Chapter 172 (1/2)

The snow on the ground was extree as he looked out through the s His expression seemed somewhat perplexed as the snow and wind increased in ferocity All of a sudden, the ox halted to a stop, ”Young Master, we’ve arrived”

Snowflakes descended continually, and he felt the biting cold pierce through his skin thewind assaulted hi Zhuo Yuan Jiu to huff and puff He walked quickly across the yard Just a few steps caused his entire body to be covered in a thick layer of snow He reached the front steps and knocked on the door

He waited for some time, but nobody answered

Zhuo Yuan Jiu then pushed open the gate, and walked through the yard, which was covered hite snow He peered across and noticed that the snoas smooth, without the imprints of anyone’s footsteps All he could hear were the soft whooshi+ng sound of snowflakes falling He suddenly had a bad feeling about this, as he continued walking

”Master Top Scorer?”

nobody answered Zhuo Yuan Jiu then pushed open the door into the house, and noticed that there wasn’t a single soul within ”There were no footsteps outside It seeo”

Zhuo Yuan Jiu then exhaled and heaved a sigh of relief Although few people knew about the existence of thisPei Zi Yun here had its risks as well Now that Pei Zi Yun had left safely, he was relieved

”Just as well that he’s left!” Just as he was about to turn around to exit the house, he saw that there were three stacks of paper on the table

”Could it be that he hadthis, Zhuo Yuan Jiu walked up to take a closer look at the pieces of paper He then picked it up and realized that they were different novels The first was called The Woman assassin The second one was The butterfly Lovers, and the final one was Nie Xiao Qian

(TN: These are actual stories written by people Pei Zi Yun copied these stories since they didn’t exist in this world)

Young es of each novel before starting to flip through theh, ”Master Top Scorer is really refined in his education and knowledge Even in the face of great perils and dangers, he held on to his true self of writing works At this point, he could even bring his are empty!” He looked down and realized that all of the ithin the house had been consumed Zhuo Yuan Jiu then recalled the rumors of Top Scorer Pei and his appetite for henever he coreat works Little did he expect all those rumors to be true

The novel ”The Wo the rest, and thus he started to flip through and read it Thewas able to defeat the entire Wu Nation single handedly with just a sharpened bah in this world, there were no lack of people writing stories, most of them were very traditional, and focused on thea top scholar in his nation There wasn’t a story even re a role bamboo sas used to defeat an entire army Indeed, only Top Scorer Pei would be able to come up with such a story, as theskills, such awe inspiring demeanor, and a personality that was lovable and detestable all at once Only when a person actually experienced such matters would he be able to accurately portray such a wondrous story”

was taken froinal novel, except several hundred words were edited, yet itstory, with many unexpected plot turns and twists This rendition of the story wasn’t actually plagiarized froinal author, but was rather his own version of the story according to this world that he found hiood as any Grand Scholars around There was in that on that particular novel, a total word count of fifty thousand words Not many novels of such caliber existed

When Zhuo Yuan Jiu finished reading the book, he realized that it was extreed for more stories like these He picked up the second novel, and fell in love with it instantly Zhuo Yuan Jiu cursed hi such a nerdy bookworh the entire book He then started reading the final novel Although he was not a big believer of love, he was somewhat touched by the novel as well

He then called the ox-cart into the courtyard, where he took the books and left hurriedly

The Governor’s Mansion

The main hall arm and comfortable with the four torches around the entire hall ablaze The Governor was dressed in his usual robes and a headdress Although he looked tired, he still persisted in reading the essays before hies, pushed the door open

”Yuan Jiu, aren't you supposed to be at your second Mansion? How could you bear to be here instead?” The Governor sht be persuaded to act out of friendshi+p and ade stack of paper as he stepped forward, ”Father, indeed I was at my mansion Pei Zi Yun had already left But when I walked in, I found this stack of papers on the table Hence I took it and started reading All three novels were stories It's strange how this er, and yet could find the time to be inspired and write novels Take a look for yourself father”

The Governor then picked up the stack of paper and sighed without looking at it ”If someone were to write stories on a norer and facing tough times, but he could still find inspiration This shows his true colors”

He then started reading the novels in his hands before placing it down Zhuo Yuan Jiu seeitated and stepped toward to ask, ”Father, what should we do with these? Should we do him another favor?”

The Governor took soh the Governor did instruct us to look after him, it's a pity that he's already embarked upon his Dao journey and we can't do e favor, that's h As for the rest of his endeavors, we don't have to interfere any longer Let’s watch on and see how this person overcomes these problems As for these novels, you can print the a friendshi+p with him”

”Yes!” Zhuo Yuan Jiu understood what his father ht brought along with it cold wind, as it swept across the rooh open s A pair of patrolling soldiers held onto their long daggers and stood outside, stepping on frozen ground

A soldier heard some movement and turned around, and was stabbed instantly

”Pu!” The long dagger he held onto snapped into halves, as he felt the cold wind sweep across his face The soldier held his throat, and fell to the ground

”There’s…” The other soldier retreated a step back before raising his dagger and charging straight at the assailant He had a determined look on his face, and was about to scream out Before any sound could be heard, there was another ”pu” and red, glistening blood spurted out froround

When Pei Zi Yun finished killing them, he stepped over their bodies and walked across There were a nurown around this house The trees were partially covered with snow, and everything was still

The interior of the house looked nicely adorned This was the residence of the Daoist who had been tracking his position This Daoist had chased after hied to locate hi his house were few in numbers He knew that he could easily take this Daoist out, and break the right hand of the eunuch