Chapter 95: The Dan Medicine That Wants Money (6 updates, I think it's ending here...)
But Xīao Yáo also felt satisfied, having finished reading all the books in the Book Fragrance Pagoda was enough, and he had already improved a lot. Next, what he needed to do was to go to the Great Tang Empire to find more books to read. He believed that the Great Tang Empire would also have similar repositories of books. The most famous one was probably the First Academy's First Book Forest, just like its name suggested, it was a forest of books, with a collection and coverage that was unparalleled on the continent. Entering the First Academy was not only Lǔ Xīng's idea but also Xīao Yáo's idea. When Xīao Yáo finished, Dà Jiě and others had already set off, they had left three days ago, and Lǔ Xīng was the same, following the participating teams as they departed. Xīao Yáo didn't stay behind to finish reading all the books in the Book Fragrance Pagoda, originally Lǔ Xīng wanted to stay, but Xīao Yáo said it wasn't necessary, letting them follow the team and also have someone to take care of them.
The most important thing is that Xiao Yao doesn't want to pay for another person's travel expenses, they are now all paid by the New Moon Empire, and if she stays behind, it will be at her own expense. Now, when Xiao Yao is short of money, he strongly opposes such a waste, of course, if Lonely Star insists on staying behind, he won't force her, just pay some travel expenses. And Lonely Star generally doesn't refuse Xiao Yao's decisions, although she may not see him for this period of time, but she was used to it before, seeing him at most once a year. Now that she knows Xiao Yao is going to learn something, she will be even less likely to disturb him, and staying behind herself has no use, so it's better to follow the team and set off.
However, after they left, there was still one person who stayed behind with Xiao Yao, and that was Ke Xin Gong Zhu! Unlike others, the successful ones had already left, while those who were not successful either left before the successful ones or followed them to watch the competition in the Great Tang Empire. Only Ke Xin Gong Zhu remained, waiting for her father-in-law to take her into the sect, but she didn't know what her master was doing, as he hadn't been seen for several days. "Ke Xin Gong Zhu, hasn't your master arrived yet?" Xiao Yao asked, his tasks were all completed and he planned to set off early tomorrow to chase after the Lonely Star team in the Great Tang Empire. Although the Lonely Star team had left three days earlier, Xiao Yao believed he could catch up with them halfway, as their team wouldn't be too rushed, and he just needed to hurry a bit to achieve it.
"She hasn't, she told me to wait here." Princess Ke Xin replied softly. "Your master is a woman, right?" Xiao Yao asked, still unaware of who Princess Ke Xin's master was. "Uh-huh!" Princess Ke Xin responded. "I thought so too, only a woman would take action so slowly, it's already been almost half a month and nothing has been done yet!" Dao Yao said with a nod. "This, Xiao Yao, don't speak of my master like that, it won't be good if she hears you..." Princess Ke Xin said. "So what if she hears me? She's a big shot, can she still bother to argue with a small household servant like me?" Xiao Yao retorted casually, using his status as a household servant as a shield, generally people with some status wouldn't bother to argue with a household servant unless they were narrow-minded.
"Hmm!!" Just as Xiao Yao finished speaking, a cold hum came in, causing both of them to temporarily lose their words and look towards the door. Xiao Yao saw a very beautiful and dazzling noblewoman standing at the door, looking at him with a slightly cold gaze, as if he owed her something. When Xiao Yao was still thinking about who this noblewoman was, Princess Ke Xin had already spoken up, clearing his doubts!! "Master!!" Ah, it turned out she was Princess Ke Xin's master, which means that everything I just said, she must have heard already, no wonder she has such a terrible expression!! However, after Xiao Yao knew the situation, he didn't show any special reaction, just bowed and turned around to leave, going to pack up his things. Staying behind would only lead to him being looked down upon, which was something he wouldn't do.
The noble lady saw Xiao Yao's action and could only give up. As Xiao Yao said, she was a big shot, how could she argue with a small junior? If Xiao Yao stayed, she might have said a few more words to educate him, but Xiao Yao's actions didn't give her the chance. The noble lady gritted her teeth, feeling like she had been played, but couldn't erupt! "Ke Xin, Master has many things to attend to, making you wait for a long time. We'll set off tomorrow!" The noble lady said, as if explaining that she wasn't slow, but rather busy with many things. "It's okay, I didn't wait for long either. It's fine, and I had Xiao Yao accompanying me anyway." Princess Ke Xin hurriedly replied, but her tone still sounded gentle and unhurried.
