XIAO SHUXIANG'S
369 - Lan Guan Zhi II
Lan Guan Zhi was currently inside a tavern. He sat alone, so calmly enjoying the tea that the waiter served him.
This unheard of existence made him the center of attention.
Many of the tavern patrons sitting at other tables were talking about Lan Guan Zhi, even the tavern servants did not want to miss.
When hearing was focused, most of them praised how handsome and dignified Lan Guan Zhi was. Some of them were so honest they said they couldn't let go of the attention to keep looking at him.
[".. He has the perfect face. His eyes were shady, soothing, yet at the same time so cold - it felt like I was electrocuted~astaga.."]
["Shhh.. Keep your voice. If he heard it, it would be very embarrassing,"]
["Talk loudly he won't understand. Looking carefully, that Young Master is not from this Continent. Aaah~ He's so handsome.. I even want to cry.]
The voice of the three black-clothed girls in yellow vests was clearly heard by Lan Guan Zhi. The three girls were students of the Earth Stake Party, one of the Neutral Flow Party that came from the Central Continent.
Lan Guan Zhi calmly drank back the tea in his jade cup. His facial expression did not change. He understood the language of the people of the Central Continent, it was a kind of night snack that he always ate.
During this time, Lan Guan Zhi was the type of person who would rather spend time inside the Nine Level Pagoda of the Sky Sword Sect.
His room was filled with many bookshelves and one roof with his sect library made him very rarely seen wandering outside.
The first time Lan Guan Zhi learned a foreign language was when he was 5 years old, and only discovered it when he was 7 years old.
He also read more about sword movement theory than he did on his own.
Even so, in one experiment-Lan Guan Zhi could do it perfectly. If not 'Genius', then he could be said to be a monster.
"Young Master, please.."
A waiter served three kinds of food on Lan Guan Zhi's table. It was a bowl of rice, a bowl of vegetables, and one fish that had just been burned.
Lan Guan Zhi thanked him, he was so polite while doing so. His actions just now, somehow made the maids and visitors like the three girls from the Peg Earth Party feel that this place has just been blessed.
Lan Guan Zhi as usual, he only ate three rice chopsticks and then stopped. He did not touch the vegetables or fish on the table.
?
Realizing, Lan Guan Zhi slightly turned his head as someone approached and tried to greet him. From the looks of it, the person was a beautiful woman dressed in red who in her right hand was holding a matching colored fan with her clothes.
"May I sit here?"
The girl's voice sounded soft, but her facial expression seemed mediocre, containing absolutely no nervousness.
Lan Guan Zhi did not have time to give an answer, this thin red-veiled girl in front of him just sat down. He had no choice but to give permission.
"You waiting for someone?" the beautiful girl with clothes that were open on the top was trying to get the handsome young man in front of her to talk.
"Yes,"
"Who are you waiting for?"
"Friends,"
Lan Guan Zhi only answered briefly, his facial expression unchanged. It was hard to interpret how he felt now when spoken to by a beautiful woman who was even too revealing on her bottom clothes.
"Aahs.. So wait for friends. Is she a girl?"
The red veiled beautiful woman looked to be 30 Years old, she was none other than the Honey Blood Miss. One of the Black Stream warriors who was quite famous in the Central Continent.
To others, assuming Miss Honey Blood had a 30-year-old was an insult. The beautiful woman should be called 23 or 24 years old. He was that young.
"So how? Your friend is a girl? Or men?" Miss Blood Honey asked again because she did not get an answer. From the look in his eyes, it was clear he was trying hard.
"Male,"
"It's good that men. Ah yes, what's your name?"
These feelings begin to bother. Lan Guan Zhi inwardly took a slow breath and then introduced himself so politely.
He actually felt uncomfortable with this woman in front of him, because according to his premonition - the beautiful woman had a thin Swordsman Aura. In the sense of the word, this woman had a powerful Killer Aura.
"'Lan Guan Zhi'? Your name seems to have been heard.." Miss Blood Honey fanned slowly on her face, she seemed to be trying to remember something.
