Path Of The Lilies

"I never thought that my little junior can be so cunning and scheming."

"That"s not true. I never think that it"ll become an incident this big," Ye Jiao explained. She didn"t know the feud Su Lian and Su Daji had with one another. If she had known that many people would suffer along with them, she might not choose this way to gain her revenge.

"There"s no need to be sorry for the villagers."

"But…"

"Most of the people who lived around Wei Family Residences are hypocrites. They always try to gain favor from the strong while bullying the weak. Besides, I"m sure that they"ve done worse even just from the sidelines. Sometimes, it hurt even more when even bystander, who didn"t know anything, joined in to create trouble. I have long heard about what happened to Ye Xiao back then, so I know that many people joined in just to mock him," Qi Huan said calmly. 

"For someone who was down, even a little action could hurt them a lot. People who just followed the ma.s.s without thinking were idiots and those who followed because they understood, just wanted to gain favor from the strong. Don"t blame yourself for what had happened. They just reap what they had sown.

Also, you only told her a common method, which she ended up searching for more of that method. Even if you didn"t do it, she"ll know sooner or later from other servants. You merely set a trigger without doing anything else. What you do is just adding a little fuel to push it forward because sooner or later, both women would clash."

Ye Jiao slowly nodded her head. She did feel bad because she had inevitably involved some citizens in the fight. Even though many of the villagers always treated her father roughly and spoke bad of them, she was sure that there might be good villagers too. However, she knew that it was inevitable.

Sooner or later, the two women would surely clash with one another. She just brought it faster and on a larger scale.

"Don"t always try to think whether what you do is right or wrong, it"s just going to hurt your head. In your perspective, it"s something you do because they tried to kill you. In their perspective, it"s their retribution for letting you alive. Battles between Eon Energy Masters often involved those around us, which is why everyone always try to stay away. Those who chose to stay near should have known that if there was a dispute one day, they would be involved."

Qi Huan knew that their houses would be arranged so that the more powerful people would have bigger lands. This was also to avoid having the repercussion of battle in the residence to hit other peoples. However, there were always some idiots who think that they could gain favor by staying near the residence. 

"I see."

"Think positive. You have created a large problem for Wei Shang to the point of making that general go bald," Qi Huan said cheerfully. "That"s something to be proud of."

Pfft!

Thinking of General Wei with his bald head made Ye Jiao laugh. She never thought of him in that picture, but it just sounded so funny. If he ever became bald, his appearance would surely be extraordinary.

"Oh right, here it"s for you," Qi Huan handed the Eon Energy pill that he received before. "If after you eat it you consume Natural Essence Fruit; it"ll have better effect."

"Are you sure you"re giving it to me?"

"I"m asking them to exchange it because I plan on giving one for you. You"re the one who should have gotten first place."

Qi Huan knew Ye Jiao"s fighting skill after seeing her fight a few times. It was not an exaggeration if he said that she was very powerful. Even he himself might have a problem if he had to face her.

Ye Jiao smiled. "Thank you for your kindness, Senior Brother Qi."

"You"re welcome, Ye Jiao."

Splas.h.!.+

"Wait a minute," Qi Huan frowned. He moved his legs away from the mud as he tried searching for the land to step.

"A little bit to the left, Senior Brother Qi."

"Thanks," Qi Huan moved a bit and realized that he could stand on the ground perfectly. His eyes widened in disbelief as he looked to Ye Jiao as if seeing a monster. Just before they entered the city, the three of them struggled to stand on the ground, but now she had perfectly told him which one was safe to stand.

"Is there anything wrong?"

"Ye Jiao, do you know which one is land and which one is mud?"

"Yes," Ye Jiao replied cheerfully.

Qi Huan was in disbelief, but when he looked at her legs, he had no choice but to do that. Her legs were perfectly clear without any hint of mud around. It was as if she was not walking in a swamp but rather a gra.s.sland. The only mud on her legs was on her shoes" sole.

"How did you do that?"

"I try to find the difference when we"re crossing the swamp before," Ye Jiao admitted. "Now, I can travel in the swamp without worry, though I still need to keep my speed at moderate."

Qi Huan was astonished. In this swamp, everything looked similar to one another for him. It made it hard to distinguish which one was the real land and which one was the swamp. He had taken a long time to travel before, but didn"t find the way to differentiate the two of them.

"Can you teach me?"

"Sure!"

As they traveled, Ye Jiao started to teach Qi Huan how to differentiate ordinary land and mud. It took Qi Huan a long time to understand Ye Jiao"s explanation and started to try it over and over during their journey. After several days, their speed increased because Qi Huan had become much more proficient in differentiating them.

"You seem to be rather good at observation, Ye Jiao."

"Am I?"

"Yeah. I can"t even see their differences after hours of searching back then, but you manage to find it," Qi Huan replied honestly.

Ye Jiao smiled. "I guess I"m just used to it."

Because she had never had a proper teacher, she had to learn everything through observation. The one she observed was her father, her mother, soldiers, and also her environment. By studying them, she had gained a lot of things.

"You"re amazing."

"Thank you. You have your advantage too, Senior Brother Qi."

Qi Huan chuckled. "Everyone has them."

The two of them continued to travel in the swamp before they stopped. They saw a different type of road in the middle of the swamp.

"There"s a road here?" Ye Jiao looked at the badly made road with astonishment. She had never thought that there would be someone who made the road here. It was filled with rocks and dirt. Kind of messy, but it was still a road.

Qi Huan stomped his legs on the stone. "it"s st.u.r.dy. A bit uneven in the making, but it"s good enough for travelers."

"Maybe, this is truly a road?"

"There should be a city not far from here," Qi Huan pointed to the other side of the road. "Bao Fu Organization is a bit away from the road, so we don"t really have to follow it if we want to arrive at our destination."

"Aw, that"s too bad."

"We can try the road if you want," Qi Huan chuckled.

Ye Jiao shook her head. "There"s no need. I just think that it"ll be too dangerous if we use the road rather than the swamp."

"Hm?" Qi Huan looked at his back. At some unknown time, several men had appeared with blades ready on their arm. They were looking at Qi Huan as if they saw a large sack of money.

"It seems that there"s a group of people who want you, Senior Brother Qi."

"I can see that they"re treating me as an easy target. They seem to be in need to study the word regret," Qi Huan summoned his sword out. "Shall we teach them, Ye Jiao?"

"Sure."

When the men saw the sword, they were alarmed. They quickly raised their sword and charged over to the two of them. 

Swis.h.!.+

Their sword hit midair as the two of them had moved. Ye Jiao took out her sword and slashed the nearby man near her. Afterwards, she used one of her legs as the pivot and turned around. Her sword immediately slashed the next man.

"You!"

Clang!

As Ye Jiao blocked the attack, the man was stunned. He could faintly see the layer of Eon Energy around Ye Jiao. His eyes widened.

"Eon Energy Master rank 2?"