"Rover Young Master? Wasn't that the impolite little servant just now? Why are you calling him Young Master?" The Royal Sister asked with a bit of gossip. "He calls me Princess, so I call him Young Master too. He's someone who deserves to be treated equally by me, no, should say someone who deserves my respect!" Ke Xin Princess replied, speaking her true thoughts. "I understand what you mean, but he's just a little servant after all. The gap between your identities is too big, and doing this will make people think you're lowering yourself!" The Royal Sister said, not wanting others to look down on her disciple, especially for reasons she thought were unimportant. However, the Royal Sister wasn't trying to get Ke Xin Princess to belittle Rover, just change the way she addressed him, dropping the "Young Master" would be enough! "How others see it is their business, I don't need to care about other people's opinions!" Ke Xin Princess said softly.
"Whatever! In the future, when you're stronger, these will all be small problems!!" The older sister thought for a moment, and since Princess Ke Xin was insisting, she didn't think it was necessary to correct her, as the issue wasn't that big of a deal. Firstly, just like she said, having strong power would render anyone speechless, and secondly, she believed that in the future, the chances of Princess Ke Xin meeting Xiao Yao again were very low, perhaps they wouldn't even meet for a lifetime, so why bother taking care of it? Princess Ke Xin's time from now on would be spent just like hers, staying within the sect for a long, long time until she came out, and that was such a distant event, not even she had reached it. The next day, Xiao Yao prepared breakfast early in the morning, two portions in total, he ate one portion himself, and left the other portion for Princess Ke Xin, as for Princess Ke Xin's master, he didn't prepare anything for him.
Originally, Ke Xin Gong Zhu just provided some friendly assistance, but she wasn't his boss. If she were, then her master would have had a share too. Besides, breakfast was provided here, so it wasn't troublesome at all. If you wanted to eat, you could just go and order! When Ke Xin Gong Zhu saw the tangerine, she also very cleverly went to order one for her own master, without letting her master notice anything out of place. She knew that her master didn't have a good impression of Xiao Yao, so if she did this, it would make him dislike Xiao Yao even more. After finishing breakfast, Xiao Yao, Ke Xin Gong Zhu, and the royal sister master set off on their journey, parting ways at the gate because they were headed in two different directions, with the city gates also being in opposite directions.
"Be careful on your way, Xiao Yao!" Princess Ke Xin said in a very low and soft voice when they parted ways. If it weren't for the good hearing of the two people present, they probably wouldn't have been able to hear such a gentle voice.
"Hmm, you too, be careful. Your sect is quite impressive, work hard on your cultivation. I believe we'll have another chance to meet in a few years!" Xiao Yao replied.
"?" Princess Ke Xin looked at Xiao Yao with some confusion. She didn't know what her sect was, only that her master was an extremely powerful expert, and no one in the entire Tian Feng country could surpass her. That's why she had agreed. She thought it was already great to have met such a strong master, and hadn't thought much about whether her sect was top-notch or not. As long as she could have her master's strength, that was enough.
Now, Xiao Yao says that his sect is not bad, is this just a casual remark or does he already know about his sect? From Ke Xin Gong Zhu's understanding of Xiao Yao, she feels that Xiao Yao shouldn't be the kind of person who speaks casually, he should have his own reasons. Could it be that Shifu and him had already talked about it? Ke Xin Gong Zhu looks at Yu Jie Shifu. At this time, Yu Jie Shifu looks at Xiao Yao, she is even more puzzled, she just saw Xiao Yao yesterday, and she didn't tell Ke Xin Gong Zhu which sect she belongs to, she can be sure that the other party shouldn't know, so why would he say such a thing? "Do you know my sect?" Yu Jie Shifu asks doubtfully. "Hmm! Yun Rou Shan Zhuang!!" Xiao Yao nods his head and answers.
“！？” The two women, Gu Xin Gongzhu and her master, showed surprised expressions, but they were surprised by different things. Gu Xin Gongzhu was surprised that her sect was actually related to Yun Rou Mountain Villa, which is one of the top sects on the continent, a place everyone wants to get into. No wonder her master was so young yet had such high abilities, it turned out she was from Yun Rou Mountain Villa! As for Gu Xin Gongzhu's master, she was surprised that Xiang Yang actually said out loud her own sect, she could confirm that there was nothing on her body that could guess Yun Rou Mountain Villa, and she had never done or said anything to reveal that she was from Yun Rou Mountain Villa.
"How did you find out that I am from Yun Ruo Mountain Villa?" The aunt's master became serious, she really couldn't figure out where she had made a mistake. "From your body!" Xiao Yao said. "Where on my body can it be seen?" The aunt's master looked at herself and was very puzzled. "It's not that you have any flaws on your body, but I recognized who you are, so naturally I also know that you are from Yun Ruo Mountain Villa." Xiao Yao replied. "You recognize me?!" The aunt's master looked at Xiao Yao, "We haven't met before, where did you recognize me from?" Still can't achieve the goal, let's stop here for today, brother is going to wash up and sleep, goodnight everyone!
