Chapter 15 - Li Weiran"s visit
The next day, Ji Xiaoli really climbed up the old elm tree in Wan Qian Hall.
Before she climbed up the tree, she had first gone to Guan Xing Pavilion. Her Shifu had watched the stars the whole of last night on an empty stomach and throughout the night he was very unhappy. At this time he was sitting on the couch by the window with a hand propping up his forehead taking a much-needed rest.
The handsome Lord Guoshi who had an appearance that was unlike a worldly mortal was wearing the same style of black ice silk robe embroidered with gold threads of auspicious cloud patterns. The sleeve on the arm that was propping up his forehead had slipped down to reveal a strong jade-like perfect limb. His long cascading ink-black hair, his cold handsome face, and his quiet light breathing as if he was not breathing at all was so tranquil that it looked like a painting of a fairy.
Ji Xiaoli clicked her tongue in admiration. In her heart, she felt that even if her Shifu did not have the ability to regenerate flesh and blood, unable to resurrect the dead, it is still possible for people to believe in him with only his status of a Zhe Xian.
The old Housekeeper had reminded her several times that Lord Guoshi likes quiet, so she did not make any noise this time. Holding the thing in her hands, she quietly tiptoed to stand in front of him.
He looks even better close-up!
Ji Xiaoli cupped her face with her hands in front of his couch and looked happily at her Shifu………The profile of her Shifu is even clearer and sharper than the beast head on her medicine cauldron. His nose is straight and his lips are thin…….without any flaw……. His face must be transformed using his divine skills just like Elder Sister Qin Sang!
How can a real human look so perfect?
Oh……next time she must get Ji Nan to send her a bale of white ice silk! She looks forward to it and is very certain her Shifu would look very much better in white than black!
Her gaze was too scorching and Chen Yubai was awakened by her burning eyes.
The person who is normally very alert was not even aware of her coming in today. The moment he opened his eyes, he met a pair of eager and happy eyes. This is the first time he felt this kind of earth-shattering strangeness. A cold sweat broke out on his back.
But of course, his face remained cold and expressionless.
"Who gave you permission to come in?"
When Ji Xiaoli saw that he had awakened, she could not wait to offer the thing in her hands……. But how can Chen Yubai pick it up? With disgust on his face, he frowned and stared at the black ice silk. "You stole my clothes?"
"Of course not! I made this!" She pushed out her chest proudly and said with pride. "This is for Shifu to change and wash! From now onwards, Shifu does not have to wear the same set of clothes every day!"
Chen Yubai pondered over her words and then slowly shut his eyes.
Every day, the person whose black ice silk robe was worth over thousands of gold coins, would change a new set of clothes and would never wear the same robe twice.
He slowly closed his eyes.
Don"t be angry, he told himself in his heart. Keeping her is still very useful and anyway, it is much harder to fix the world than to fix her.
But……is it really harder?
Lord Guoshi was unable to even convince himself!
While he was struggling internally on whether he should kill her with a palm hit this instance, Ji Xiaoli who was oblivious to his thoughts had a slight smile on her face while hugging the clothes……..
It seems Shifu is very touched! He even closed his eyes to hold back his tears!
"Shifu.……." Her voice was very soft and filled with pity. She sounded very sincere just like she was making a promise.
"Later, whenever I have the time I will make clothes for you. I will make sure you will not have to wear only this set."
He slowly opened his eyes again and the look in his eyes was extremely complicated as he stared at her speechlessly.
Then she added another sentence. "Later, after becoming a fairy, I will still make clothes for Shifu! That time, I will just cast a spell and Shifu will be able to wear new clothes every day!"
A very extravagant spell…….
A very generous tone…….
Chen Yubai felt his energy draining away. He had never felt this way before and he had no more energy to even raise his hand to kill her.
For the first time, he experienced a feeling of helplessness while facing such sincerity and antic.i.p.ation without any trace of distracting thoughts.
"My Lord, the Chief of the Martial World Alliance seeks an audience." Xiao Tian cautiously reported outside the door.
Chen Yubai had never shown such eagerness to greet the arrival of a guest……. He sat up on the couch, flung his sleeve to drive away the girl who was staring at him and strode out without looking back.