"Aah! Lan Guan Zhi's.. You're Miss Qing Zhu's Guardian, aren't you?"
"No. I'm his guardian's deputy,"
Inwardly, Miss Blood Honey smiled. He had just made the handsome young man in front of him speak more than one word. This was one of the advances of the approach technique he was doing.
"Vice Guardian of the Guard? I don't get it.. Can you explain it to me?"
Lan Guan Zhi blinked before starting to reopen his voice. "I don't know for sure. Miss can ask him with Young Master Ling,"
The presence of Miss Blood Honey made the diner filled with many whispering voices. The customers clearly talked about the closeness between himself and the woman in front of him.
Madam Blood Honey herself could hear some customers saying that she was very compatible with Lan Guan Zhi. This made him excited to get to know the handsome young man from the Sky Sword Sect even more.
The real reason Lan Guan Zhi had come to this place was to find out information about the Scarlet Shadow. But instead of hearing the gossip of the group, he even heard things that are not at all important.
Although he continues to have a calm face, but in his heart he really wants to leave here. Fortunately, the friends he was waiting for came at the right time.
"Lan'Er Gege..!"
!!
An exclamation made the patrons in the tavern, including Miss Blood Honey turn towards the door. They saw a young man with a bamboo stick in his right hand walking in a hurry.
"Lan'Er Gege~ Sorry to keep you waiting so long. I had to answer nature's call first~ you're okay, right?"
"Mrs,"
?!
Miss Blood Honey gasped as the young man with the bamboo stick sat beside Lan Guan Zhi and directly embraced the handsome young man's arm.
The look and facial expression behind her veil seemed to give a sense that she had long been sitting in this place and had not even once held Lan Guan Zhi's hand.
It was obvious that Miss Honey Blood was upset at anyone who dared to embrace the handsome man she was after, even if the person was male. But for now, he still held back.
"Lan'Er Gege~ did you order food? Don't you need this too much?" The Mad Beggar Boy did not seem to have realized that the Honey Blood Miss was sitting right in front of him. He only focused on the simple food on the table and Lan Guan Zhi.
"Aah~ did you order it for me? I am not a person who likes to picky food. I'll eat everything~ Lan'Er Gege, you're very good.."
"That's.."
Lan Guan Zhi wanted to tell the Mad Beggar Boy that he had eaten three rice chopsticks before, but it seemed like this young man beside him did not care about it and immediately ate so voraciously.
Miss Blood Honey looked dumbfounded, inwardly she wanted to be furious and strangle the neck of the annoying young man who was eating in front of her. However, when he is noticed again.. The young man's face was quite handsome as well.
"Ehm.. Hold still. When I see clearly.. He looks a little like someone.." Miss Blood Honey felt familiar with the young man carrying this black Bamboo Stick, his forehead shriveling as he tried to remember where he had met this person.
"Young Master, what's your name?" Miss Blood Honey finally asked. He seemed to have given up on guessing for himself the name of the young man beside Lan Guan Zhi.
?!
Crazy Beggar Boy just realized there was someone else besides his Lan'Er Gege. He started looking at the woman in front of him and immediately choked on his food when he found out that the person in front of him was a woman he was quite familiar with.
Miss Honey Blood, "Have we met before? I feel like I know you, but I forgot.. So, what's your name?"
"A-That's.. Ohok hok!" The Mad Beggar Boy rubbed his chest and then poured tea on Lan Guan Zhi's jade cup, then started drinking it.
".. My face is the market. You may have been wrong, "Crazy Beggar Boy tried to hide his nervousness. Within her heart was so grim, the one in front of her was clearly the Honey Blood Miss.
"really..? Maybe I'm wrong.. But you didn't say your name? Don't want to tell me?"
!!
"The laughter..! This demonic woman.. Until he recognized me.. I'm definitely gonna be done..!" Crazy Beggar Boy had trouble swallowing his saliva, he tried to smile yet it felt so awkward.
