The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 101

Chapter 101: HunJi City

When the last ray of light dropped below the horizon, and the whole world was in darkness, You XiaoMo finally woke up. He stood up and stretched himself and just when he wanted to break out with a yawn, a beaming handsome face appeared in front of his eyes.

Although this type of situation had happened before, he still jumped in fright, his body toppling backwards abruptly. Just when he was about to fall off the chair, the owner of that handsome face stretched out his hand and grabbed his collar, pulling him up.

“Xiao Shidi, why are you so clumsy?” Ling Xiao spoke softly by his ear.

You XiaoMo’s soul still hadn’t calmed down when he took a breath and glared at him, “If you didn’t frighten me, I wouldn’t be so clumsy.”

Ling Xiao brought him to his side, smiling while speaking, “How could I frighten you? Clearly, you are the one who was sleeping, so you couldn’t blame me.”

You XiaoMo made a noise of exclamation, he just remembered that he was transcribing magic pill recipes before he fell asleep. Lowering his head to take a look, he didn’t see the ten or so pieces of paper that he finished transcribing before. When he failed to find them after looking under the table, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes, “Where are the magic pill recipes I transcribed?”

“Xiao Shidi, are you talking about these?” Ling Xiao lifted up the pile of paper in his hands. They were the ones he picked up from the floor before. The topmost piece was a little wrinkled, as if stained by something wet.

You XiaoMo stretched his hand wanting to snatch them back but Ling Xiao raised his hand causing him to come up empty.

Ling Xiao crossed his legs, flipping through the sheets of paper while mocking, “Xiao Shidi, your calligraphy really made me see things in a new light!”

You XiaoMo shifted his gaze uneasily, two telltale pink spots appearing on his cheeks.

Of course he knew that his calligraphy was too terrible to look at. But he couldn’t help it. Who asked him to have never written with a brush before? If he had a fountain pen or a ball point pen, he would be able to write acceptable-looking characters.

“There is something I’m very curious about. I wonder if Xiao Shidi can help explain it. If you can satisfy me, I will help you transcribe these magic pill recipes. How about it?” Ling Xiao threw the stack of paper in his hand onto the table. Then he picked up another stack of paper and waved them in front of his face.

You XiaoMo was just looking all over the place awkwardly when he saw Ling Xiao bring out a stack of papers. He looked over in surprise and saw neat and orderly characters written in beautiful handwriting. His eyes gleamed suddenly when he thought of another thing. He asked doubtfully, “Ling-shixiong, did you write these?”

“If it wasn’t me, then don’t tell me it was you?” Ling Xiao cast a sidelong glance at him as he retorted.

“But …I remember that you said you haven’t written for a long time, so …” You XiaoMo rubbed his nose. He still remembered the characters from when Ling Xiao transcribed the Heavenly Soul Scripture for him. At that time, his calligraphy was just like his now. It could also be described as too terrible to look at. So the sudden appearance of this beautiful handwriting, made him doubt that this was really written by him.

Ling Xiao angrily rapped him on the head, “That was before.”

Ever since he showed his ugly handwriting, in order to not embarrass himself in front of You XiaoMo again, he deliberately found time to practice writing again. These magic pill recipes were just written by him based on what You XiaoMo transcribed.

Hearing his reply, You XiaoMo was deeply jealous, “What was it that you’re so curious about?”

Speaking of that, Ling Xiao suddenly looked at him as if deep in thought, “Usually, someone who can read should be able to write. But you seemed to be able to read but not write. Why is this? Furthermore, I feel that you seem to have more secrets that I don’t know about.”

A drop of cold sweat suddenly rolled down You XiaoMo’s forehead. This person was too sharp.

You XiaoMo didn’t dare to look directly at him. He shifted his gaze away while saying, “There is nothing to be curious about. My parents died young. Before I was seventeen, I was brought up in my maternal aunt’s family. My maternal aunt’s family is not rich, so there is no money to send me to school. I could only learn to recognize a few words from my maternal aunt’s son and daughter.”

He wouldn’t tell him the real reason even if beaten to death. He was someone that crossed-over from the twenty first century Earth.

