Chapter 373 - Person from the Liu Family (1/2)
Ch373 – Person from the Liu Family
Lin Xuanzhi couldn’t help but smile when he remembered Liu Zhaoyue crying for his parents as he fled to Lin Xuanzhi’s yard for protection and dared not go out for several days. “This boy boldly circled around Senior Martial Brother Zhan all the time a few days ago and was beaten by Senior Martial Brother Hai.”
Yuan Tianwen, “……”
Duan Yuyang clicked his tongue, “It seems that this boy sometimes fails to win and is hated.”
“No.” Lin Xuanzhi shook his head, “On the contrary, Senior Martial Brother Zhan likes Liu Zhaoyue quite a lot and plans to accept him as his disciple. That’s why he angered Senior Martial Brother Hai. Otherwise, Senior Martial Brother Hai won’t care about him.”
Yuan Tianwen, “……”
Duan Yuyang, “……”
Yuan Tianwen rubbed his chin as he spoke with profound meaning, “It seems that those of you in Sinking Sword Peak like to digest internally.”
The ambiguity between Zhan Fengting and Hai Kuanglang had always existed, not to mention that Hai Kuanglang was raised single-handedly by Zhan Fengting. They were normally inseparable. Whenever someone tried to approach Zhan Fengting even a little, they would be met with Hai Kuanglang’s death glare; this was a well-known thing, which was enough to make people think about their relationship.
However, no one knew about the relationship between Bei Shitian and Wan Yitong. Although Lin Xuanzhi could see a lot of clues and knew what had happened between them, he would not blather freely about other people’s private matters.
Duan Yuyang could not resist his curiosity for gossip and winked at Lin Xuanzhi. “Are those two really getting along, or are they just close martial brothers?”
Lin Xuanzhi said with a smile, “You’ll have to ask the parties involved. However, I haven’t seen the two of them act too closely, and as for in private, I don’t know about that. It is not easy to see.”
Duan Yuyang rolled his eyes, “You might as well have not said anything.”
Carelessly, the topic drifted away again.
After resting for an hour, the crowd got back into the carriage and headed for the border of the West Continent.
However, Liu Zhaoyue moved from the original carriage he shared with Jian Yunxi to the chariot with Bei Shitian. Even Jian Yunxi had to admire Liu Zhaoyue’s fearless spirit of defying life and death in order to flirt with beauties.
Along the way, Jian Yunxi already had enough of Liu Zhaoyue chatting away nonstop in his ear, and at this time he finally got peace and quiet. Although his heart felt some discomfort and contempt for Liu Zhaoyue, it was because Liu Zhaoyue’s behavior had made the reclusive families lose a lot of face.
Duan Yuyang had always been looking forward to seeing Bei Shitian throw Liu Zhaoyue out of the carriage. However, they never saw him being thrown out, even after they arrived in the small town on the border of the West Continent.
It was not early, so they found an inn in a small border town to rest and recuperate. They planned to set off again the next day.
Before leaving, Lin Xuanzhi even went to the innkeeper to inquire about the current situation of the Myriad Beasts Demonic Forest. Perhaps it was because this place was too far away from the Myriad Beasts Demonic Forest, or because this place had more contact with the mortal world. Therefore, the innkeeper did not know anything about the Forest.
It was another three days before the crowd reached Fenghui City, which was located on the Northern part of the West Continent.
Fenghui City was the third-largest main city in the West Continent, surrounded by three secular dynasties. There were two second-rate families and five third-rate families in the city. On normal days, it was calm and peaceful.
However, in recent years, the three secular dynasties had been in constant dispute. Some royal families even secretly found Fenghui City’s Seeking Immortality School as their backing and had gotten many benefits. Therefore, the relationship between these aristocratic cultivator families was not as peaceful as it appeared on the surface, and infighting was not uncommon.
In this atmosphere, Lin Xuanzhi and others did not stand out much.
“Dage, a rabbit!” Yan Tianhen saw a round rabbit rolling up in front of him, and could not help exclaiming with pleasant surprise.
Lin Xuanzhi raised his eyebrows slightly and used his hand to pull back Yan Tianhen, who was about to hold the little rabbit. He heard a loud bang and the round rabbit turned into a hairy hedgehog.
Yan Tianhen, “……”
He wanted to swear but didn’t know if he should.
“Hahaha! Were you scared!” A young man with a clear and crisp voice came running over. He was wearing a robe that was unique to West Continent cultivators and had no shoes on his feet. He kicked the hedgehog with his bare feet, and the hedgehog shrank into a ball once again and rolled onto the young man’s leg.
Yan Tianhen didn’t even blink once as he watched this. “Wow, how can this be?!”
The young man said joyfully, “Isn’t it great?”
Yan Tianhen nodded in worship, “It’s very great.”
Liu Zhaoyue came over and couldn’t help laughing. “What’s so great about this? This is just the nature of the Cocklebur Rat. The Cocklebur Rat has some illusion abilities and is very clingy. It’s merely for playing with children.”
The boy was also not angry. Instead, he saluted Liu Zhaoyue, “I haven’t seen you for a long time. Young Master is more handsome than before.”
“Boy, do I still need you to say this kind of thing?”
When they heard this, they realized that he knew the youth.
Yuan Tianwen asked, “Who is this?”
The young man showed eight white teeth refreshingly, “My name is Fu Zisang, you can just call me Xiao Sang. I am a servant of the Liu family. I came to welcome you guys when I calculated that you had almost arrived.”
Liu Zhaoyue raised his eyebrows, “You guys? Didn’t you come to pick me up?”
Fu Zisang smiled, “Young Master, you should run away while the family head hasn’t seen you yet. After the family head left closed-door cultivation, he found that someone incited you to run away. Until now, he was still angry because you left home without informing him. Earlier, he said that if he caught you, he would lock you in the secret chamber for a year without going out.”
Liu Zhaoyue got a fright and cried in a strange voice, “When did my eldest brother leave secluded cultivation? How come I didn’t know?”