"my name.. My name's.. Wu Xian!"
?!
Lan Guan Zhi was actually astonished because the Mad Beggar Boy had just lied. This made him curious about the relationship of the two people he noticed.
Miss Honey Blood, "Wu Xian? So you are also from the Eastern Continent? You look like a native of this continent.."
"That's because my face looks more like Dad's. He's a native of this continent,"
"Aahs.. You're mixed. Good too," Miss Blood Honey looks mangosteen.
Before being asked again, the Mad Beggar Boy first raised a question to the Honey Blood Miss.
"This lady.. Are you waiting for someone?"
"Mm, that. But it's been too long, I'm getting tired of waiting."
The Mad Beggar Boy resumed his meal, he occasionally glanced and noticed the thin veiled woman in front of him.
Miss Honey Blood used to be the one who had chased after her, that was about 16 years ago, before she faked her death for the umpteenth time.
"This Devil Woman sucks. He used to say he couldn't live without me, but he seemed healthy and still breathing. Hmh! As expected, women are full of lies and ruse.."
The Mad Beggar Boy chewed so quickly, his eyes appearing to contain a deep vexation. The target of his gaze was certainly none other than this woman in front of him.
A 5-year-old boy ran towards Lan Guan Zhi while calling out the word 'Father'. His actions surprised everyone.
"Dad.."
Lan Guan Zhi gently rubbed the head of the white-clothed little boy who was staring at him this.
"Dad.."
The boy with that innocent gaze was none other than Lan Xiao, the Moon Tiger. He is now in his human form.
His arrival here was certainly not alone, he was with Hu Li and O Zhan. Both of his friends were walking behind him.
"Young Master Lan, sorry to make you wait a long time.." Hu Li was so courteously apologizing, her body, and sweet face with her long white hair at a glance made the customers in this tavern consider themselves to be women.
Young Blood Miss even thought that Hu Li was the wife of Lan Guan Zhi. But when he took a good look, Hu Li was a sweet and charming young man.
"They are so charming. The little boy looked sweet, and the little dog on the head of this young man also caught my attention.." Miss Blood Honey smiled as she toyed with the fan in her hand.
Hu Li was aware of the presence of the Honey Blood Miss. He so disengaged the intention to report the information he had obtained to Lan Guan Zhi.
O Zhan also noticed, he preferred not to make a sound and pretended to be a fur hat for his older brother, Hu Li.
For Demonic Beasts like O Zhan and Hu Li, reading the human personality from the scents coming out on his body was a natural thing. They could do it, it was some kind of innate talent that existed from birth.
Hu Li, O Zhan, even Lan Xiao knew very well that this beautiful woman dressed in red was not a good human being. Just need a little allusion, the beautiful woman will definitely open her real face.
"It's much better to stay away from this guy. Young Master Lan -"
["Miss,"]
!!
Hu Li flinched as a foreign voice chimed in his words, this was a male voice. When he turned his head, he saw a white-robed and fox-masked person walking over as if approaching him.
"Hm? So you've come Qian Kun?" Miss Honey Blood was fanning her face, "You made me wait a long time. Don't you know this is boring? It's a good thing that this handsome Young Master is willing to accompany me.."
!
The white-robed young man with the red fox mask covering his face began to pay close attention to the people who were with the Honey Blood Miss. He gasped, but because of wearing masks - his facial expressions are difficult to know.
?!
Lan Xiao tilted his head and then started running towards the white-robed man. He hugged the man's leg while rubbing his face.
"Mother.."
!!
Lan Guan Zhi, Hu Li, and the Crazy Beggar Boy were shocked by Lan Xiao's mannerisms. It was not usual for the Moon Tiger to behave like that, let alone at strangers.
"Mother.." Lan Xiao looked up and showed his face and plain eyes. He tilted back his head and noticed clearly the person he was hugging.
"Mother..?"