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The Owner of the Unicorn Medallion, Li Weiran is from the First Family of Martial Artists, the Li Family. His unicorn sword technique of 72-styles is peerless and unique in the world.
At the age of 20, with his swordsmanship, he won a small victory after countering a hit from Liang Feifan, the Chief of Dark Night Valley and left after receiving a Dark Night Valley Medallion. Five years later, he became the Chief of the Martial World Alliance.
As a young pa.s.sionate hero with handsome looks, he came dressed in simple black clothing like a true elegant Gongzi, gentle as jade.
"It has been a long time since we met!" The elegant Gongzi held up his sword with fisted hands in salute and smiled. "This old friend looks even more elegant than before."
Recently, Lord Guoshi hated being praised and coldly nodded to the current Chief of the Martial World Alliance.
The young boy served up tea and retreated.
"You are really not like before." Lord Guoshi said faintly to the Chief of Martial World Alliance.
Li Weiran joined Dark Night Valley with him in the same year and they have a good relationship so Li Weiran was familiar with his temper. Ignoring him, he smiled even more widely and said. "Lord Guoshi is distinguished and unparalleled. We, as people of the Jianghu, naturally can"t compare to you."
Chen Yubai looked up at him and the sleeve of his black ice silk rested on the corner of the rosewood tabletop. His long jade fingers tapped gently on the table surface and in a cold tone he said. "No matter how unparallel, it is still not comparable to the Qian Mi Tribe"s talents and that Emissary Qian Mi, Qin Sang"s beauty is famous throughout the capital city. It is not known how many people have succ.u.mbed to her charms…….it is true that even a hero has a weakness for the charms of a beauty."
Li Weiran smiled and lowered his head. Then shaking his head, he laughed. "Yes, that"s true……she is truly very beautiful."
He was so honest that Chen Yubai did not have anything to say.
Li Weiran was silent for a while and then suddenly he laughed. "You don"t have to worry. Towards her, indeed I am…….but I have not forgotten who I am. In any case, thanks for your concern!"
Who is concerned for him?!
Lord Guoshi wondered why he is surrounded by people who harbor affection for others who are not interested in them?
"If you have not forgotten who you are, then why is the Unicorn Medallion with her? Li Weiran, you have not forgotten who you are but you have forgotten who she is. The Qian Mi Tribe has been restless for many years and the inner palace is under the control of Empress Dowager Duan Mi. The Qian Mi blood runs in the body of the First Prince and he is also the eldest son. Once the Dark Valley Medallions fall into their hands, the world will change sooner or later."
Chen Yubai"s cold eyes glared at his good friend"s helpless smile and the words that slipped out were even colder. "His Royal Highness had pa.s.sed the Azure Dragon Order to the Second Prince indicating his intention. Are you sure you have not forgotten who you are? With such a beautiful flower in front of you, are you really sure you have not forgotten the martial world?"
"I haven"t forgotten." The young Chief of Martial World Alliance let out a bitter laugh and then with a slight smile, he asked. "Does Lord Guoshi know why Qin Sang"s body had to bear the burden of the yin blood of Qian Mi which had not made an appearance for a hundred years?"
Lord Guoshi sneered.
Li Weiran began to smile. "Oh, I forgot, Lord Guoshi possesses divine skills in star calculations so you must be aware of this."
"I have predetermined her fate." Lord Guoshi admitted coldly.
Li Weiran nodded with a smile. "That is the reason I came."
Chen Yubai lowered his eyes. "You want to know about her fate?"
"No, I only want to know about her younger sister…….the one who was conceived and born in the Qian Mi holy land. She is the true Holy Lady that the Qian Mi people had all along been searching for these hundreds of years." Li Weiran stared at him and said slowly.
Chen Yubai froze. This time, he believes the words spoken by Li Weiran just now.
He truly had not forgotten who he is.
Actually, Qin Sang"s past is a scandal of the royal family. That year her mother had escaped from the palace while pregnant with her. His Royal Highness, Emperor Murong and Empress Dowager Duan Mi then sent people to chase and kill them but the people they sent returned without completing the task. It was heard that the family of three had returned to the legendary Qian Mi Holy Land.
Several years later, Qin Sang suddenly appeared. The color of her hair and eyes were pure purple which was the legendary characteristics of a Qian Mi Holy Lady. Empress Dowager Duan Mi then exchanged her powerful control in the imperial court for Qin Sang"s life with His Royal Highness, Emperor Murong.
