545 Grass! (1/2)
Chapter 545: Grass!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
”As a principled scholar, you examine your integrity three times a day? Very elegant, I must say. But to be honest, I don't feel like you are a principled scholar at all,” the young woman in white sneered.
Xu Que's face grew serious.
”Young lady, you should always mind your words. For a principled scholar like me, the most important thing is integrity! You can't possibly doubt my identity as a principled scholar!”
”You are going on about integrity with me?!” the young woman laughed.
The two old women standing next to her were silent. Their faces were covered by a veil, but Xu Que could tell that they were both emotionless.
”What I mean to say is that integrity is not something that one can chew upon,” Xu Que said.
Buttface was shocked.
He is indeed a great actor! Where did he learn to act so well?!
”Well, I have to say that you have got a sharp tongue like every other principled scholar does. But you wanted to rob us. Because of this, I am positive that you are not a principled scholar! Tell me, who are you, and what have you got to do with the dead people here?” the young lady in white questioned.
Xu Que noticed that the two old women had secretly moved to block the road in front of them.
”This is the first time that I have ventured upon this land,” Xu Que said calmly. ”Just a moment ago, I saw smoke rising up into the sky, so I came here to see what was happening at the source of the smoke. I am not the one who has killed these people.”
”How can you prove you have nothing to do with this?” the young lady in white asked.
”I haven't any proof. But I am a principled scholar. I never lie!”
”Nonsense! I don't believe you are a principled scholar at all!” the young lady in white said, shaking her head.
”Then what can I do to make you believe I am telling the truth?” Xu Que asked.
Xu Que was searching for a good opportunity to run away with the help of his Devine Tracking Emblem. However, if he wasn't careful, the young lady in white would see through his plan and capture them before he had a chance to use his Divine Tracking Emblem.
The young lady in white thought for a short while before she voiced an idea.
”Since you keep saying you are a principled scholar, then you must be good at making poems! Why not prove it by making a poem based on the surrounding environment? If you manage to create a good poem, I will believe you are a principled scholar.”
”Poems are a piece of cake to me,” Xu Que said with a smile as he looked around.
Xu Que took out a fan. The Divine Tracking Emblem was hidden on the other side of the fan. Xu Que gently waved the fan and gave a sudden shout.
”Grass!”
”What?!” the young lady exclaimed.
The two old women were surprised and were about to attack Xu Que.
”Calm down,” Xu Que said frantically. ”I was just reciting the title of the poem.”
Everyone was amazed.
The title of the poem?
I have never heard of a poem with the title ”Grass”!
Why couldn't you create a normal title? It just sounded like you were cursing.
”Lush grass on the plains, in one year, withers and thrives once each. Wildfire does not burn it completely; when spring winds blow, it lives again.”
Hearing this, the young lady in white and the two old women were stunned.