C2 (1/2)
Of course, Chengfeng did not stop to ask Lu Zeng about the origins of his martial arts skills and Xiaoxiao Zi's matters while he was on his way. Every time, Lu Zeng would hide himself and make a mess, causing everyone to not know what to say. The fight between the two of them was very interesting in Chu Ming's eyes, although Chu Ming was still a bit young, he could still tell it was him, so he remained silent and watched from the sidelines.
It was already one day, and they were only forty miles away from Qingzhou City. However, it was already dark and there were no inns everywhere. The three of them decided to go to a secluded place to rest for the night.
The three of them searched for an hour before finally finding a shabby little temple. As soon as they walked in, they were covered in spiderwebs. Chu Ming loathed sticky things like this the most, so he didn't want to rest. Lu Zeng was so angry that he threatened to throw Chu Ming out to feed the wolves if he didn't do so. Chu Ming had no choice but to comply.
The three of them rearranged themselves for a while to make room. After sitting down, they closed their eyes to rest and prepared to leave at dawn. Chu Ming was suddenly bored and searched around for a while before grabbing a grasshopper to play with. The other two were top tier experts, even though they were resting with their eyes closed, they were still able to protect themselves from wild beasts and bandits.
Chu Ming soon got tired of playing around. He forcefully pulled Lu Ceng, who was already preparing to rest, and began to chat with him. Lu Ceng also casually dismissed this little ancestor along with him. Chu Ming asked about some trivial matters and was suddenly enlightened. He then asked, ”Grandfather, are the rankings on the Divine Wall really that accurate?”
Lu Zeng paused, then said, ”It must be very accurate, which is why it is so famous. But to say it is foolproof is still very far-fetched.”
Chu Ming's interest was piqued and he said, ”How so?”
Seeing his interest grow, Lu Zeng might even ask if he was going to suffer a night of suffering for his own sake. Lu Zeng was an old man in his sixties, and even with his martial arts skills, it was impossible for him to withstand the ravages of these years. Thus, he casually said, ”I can't explain it all, go to sleep. Tomorrow, we have to get up early to enter the city.”
Chu Ming knew that Lu Zeng despised him nagging, so he turned his head and snorted.
Chengfeng smiled with interest and explained, ”Chu Ming, there is no such thing as an expert that keeps a low profile in this world. Although the rankings can list all the famous people, they can't really understand the greatness of the world, there are people beyond the mountains, and the first and second places on the rankings are based on people's knowledge. However, there are not many people or objects that can make it into the rankings, so if people keep their knowledge to themselves, the Divine Wall is definitely accurate.”
Chu Ming tilted his head, obviously not understanding a lot of these words. He thought for a moment, then asked, ”That means if some experts don't display their martial arts in this world and no one discovered them, even if their martial arts is higher than the first place on the leaderboard, they still won't be considered as number one?”
Chengfeng smiled and said, ”It's that simple.”
Chu Ming nodded and suddenly said, ”Then I want to know why the person called Xiao Xiangzi that you all often talk about isn't on the leaderboard. Isn't his martial arts very impressive?” And a lot of people know him. ”
Lu Zeng slightly creased his brows, but he immediately recovered and pretended that he was already resting.
Chengfeng's eyes lit up. He had achieved his goal. This way, he would be able to unintentionally bring up Xiaoxiao when talking to Chu Ming.
He straightened his posture and said, ”As for Xiaoxiao, her martial arts were unrivalled, and in his time, I was only a novice swordsman. He did many evil deeds and good deeds, and was an unfathomable person. As for his ranking, I'm not too sure. You can ask Old Master Lu. He should be someone who knows someone.” Chenfeng purposely told a lie and pointed his spear at Lu Zeng.
Hearing this, Lu Zeng was extremely unhappy, he never thought that Chengfeng would be so scheming. Since Chu Ming was taking advantage of this, after thinking about it, he could only pretend that he did not know anything, that he did not know anything.
After a long while, he still couldn't hear Chu Ming's words. It was weird, but it wasn't convenient for him to open his eyes. He could only let whatever happened to him and ignore it.
Chengfeng was unhappy that Chu Ming did not ask about it after a while. How could this child suddenly become so angry? He turned around and found it funny. This little guy had already closed his eyes to rest, and his posture was weird as if he had just fallen down. Chengfeng shook his head helplessly and closed his eyes to rest.
Even though he was often tempted by Chengfeng's roasted chicken, he did not have the guts to stick his elbows out. He was interested in Xiaoxiao, but as long as he turned his attention to Lu Zeng, Chu Ming would learn how to be a scoundrel and take advantage of the situation.
