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Chapter 45: Unacquainted Guests
Chapter 45: Unacquainted Guests
Chapter 45: Unacquainted Guests
A flowing rainbow slipped across the sky like gorgeous cloth. It stopped over the sky above an ancient forest and turned into a flying carpet that was almost 10 square meters wide.
The carpet was inscribed with many spiritual tattoo formations, shining brilliant rays. As if with a spirit of its own, it inhaled and exhaled the spiritual energy from the nature all the time. How miraculous and extraordinary it was!
Clearly, it was an extremely valuable Spiritual Flier!
At this moment, a man and a woman were standing on it.
“Master, why did we stop here?” The woman asked with confusion. Wearing a black dress, her waist looked very slim, her figure extremely graceful, and her oval face charming and enchanting. Her black eyebrows were straight, exuding an air sharp like a blade.
She was captivating like a wild rose with thorns, gorgeous but dangerous.
Were any important figures of Donglin Town here, they would immediately recognize that she was the famous “Black Rose” – Mu Wansu, who was also the principal of Keystone Business, the biggest business in Donglin Town.
Keystone Business was one of the few biggest businesses in Ziyao Empire that was even richer than the emperor, with its branches distributed all over the vast territory of the country.
The boss of Keystone Business, Fortune God Shi, was a legendary person of the empire whose astronomical amount of wealth was rumored to be envied by the most powerful members of the royal family.
Therefore, Mu Wansu, the Black Rose, could never be simple.
However, such a person was now standing tamely by the man’s side, her words full of admiration and respect.
“Can’t you see it? A big fight took place here some time ago.” The man looked down with hands behind his back.
He was tall with shoulders wide like mountains. The curves of his face were manly and broadly scattered. During the opening and closing of his eyes, an air of majesty that overlooked all could be felt in a casual way.
He stood there naturally, with an overwhelming sense of oppression and a formidable presence.
“A fight……” Mu Wansu narrowed her eyes with some seriousness. Taking a closer look, she found that the forest had suffered dreadful destruction, showing horrifying fighting vestiges everywhere.
“Master, you get a sharp eye!” Mu Wansu gasped in admiration.
The man who was called Master paid no attention to the flattering words. He murmured to himself, “If what I assumed is right, one of the fighters must be the ninth Childe of the Shie clan from the Celebrity Lane. But what interests me most is his opponent.”
“The ninth Childe of Shie?” said Mu Wansu.
A rakish figure in a jade robe and riding on a sword suddenly appeared in her mind.
She said surprisingly, “The ninth Childe of Shie who is widely praised as the Young Sword King?”
“Is there anyone else who can perform the Sword Scripture Invincible except for Shie Yutang? The scripture has a long history and is said to be incomplete. Even so, it is mighty enough to shake the earth and kill the ghost,” said the Master.
Speaking of martial arts, a hot and sharp shine flashed by in his eyes. “It was a pity that we came late. Otherwise, we can witness the power of the sword scripture,” said the Master with a regretful tone.
Mu Wansu was shocked and stirred by the fact that it was really the Young Sword King, Shie Yutang.
Among the extraordinarily vast Ziyao Empire, there was a very famous place, Celebrity Lane, in the Forbidden City, where harbored nearly all the influential officials with mighty power.
And the Shie Family, one with a martial history for thousands of years, had been living there long ago. As a descendant of Shie, Shie Yutang was already famous for being a rare and talented practitioner.
When he successfully grasped the Sword Scripture Invincible, the ancestral martial art of Shie, the whole imperial city was shocked, making him even more noted.
It was because that nobody in the family had mastered the Sword Scripture Invincible for nearly a hundred years.
Although Mu Wansu wasn’t born in the Forbidden City, she had naturally heard of it as the principal of Keystone Business, yet she was still amazingly surprised.
“If so, the ninth Childe of Shie had arrived in the Three Thousand Mountains before we did?” asked Mu.
Regaining calmness, she immediately realized the key of the problem.
“Certainly he did,” said the Master.
He nodded, saying, “Now who doesn’t know that the Flamen from the Imperial Observatory witnessed a heavenly anomaly in the Forbidden City? Legend has it that peerless treasure is very likely to appear. Shie Yutang must have come for this.”
Then he frowned, saying, “I’m more curious about whom he fought with.”
Mu thought for a while and took out a map. She scanned quickly and said, pointing into the distance, “There is a place called Feiyun Village about ten miles away. Maybe we can go check it out there.”
The Master was surprised, saying, “Someone is living there?”
Mu laughed, saying, “Before we set out, I have gathered some information about the Three Thousand Mountains, and have leant by accident that someone found a small Feiyun Fire-Copper vein here many years ago……”
They actuated the flying carpet under their feet and talked while gliding over the sky.