That year, Qin Sang was only 7 years old when she was given 18 heavy punishments by Empress Dowager Duan Mi. It was said that the entire upper capital city was able to smell the fragrant scent of Qian Mi Holy Lady"s blood. After she had endured all the 18 heavy punishments, only did Empress Dowager Duan Mi believed her……..that she had truly returned to Qian Mi Holy Land but because of her young age, she could not remember her way back to the Holy Land.
Since then, this Holy Lady of Qian Mi had been raised and kept by the side of Empress Dowager Duan Mi. The blood of the Holy Lady is precious and because of this the upper cla.s.s and n.o.blemen in the upper capital city have always been envious of Empress Dowager Duan Mi. As Qin Sang gradually grew up, she became vicious and cruel. Over the years, Empress Dowager Duan Mi had made her carry out a lot of unmentionable tasks. Thousands of Qian Mi people began to rise again due to the Holy Lady"s appearance.
If a Qian Mi Holy Lady with impure blood can do this…….then the question in Li Weiran"s mind is……the one who was conceived and born in the Qian Mi Holy Land……the one whose blood could awaken a sleeping dragon……Qin Sang"s blood sister from the same parents…… where is she?
In actual fact, this is the girl who is the hope of Empress Dowager Duan Mi and the thousands of Qian Mi people. Once they find her, that would be the time the Qian Mi Tribe will rise again and create chaos in the world.
Li Weiran is not infatuated with Qin Sang and he does not have a reason to guard against her.
An image of Qin Sang with her beautiful smile on her glowing face like the glorious morning sunrise appeared in front of Chen Yubai"s eyes.
Suddenly he felt she was no longer so annoying and irritating.
Obviously, Li Weiran had misunderstood and thought the expression on Chen Yubai"s face indicated he was unable to help. His smile became wider and he said. "Calculating the stars to determine fate is originally a calculation of fortunes. It seems I have forced you to do something difficult."
Lord Guoshi lowered his eyes and did not deny.
"Today I came here for two purposes. First, it is just to see an old friend and the second is to inform you about this matter. If you have information on the female, I hope Chief of Black Tortoise will kindly inform me." The young Chief of Martial World Alliance was smiling gently while saying the words "Chief of Black Tortoise", however on his face, there was a trace of emotion showing difficulties which made it impossible to censure him.
Chen Yubai"s slender fingers caressed the black ice silk of his robe as he looked quietly at him.
The smiling Li Weiran clasped his hands together into a fist in salute while holding his sword and bowed before taking his leave. Just as he reached the door, behind him the cold voice of Lord Guoshi floated over. "Are you sure you don"t want to know about my star calculations on her fate?"
The heroic figure"s unhurried footsteps paused.
"The Qian Mi Tribe is unfathomable and is a threat to the world. After so many years in the imperial court, now in the martial world, they are even more like a tiger watching its prey. The Unicorn Order is duty-bound in this matter."
The answer made it even more difficult to pa.s.s censure.
Chen Yubai looked faintly at his back view.
He also realized the one who harbored affection for another but did not have his feelings reciprocated was even more cold-hearted and focused than him, the one who admitted to being the loneliest person in the world.
At this moment when the surrounding was bleak and silent, suddenly a dull sound outside in the courtyard pierced through the air.
Inside the hall, the eyebrows of the person with a dull gaze jumped. Before he had time to swear in his heart, he had already flown out.
In front of Wan Qian Hall, the little girl who leaped off the old elm tree was flying in mid-air with her arms spread out had a look of happiness and antic.i.p.ation on her face. On seeing she was about to land on Li Weiran, Lord Guoshi sucked in a deep breath and felt tiny p.r.i.c.ks in his lungs as he charged forward.
In the end, before Li Weiran could catch her with his outstretched arms, Chen Yubai was able to s.n.a.t.c.h her away.
Li Weiran was a little shocked. He withdrew his arms and smiled as he looked at his good friend"s pale face and the little refreshing girl in his embrace. "This is…….."
Hugging a soft fragrant body, the extremely annoyed person said with suppressed anger. "This little disciple is stubborn. It is an embarra.s.sment."