The night was long.
Around the time of the third fragment of the night, a wolf's cry could be heard outside the broken temple, adding to the darkness and wind of the night.
Chu Ming rolled over and opened his eyes. Looking at the bright moon outside, he frowned. In the end, he got up and walked out of the room with difficulty.
Although Chengfeng and Lu Zeng were both experts with six senses, the child Chu Ming did not have any killing intent and did not make any sound, so he did not detect it.
Chu Ming walked out of the temple and looked around for a while. When he found that there was no one around, he quickly took off his pants to ease himself. Just as he finished, a wolf's howl came from not too far away. Just as he turned around to take two steps, he heard a wheezing sound come from behind him. Chu Ming instantly felt that something was wrong, he turned around and was so scared that he almost fainted. He saw a huge white wolf's eyes were biting him, and before he could even scream out, he was knocked unconscious by something.
He was unconscious for a while. When he opened his eyes, he found that he was no longer in the vicinity of the broken temple. His surroundings were empty.
He was about to stand up, but just as he raised his head, he was scared to the point that his face turned pale. In such a short period of time, there were dozens of wolves charging towards his mother. Chu Ming did not even think about it, he turned around and was about to run away and hit something soft. The little girl in front of him was exposed. She only had a few sensitive areas surrounded by mink skin, her long hair and oval face, and was extremely delicate and pretty. She was only around ten years old. Chu Ming didn't need to think too much about it. He thought that the girl must have been attacked by the wolves, so he pulled her along and ran. When the pack of wolves saw Chu Ming pulling the girl and running quickly, they also followed. The two wolves started chasing.
Chu Ming was after all a thirteen year old child. Although he had received Lu Zeng's teachings and knew a bit about martial arts, he wasn't good at martial arts himself, so he had never fought against anyone at the age of thirteen, let alone against a pack of wolves. Facing the pursuit of the wolves, Chu Ming was definitely unable to compare to them. Not long after, the wolves caught up and a large tree appeared in front of him. Chu Ming brought the girl up the tree without saying anything. The tree climbing was Chu Ming's specialty. When he was young, Chu Ming was bored, so he would often climb trees to catch birds and insects. Over time, he became like a monkey on the road to the tree.
Seeing Chu Ming climb up the tree, the wolves had no choice but to surround the tree and linger around it.
Chu Ming was exhausted after running for so long. After taking a few deep breaths, he realized that there was a girl beside him. He turned his head to ask, but when he saw the girl staring at him expressionlessly, he couldn't help but turn red. Chu Ming didn't know what to say. He looked at the tree and found a cloth hanging from the branch. He looked carefully and discovered that it was the mink skin of the girl whose upper body had been picked away by the tree trunk.
Chu Ming swallowed his saliva and said, ”Eh, I'm very sorry. I didn't do it on purpose.”
After waiting for a long time and seeing that the girl didn't respond, Chu Ming's scalp went numb, and he didn't know what to do.
He thought for a moment and was about to take off his jacket, but when he saw that his hand was still holding onto the girl's hand, he immediately blushed and let go of her hand. He then swiftly took off his jacket, looked at the other side of his face, and placed his clothes on the girl's body, saying: ”Put it on first.”
After a while, the girl still didn't make a sound, so Chu Ming could only ask, ”Mhmm, is that enough? My head is still sore.”
It was still the same old silence. Chu Ming was a bit angry and said, ”If you don't say anything, I'll turn my head. When I see you then …” ”En, don't blame me!”
Suddenly, something touched Chu Ming's back, causing his face to turn red, then he did not know what to do, the girl seemed to not know how to wear it, causing Chu Ming's jacket to be completely exposed, which made her look extremely charming. With her delicate face and long hair fluttering in the night wind, the impact was too great for Chu Ming, he did not know what to do, so he stayed there.
On the other hand, the girl was still expressionless, as if she wasn't angry at being looked at. She stared at Chu Ming with her beautiful eyes, waving her hands as if she wanted to grab onto Chu Ming's hand.
Chu Ming was stunned for a while and finally woke up, but the atmosphere was stifling him. He wanted to wipe off the sweat on his forehead, but the moment he raised his hand, the girl used her slender hands to firmly grasp onto it. This grab made Chu Ming's heart jump, and just as he was about to retract his hand, the girl bit down hard, as if she wanted to break his hand.
Chu Ming cried out in pain as he tried to use one hand to open the girl's mouth, but the girl didn't change and continued to bite him.