Mu explained Feiyun Village clearly to her Master on the way, making him suddenly enlightened.
Moments later, two of them showed up above Feiyun Village.
“No wonder these villagers have survived. They have reclaimed spiritual fields.” Looking at patches of spiritual fields below, the Childe fell into deep thought.
Then he stopped his gaze. Pointing to the east of the village, he said, “There is some fluctuation of spiritual force. There should be a practitioner. Let’s go check it out.”
At dusk, Lin Xun had prepared six basins of tasty beast meat and a pot of spiritual rice for dinner. He and Shia Zhi sat in front of the stone desk under the willow in the courtyard, engaged in eating.
There were only three days left before the next test of Heaven-accessing Place. Instead of further refining his body, Lin Xun intended to store up energy for the test during these three days.
“I have roughly summarized the Manual to Break Tendons and Bones, dividing the moves into “shaking”, “tangling”, “locking”, “drilling” and “collapsing”. Of course, it’s just a primary version. I’ll enrich it with more fighting skills.”
Lin Xun explained quickly while eating.
Whether Shia Zhi heard it or not wasn’t known. She just busied herself with the meal as if the food had much more charm to her than Lin Xun’s words.
Lin Xun didn’t seem to be angry and continued to talk. Learning and summarizing was a habit he had developed from childhood when he had been living with Master Lu.
Whenever Lin Xun had encountered something, be it a problem or a gain, he had have to comprehend it, learn it and summarize it by himself, because Master Lu had never explained anything.
Although practicing martial arts was different from spiritual tattoos, the principles of them were the same.
Suddenly Shia Zhi put down her chopsticks, looking at the sky far away. An air of seriousness flickered in her crescent eyes that were black like gems.
“Someone’s coming.” Shia Zhi said.
Lin Xun felt anxious because common visits of villagers wouldn’t arouse such a big reaction in Shia Zhi.
It only proved that outsiders had arrived at Feiyun Village!
“Keep eating,” said Lin Xun.
He thought for a while and decided to cope with shifting events with a fundamental principle.
“Oh.” Shia Zhi replied briefly and lowered her head down to continue eating.
“How delicious it is!”
Only in a while, an unexpected tall figure broke in, followed by a woman in black dress. They were the Master and Mu Wansu.
The Master first glanced at the meat and hides hanging on the wall then fixed his eyes on the boy and the girl sitting before the stone desk in the middle of the courtyard.
“May I have the honor to know who you are?” Cupping one hand in the other, Lin Xun stood up and asked politely. In fact, he was taken aback with the unfathomable power they exhibited.
Lin Xun felt great pressure coming right towards him merely in the face of them.
“Oh, we’re just passing by.”
The Master said and came to the stone desk, looking down on the six pots of beast meat, “There are cyan python, green-fur martes, spotted tiger……What rich dishes! I haven’t eaten them for a long time. No wonder they smell so good.”
Lin Xun narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, “Childe, if you don’t mind, please sit down and dine with us.”
“That’s great, thanks.” He laughed and sat down. Taking a pair of chopsticks nearby, he wolfed down the dishes and behaved casually as if he was in his own house.
Mu was shocked by her master’s behaviors. It had never occurred to her that the Master would show interest in these dishes. Could there something delicious that he hadn’t tasted in the world with his noble status?
Quite confused, she peered at Lin Xun. Seeing that he was only a boy at the third level of the Martial Realm, she relaxed.
Lin Xun was also curious about the purpose of their arrival. However, he didn’t feel anything abnormal. So he was eased a little.
But he couldn’t let his guard down before he figured out their purpose.
“I’m going to bed.” Shia Zhi suddenly stood up and went away alone, covering her face with her hat unnoticedly.
Mu didn’t pay any attention to her, only taking her as Lin Xun’s little sister.
Only the Master took a casual glimpse at the back of Shia Zhi. He frowned as if he noticed something uncommon. However, he shook his head finally and continued chewing on the beast meat.
Watching all these details, Lin Xun didn’t let out a breath of relief until he saw no special reaction from Shia Zhi.
“Little brother, how about a cup of wine?” The Master invited Lin Xun with a smile, carrying a jug of wine in his hand that gave off intoxicating fragrance.
“Then I’ll help myself,” said Lin Xun with a smile. He went forward and sat down, looking cheerful and easy.
Seeing that, Mu couldn’t help taking another look at Lin Xun, her beautiful eyes full of surprise. People who could keep so calm and collected in front of her master were not commonly seen, not to mention that Lin Xun was just a young boy in a remote and poor village. It was unbelievable!