Qing Yu was alone, holding an ebony box as he walked through the streets of the Divine Capital City.
Feng Jiu was stopped early at the city gate and invited to a banquet. The person invited was also a prince, the tenth prince Feng Jue.
As a disciple of the dean of the Mountain River Academy and a genius in literature and martial arts, the advantage of the eighth prince, Feng Qiwu, was too great. But all the imperial sons who aspire to that supreme chair in Northern Zhou are now strongly supporting Feng Jiu, and the tenth prince is by no means the last one.
However, Qing Yu said, this tenth prince is really inferior to the sixth prince. The sixth prince, who is so high-minded and arrogant, will pull down his face to please Feng Jiu, whom he did not see before, once he needs to. He uses his brotherly affection to pull on his feelings.
On the contrary, the tenth prince, who should call Feng Jiu a brother in terms of his status, only sent a servant to stop Feng Jiu at the city gate and asked Feng Jiu, his brother, to meet his younger brother. He is really able to lift up his stature, but cannot put up a show.
When Feng Jiu agreed to go to the banquet, he was in no way taking the initiative to please the tenth prince, but to stand on moral and brotherly grounds and dislike him fiercely. There is no way out, in order to maintain the persona, even if it is unappealing, you have to do it. What’s more, while this move would certainly offend that Tenth Prince, it would make a big name for itself and let the entire divine capital know about the new persona that Sick Prince Feng Jiu now has.
So Feng Jiu went to teach his brother a lesson.
The ebony box in his hand was given to Feng Jiu by the sixth prince, a blood spirit ginseng that he had said he would give away almost a month earlier. Feng Jiu had refused it twice in order to maintain his persona of being a frank and honest gentleman.
Until today, the Sixth Prince, relying on the relationship he had just made, and in the name of his brother’s love and care, forcefully shoved this blood spirit ginseng, which was considered a heavenly treasure, to Feng Jiu who looked reluctant. Then it was handed over to Qing Yu by Feng Jiu.
Thinking about Feng Jiu’s face when he handed over the blood spirit ginseng to himself, Qing Yu was a little amused.
Suddenly, Qing Yu’s ears twitched as a whisper came from the wind, “Pine Crane Inn, Room 3.”
The voice sounded as if it was ringing in his ears, clear and with a distinctive tone. Qing Yu could tell that it was the voice of the Wind Chaser – Lu Qi Feng, and the meaning was clear, “Pine and Crane Inn, Room 3, go and see him.”
The top boss summoned him, so he had to go.
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“Lord Lu.” As soon as Qing Yu entered the door, he saw Lu Qifeng sipping tea leisurely.
There was no way, sitting dry and staring at the door, didn’t it look undignified for this superior to be waiting there for his subordinates. However, the other person beside Lu Qifeng was not so leisurely interested.
“Daoist Master Qing Yu, it’s been a long time, no, I think it’s the first time we’ve met.” Luo Yan looked at Qing Yu with a wry smile.
“Lord Luo,” Qing Yu confessed with a bitter smile, “please forgive me.”
Qing Yu and Luo Yan, too, had dealt with each other several times, but each time Qing Yu had not shown up.
When he a*sa*sinated Zhang Qingfeng on Long Street, Qing Yu was masked. When Luo Yan came to his door that night, Qing Yu hid in the shadows and did not show his face. During the last time when Luo Yan attacked the city lord’s residence, Qing Yu even simply found a double to take the stage. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was playing Luo Yan like a monkey, but it was true that he had played a trick on him without any sincerity. That was why Qing Yu had confessed upon meeting him.
“What, you still refuse to show your true face? Are you so afraid to see the light?” Luo Yan said coldly.
Qing Yu touched his face and said, “This —— sorry, Lord Luo, I’m a bit used to disguising myself and I didn’t have time to adjust for a while. Forgive me and forgive me!”
With that, Qing Yu lowered his head, raised his hand and rubbed it over his face a few times, and when he raised his head again, his face was two to three years younger and much different from the one he had before.
“It’s amazing ——” Luo Yan looked at Qing Yu’s new face in amazement and laughed lightly, “I can’t tell, your true face is quite durable!”
“Lord Luo should have seen this face before. That double of mine looks exactly like me.” Qing Yu said.
“That’s not the same ——,” Luo Yan shook his head.
The same face, on Qing Yu’s double, was like wearing a mask, lifeless, like an organ that was disguised as real. This face on the real owner was pure heaven and harmony, unlike that faux object.
“Well,” Lu Qifeng put down his cup of tea and spoke out, “Qing Yu, how is the progress on your side?”
Qing Yu said, “Your Excellency, at the Shanhe Academy, the ordinary students are too busy with their studies to do anything extra. Moreover, according to my investigation over the past few days, all the specific texts of the academy are in the Hidden Pavilion. However, they are not freely accessible to students who are not core students. Ordinary students, only with Mr. Wen Su’s permission, can enter the ground floor of the Pavilion of Hidden Preservation and access the books for two hours.”
“And this core disciple ——” Qing Yu laughed bitterly, “The ‘Heavenly Reasoning Inner Sage Method’ bestowed by His Excellency, however, can simulate the Confucian ‘Hao Ran Zheng Qi’ without fail. However, after becoming a core disciple, from time to time, one enters the Hilltop Academy to listen to lectures, and the gentleman who lectures, even the dean and Meng Shan Chang, may be, so my subordinate is really not confident that I can hide it from Meng Shan Chang’s eyes.”
“My subordinate has been in the courtyard for many days and has found nothing, so please forgive me, my lord!”
“Well,” Lu Qifeng did not look angry, as if he had expected this situation, “You have been enrolled in the school for less than a month, and it is not bad that you have been able to find out about the Guardian of Tibet Pavilion. Although Department Six has already known about the Pavilion of Hidden Preservation, the fact that you were able to find out about it within a short period of time shows that you have made an effort to investigate, and I will not blame you.”
“The scouts from Department Six who go to the Mountain River Academy will be suppressed by the environment of the Mountain River Academy, but with their harshly trained mental qualities, they will still have no problem surviving a month. Not many of these scouts were able to investigate the Hidden Pavilion within a month. The fact that Daoist Master Qing Yu was able to scout out the Hidden Preservation Pavilion within a month is already astonishing progress.” At the side, Luo Yan said with a smile.
Looking at his appearance, he had already let go of his slight ill will towards Qing Yu.
“Lord Luo has praised you.”
Qing Yu sparingly breathed in his heart, knowing that this hurdle had already been pa*sed.
In fact, during this month, Qing Yu either went to cla*s or stayed in his room to study the Yin Yang family’s texts. All the news of the Guardian of the Hidden Pavilion was learned from Feng Jiu. This information, which was very difficult for the new students to learn, was easy for Feng Jiu, a core student who had been there for a year, to grasp without difficulty.
There was still a lot of information that he had learned from Feng Jiu, and Qing Yu estimated that he could still feel the fish for a long time.
“The main reason for calling you here this time is still that this seat has been exposed and it has been learned that this seat is now in the Northern Zhou. In the future, Luo Yan will stay here and meet with you. If Luo Yan is not here and there is urgent news, you may go to the Yun Lai Inn and leave a letter.”
“Luo Yan and you, having also dealt with each other a few times, are more familiar with each other, and the two of you should be able to work together to complete your mission.” Lu Qi Feng looked at Qing Yu and Luo Yan and said.
Qing Yu and Luo Yan both said with solemn faces, “I will live up to the high expectations of the Divine Constable!”
