Primordial Blood Throne

Primordial Blood Throne: Book 1 Chapter 7 - Meeting

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Cuppa

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To the west of the Su Family"s estate was a mountain; at the foot of the mountain was a river winding through it; on both sides of the river were two plots of fertile land, a dense forest within; it could be considered as a good place with an enchanting scenery.

Su Chen"s courtyard was located at the back portion of the Su Estate. Walking to the back of the courtyard, one could see a wall. On the wall was a small gate, pa.s.s the gate is a bamboo forest. After traversing through the bamboo forest, you would be inside the mountain.

During his time of boredom, Su Chen would often travel to the mountain to relax.

Tonight was no different. Su Chen was currently sitting on a large rock within the mountain.

The night mountain forest was quiet…silent, even the birds did not chirp, leaving only the sound of the wind blowing through to be heard.

However, to Su Chen"s ears, the forest was never quiet nor simple.

Without the clamouring noises of the day, he could clearly capture the most minute of sounds, training his hearing ability.

Most importantly, there was no man-made raucous, allowing his mind to be in a state of peace.

This also allowed him to listen further, clearly differentiating the various sounds.

Not far off, he heard the flow of water, that should have been where the mountain spring was flowing.

Although he could not see but a picture began to surface within Su Chen"s mind: the gurgling sound of spring water flowing down the mountain, reaching and spilling over cliffs, creating a small waterfall. Over a long period of impact, a small pond began to form under the cliff, waves formed as water fell into the pool below.

Su Chen sat along a streamlet, listening to it.

Suddenly, he stretched his hand and grabbed at the streamlet. A small flower that was flowing downstream was caught in his hand.

Su Chen sniffed the flower, inhaling the faint fragrance from within, and the corners of his mouth raised into a smile.

Not only his hearing, even his sense of smell had also improved.

Through the refreshing flower scent, Su Chen knew it was a Weeping Red Flower, a type of mountain flower that possessed a thick fragrance.

A few more threads of fragrance floated towards him, from the upstream of the streamlet, flower upon flower of Weeping Red began to flow down.

Su Chen felt strange. This was a period where the mountain flowers were blooming healthily, so why is there a large amount of it falling?

He followed the stream upwards.

After walking a while, he eventually reached the bottom of the cliff. The sound of the waterfall filled the place but, still, he could faintly hear an irregular stirring on the water"s surface.

This is….

Is someone swimming?

Su Chen suddenly reacted.

"Who is it?" a delicate voice asked.

Su Chen did not know what to do, he is now acting on instinct, he turned his head away and looked at the ground.

A strong gust blows towards his face.

Su Chen fell and rolled on the ground, the heard a series of hard objects striking the earth, at the same time, the sound of large waves. .h.i.tting the sh.o.r.e could be heard from the pond in the distance, the person is striking the water to create a water screen and disturb the sight, however, this is insignificant to Su Chen.

As he rolled quickly on the ground, he shouted, "I am blind!"

This seems to be the only effective sentence.

The sound of wind and water stopped, the forest that was noisy just a second ago is suddenly quiet.

Su Chen stopped rolling and slowing sat up, his two hands were on the ground feeling about.

After a moment, he said, "Since you are in your clothes, why not come out?"

Shing! The sound of a sword unsheathing was heard.

A chilling dot could be felt on the edge of Su Chen"s nose.

Although he could not see but Su Chen understand clearly, a female is pointing her sword at him.

"Are you really blind?" the clear voice of a female reached his ears.

Like an oriole flying in a valley, it was beautifully pleasant to the ears.

Su Chen nodded his head, "I am Su Chen, if you do not believe my words, you can ask around nearby about me, you will learn that I am indeed blind."

Hearing this, the other party released a sigh of relieve, the sword holding a chilling intent left Su Chen.

The pleasant voice once again spoke, "Since you cannot see, why are you here walking alone?"

Su Chen smiled: "Who says that a blind man cannot walk on his own? There is wind in the forest, as it traverses between the trees, it will produce an echo as it pa.s.ses by the empty s.p.a.ces between them, and each echo produced is also different. If you made an effort to differentiate, you would know where the obstructions were, and where there aren"t."

