to say such a thing and mock him. He hurriedly explained ”Senior Long, I was just making an excuse to her when she found out I'm leaving and used your name for authenticity. I didn't mean anything else by those words.”
Shen Long spoke in calm tone ”Never mind. I'm satisfied with the results of your mission; you did more than just complete the mission and helped lots of people. But, I had to follow the rules of the Origin system.”
Zhu Xuan understood what Shen Long was telling him. He understood Zhu Xuan wanted to spend more time and help the people, but he can't break the rules of the system for it. If Zhu Xuan wanted to do anything other than the mission in the future, he needs to make sure to complete it within the mission time period.
Zhu Xuan smiled and said ”I understand Senior Long; I will keep that in mind.”
He paused and continued ”Senior Long, Can you tell me at least now where I was sent for my mission?”
Zhu Xuan found from the Wang siblings that he is in a kingdom called Heavenly Giants Kingdom. He has never heard of such a kingdom from what he learned from the library of Zhu clan. Zhu Xuan looked that there was no response from Shen Long and could only smile wryly.
Shen Long looked at Zhu Xuan's right hand which is hanging limp and said ”You have been injured heavily this time. Leave now and get some rest and I will inform you when the next mission is ready.”