Chapter 61 – People from Immortal City (1/2)
Chapter 61 – People from Immortal City
The five young lords stood up as Qinghan had ordered, and the young man in the middle, who was named Dongfang Dao stepped closer to Qinghan, and said respectfully.
“Young master, have you ever heard of the Five Bloody Soldiers? We… we’re the offspring of these five heroes. Unfortunately, our ancestors have all been killed, and we were suppressed by Ye Jian ever since. During these years, the leader of the Ye family has been in seclusion, and the young master hadn’t shown his talent yet, so we refrained ourselves from taking any rash actions. Now, young master, you have gained the trust of the family. Er, and the leader, Ye Tianlong, has come out of seclusion. Frankly, we’ve got the approval from the leader to serve you from now on!”
“What? The Five Bloody Soldiers?” Suddenly, Qinghan remembered that his father, Ye Dao, had enrolled five strong men. However, they were all killed following his father’s death. Now, the five young men standing in front of him, declared themselves as their descendants. At first, he was a little bit suspicious, but since they mentioned Ye Tianlong, he chose to believe them.
“Alright, please take a seat, and we will have a more in-depth talk later.” Qinghan nodded his head, and instructed them to sit down beside him.
As ordered, the five men submissively took a seat, and kept silent. While at the same time, Qinghan slipped back into his chair, and grabbed his cup of tea. He intentionally kept some distance from these five new friends. For one thing, their identification was yet to be verified; for the other, even if they were the descendants of the Five Bloody Soldiers, he had to test their capability as well as moral quality, before he decided to accept them as his subordinates. As the Elite Prefecture War was around the corner, which was exceedingly important to Qinghan, he had to be careful in choosing his followers, for if he let five useless men, or even worse, five spies into his team, they might bring unexpected troubles.
As the greetings were finished, most of the guests had been seated. The Yue family had arranged the square tables into the shape of the character “门” (Meng = door). The seniors of the Yue family sat in the upper section of the Meng, and the young lords were arranged to take the first rows on either side. For people from less influential families, they took the seats in the rear.
“Congratulations, young lord Qinghan! Your team is reinforced by another five strong men!” Feng Zi, who sat next to Qinghan, held a cup of wine up, and the other young lords quickly did likewise, proposing a toast.
Although Qinghan had promised them to give up the chance for chasing after Qingcheng, they never knew whether this sly young lord would rock the boat or not.
“Thank you guys!” Qinghan kept nodding his head.
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In the middle of their casual chat, the gate of the northern yard was opened, and a middle-aged beautiful woman came out. She still possessed a graceful, slender figure, and her face was as blush as a girl’s, only the wrinkles at the corner of her eyes betrayed her age. Following this woman, a giant man in green clothing came out, and his prominent eyes were so frighteningly sticking out, that it was as if they were about to pop out at any second. At the end of the crowd, were three grey-haired elders. They all went towards the camp in friendly smiles, and each and every one of them took a seat in the front row.
“Your highness, the five great elders!”
Suddenly, all of the people stood up, and bowed to the five elders, who had just walked in. Actually, it was a well accepted rule, that on the Summer Fire Festival, each of the prominent families would select an elder to participate in the game as a judge.
Meanwhile, Qinghan just perfunctorily cupped one of his hand before the other, while his eyes were staring directly at Ye Qingniu, who was among the five great elders, as though he was asking silently, “Who are the five men behind me?”
“Hey, Qinghan, don’t stare at me. It’s all your grandfather’s arrangement. They’re actually true descendants of the Five Bloody Soldiers. I guarantee that they’re all reliable people. You should believe in their integrity, and use them properly.” Ye Qingniu narrowed his eyes as he smiled, while conveying his voice secretly to Qinghan.
“Alright!” Based on Ye Qingniu’s assurance, Qinghan relaxed his vigilance, but still decided to test them in the following few days.
“Young lords, you’re all the new-generation elites in the Mars Prefecture. Today, I’m so honored to participate in the Summer Fire Festival on behalf of the Yue family. Your gracious presence has added glitter to our humble island. Now, I’ll announce the beginning of the Summer Fire Festival!”
Yue Ji stood up, before giving a concise speech. The young lords below responded with heartfelt smiles, as they appreciated her for not using a lengthy, boring formulae.
Suddenly, Yue Ji’s radiant face turned solemn, with her hands lifted in the middle of the air. She was gazing in the northern direction, petrified. Meanwhile, Ye Qingniu and Xue Fei also stopped in the middle of their whispers, turning their eyes to north.
Out of curiosity, Qinghan followed their eyes, but couldn’t discern anything in the north. However… several minutes later, an earth-breaking howl broke through the northern sky. Gradually, a black dot from afar quickly enlarged into the shape of a beast.