"Kun Tian? You knew her?" Miss Blood Honey looked astonished. As far as he was concerned, the white-robed person with the fox mask was a male. So it was definitely this little boy who mistakenly recognized her Qian Kun as his mother.
!!
Lan Xiao flinched as his head was gently rubbed by the man he was hugging. Immediately he ran towards Lan Guan Zhi. He gave a strange look to Qian Kun.
"Mother.."
Lan Xiao's eyes flashed bluish. She had previously recognized the fox-masked person as her mother, but the hand rubbing her head felt very unfamiliar. It was not the master hand he recognized.
Qian Kun himself felt astonished, yet he did not say anything. He preferred to take Miss Blood Honey away and started to say goodbye to Lan Guan Zhi, Hu Li, and the Crazy Beggar Boy.
"Young Master Lan, I hope we can meet again.." Miss Blood Honey blinked one eye at Lan Guan Zhi and then followed Qian Kun away.
The departure of the two of them made Hu Li feel relieved. He also took Lan Guan Zhi away and it was better for them to find somewhere else to talk. The conditions in this store focus too much on them as the center of attention.
Crazy Beggar Boy, "Yeah.. Doesn't matter. I've also finished my meal, so let's go."
Lan Guan Zhi stood up, he placed a piece of gold on the table, then held onto Lan Xiao's hand and started walking away from the tavern followed by his friends.
He was actually curious about Lan Xiao's actions earlier. It felt as if this Moon Tiger had been confused because it recognized a stranger as its mother. This was unlike the usual Lan Xiao.
"Dad.."
The Mad Beggar Boy frowned as he watched how Lan Xiao kept saying the word 'Daddy' without ever replacing it with another word.
"She just learned to talk.. Is this kid really your son Lan'Er Gege?"
Lan Guan Zhi nodded slowly and replied that Lan Xiao had just practiced speaking. He did not answer the question about whether Lan Xiao was his son or not, because the Mad Beggar Boy should already know the answer.
"Young Master Lan, don't you feel suspicious about the two people we met earlier?" Hu Li was instantly not a voice, he said to be suspicious of the beautiful woman in red and the fox masked man.
".. I feel worried. The fox mask that the man was wearing reminded me of Scarlet Shadow. Is it possible that they are the masterminds of the destruction of the small sects and parties in this Empire?"
Hu Li had never doubted his premonition, let alone before-He had gathered quite a lot of information about attacks on small sects and parties in this Continent.
Lan Guan Zhi and the Crazy Beggar Boy were the same, but they needed a convenient location to summarize all the information they had obtained during this entire day.
Pii~
O Zhan finally opened his voice, he asked his friends back to the Sky Pagoda Sect. It was already dark and somehow Xiao Shuxiang's condition was now.
The Mad Beggar Boy nodded in agreement, he was more comfortable telling what he had obtained when his location was in the Sky Pagoda Sect. At least the place was quite safe and could clearly be used to rest.
By the time they decided to return to the sect-at that time, Xiao Shuxiang had almost finished his fight on the second floor.
Previously, when Hou Du had successfully defeated the ladder began to appear in the middle of the room and without hesitation Xiao Shuxiang rode it.
On the second floor, he had to fight with a woman of good stature, but had a green skin color and a scary face.
The movements of the woman were very agile, she had a strong scratch, and was able to make wounds on the thighs and back of Xiao Shuxiang.
The Alchemist Chef himself used his White Jade Flute as a weapon. He played the heirloom until there was a deafening loud voice.
At the right time, Xiao Shuxiang charged straight at him and unhesitatingly slashed one of his opponent's arms until fresh blood fell to the floor.
It was a pity, the taste of the blood of the monster he was fighting against was simply not delicious. The irritated Xiao Shuxiang broke his opponent's leg, even to the point of recklessly plucking it out in the most painful manner.
Aaaargh..!
He is not merciless. The roaring roar made Xiao Shuxiang more and more eager to break the body parts of the opponent. He enjoyed it very much, let alone his opponent long enough to exhale the final breath.
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