"Really?" the other party did not seem to believe him, "Then why are you here?"

Su Chen bitterly smiled, "This is my family"s back mountain, is it strange for me to be here? On the contrary, you being here should be the strange thing instead?"

"Ah!" the other party suddenly learnt that she has trespa.s.sed into the property of another family, her imposing manner immediately weakened by a few notches, "It turns out that you are a member of the Su Family."

Su Chen helplessly said: "Didn"t I introduce myself as Su Chen."

The young lady"s face flushed slightly: "Why is a person from the Su Family walking in the mountain late in the night?"

"To a blind man, there is no difference between day and night."

The young lady apparently did not expect this answer and was stunned for a moment.

She looked at Su Chen, Su Chen also calmly faced her, there was no shred of fear behind the sword tip of the young lady, slowly, the young lady began to believe Su Chen.

She retracted her sword and said, "My apologies, I happened to pa.s.s by this area, seeing the clear spring water gave me the idea to enjoy a bathe, I did not know that this was your family"s territory."

"It doesn"t matter." Su Chen smiled: "A far way visitor is always a guest, the Su Family is willing to do our best to properly receive you as this territory"s owner. If Lady Gu is willing, you can come here anytime."

The young lady got stunned: "How did you know my surname is Gu?"

Su Chen replied, "Of course I guessed. You should be Miss Gu Qing Luo, right?"

"Ah!" the young lady exclaimed in fright, if Su Chen could see, he would see her placing a hand on her mouth, looking at Su Chen unbelievably: "How is this possible? Even the people that could see would not know who I am, how did you know? Are you really blind?"

The tone of her last sentence is filled with sharpness.

Su Chen smiled, "Actually, it has nothing to do with sight, especially for those who have not met Miss Gu before. Since they do not know how you look like, even if they can see you, they will not know who you are. A blind person on the other hand, is able to see things that those with sight cannot, a blind man could see even more."

Gu Qing Luo eyes is now filled with strong curiosity.

She looked at Su Chen, her tone also became warmer: "Can you tell me how you guessed it?"

Su Chen hesitated for a moment.

His previous encounter taught him to keep a low profile and hide his true thoughts even if he knew the answers, therefore, he would not easily reveal his detailed observation skills in front of others.

However, when asked by Gu Qing Luo, Su Chen had an overflowing impulse to reveal his secrets.

That beautifully pleasant voice enchanted him, causing his heart to falter.

Even though he did not know how she looked like, just with that voice of hers, Su Chen was willing to take the risk.

He said, "Remember when I told you my name earlier? Normally, when a local hears my name, they will know that I am a blind person and will not waste time like what you did earlier to confirm that fact."

The incident about Su Chen losing his sight had once caused the whole city to be in an uproar, it could be said that everyone in the city regardless of your caste would know about it. The current area was also Su Family"s back mountain, if I local came here to bathe, they would not question him about the truthfulness of his condition, therefore, Su Chen was able to confirm that the other party"s not a local.

Hearing his explanation made Gu Qing Luo believe even more that Su Chen was truly blind. "Then how did you know that I am Gu Qing Luo?"

"You can only blame the members of the Lin Family for grandly advertising. If they hadn"t gone around announcing, how would I know that the Second Miss of Long Xi"s* Gu Family, Gu Qing Luo, is in Lin Bei City?" Su Chen picked up a piece of leave from the ground and started twirling it.

This was a small leaf that was pierced into the ground. When Su Chen held it in his hands, it began to shatter and disperse into pieces.

Su Chen lightly smelled the broken pieces and said: "This is a tree leaf used by you earlier, there is no Origin Energy in it, this meant that you have yet to enter Energy Guiding Realm, causing this leaf to shatter. Just by using the strength of the Forged Body Stage, you can turn pieces of leaves into darts to use, and you are also a young lady who isn"t a local who appeared during this period, other than Gu Family"s Flying Flower Hand, I am unable to think of anyway else at this instant. Thus, I made a bold guess, lucky I guessed correctly."

*(Cuppa: This is the name of a place, it might be a city or a state, the author did not indicate in this chapter)

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