Ling Xiao frowned. He wasn’t really clear about You XiaoMo’s life history, “Is that how it is?”

“Of course. If you don’t believe me, you can find a time to look for someone to ask.” You XiaoMo answered hastily. He wasn’t worried that he would be found out because when he asked Jiang Liu about things that had to do with him, Jiang Liu also told him the same thing.

Although Ling Xiao was still skeptical, seeing him speak with certainty, he didn’t ask any further. Thinking of why he came over this time, he said, “Regarding the auction, I have already made the proper arrangements. If you are not busy tomorrow we can just set out tomorrow.”

“Really? I have nothing going on tomorrow. I can go at any time.” Once he heard that the matter with the auction was settled, he immediately grabbed Ling Xiao’s arm excitedly.

Ling Xiao glanced at the arm that was clutched by him and revealed a crafty smile, “It is already dark. Since I have to come here again tomorrow, I might as well …sleep over here tonight.”

His tone clearly stated that this was not something to be discussed…

You XiaoMo quickly took back his hand and stammered, “Ling-shixiong, this is not really suitable. I only have one bed and it is very small. It can only hold one person… ”

Ling Xiao smiled sweetly, “It’s alright, we only have to squeeze a little.”

You XiaoMo’s face suddenly crumbled, squeeze a little? He was afraid that even his innards would be squeezed out. He had an inkling that Ling Xiao would definitely make use of this opportunity to make a move on him.

The real situation proved that Ling Xiao really wasn’t going to just squeeze a little like he said. His bed was already small to begin with. For two people to sleep on it, they could only stick closely together. You XiaoMo dawdled for half a day before he was finally pulled by Ling Xiao onto the bed. All four limbs tangling together, not even a crack was left in between them.

Waking up the next day, You XiaoMo found that he was again like a eight-legged octopus hanging onto Ling Xiao’s body.

Since the matter with the auction couldn’t be revealed to anyone else, Ling Xiao only arranged for the two of them to go down the mountain. Zhou Peng, who had originally wanted to go with them, was sent by Ling Xiao on another secret mission.

Before leaving, You XiaoMo notified Fang ChenYue about going down the mountain. Since he was already a core disciple, he didn’t have to ask for permission like before. It also didn’t have to be recorded.

Fang ChenYue knew that he was going down the mountain with Ling Xiao so he wasn’t worried. He only told him to take care.

Half a stick of incense later, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao left the Tian Xin Sect together.

The Tian Xin Sect was located in the most flourishing Southern part of the Long Xiang Continent. HunJi city was the the third biggest city of this Southern region. It’s located on a mountain pass of the WuFeng mountain range. Every day, over ten thousand people go in and out of this fortress. That was why it developed so quickly in a short ten or so years to become the third largest city in the Southern region.

The destination of their trip this time was this HunJi city.

Although the area of HunJi city was not as large as the largest and second largest city, its prosperity was greater than even the largest city. So a lot of rare things could be found there, like rare high level magic pills and high level magic herbs.

Looking at the unending green flatlands, a black horse carriage was flying forward like a whirlwind. The horse carriage was drawn by a galloping reddish brown horse; it’s tall and large body was much stronger and sturdier than normal horses. It’s fiery red eyes were stubborn and unruly. Time and again, it would raise his head up and neigh. One look and people could tell that this horse was in a very excitable state…

You XiaoMo felt like he was soon going to vomit. This was the first time he was taking a horse carriage. It was also the first time he was taking a horse carriage that was running so fast.

Although the inside of the horse carriage was lined with a layer of thick plush woolen blankets, the horse carriage was shaking very fiercely. His brain that was not very smart to begin with, and right now it was already shaken into mush. His stomach churned endlessly, almost causing him to throw up his last meal.

The one hugging him, Ling Xiao, was not the least bit affected by the speed of the horse. His eyes laughed as he hugged the listless You XiaoMo and stroked his back, “We’ll be there soon. Just endure it a little more and it’ll be fine.”

These words, You XiaoMo already heard them quite a few times.

“After this…I will never again sit in a horse carriage… ” You XiaoMo spoke falteringly. It was too much torture and he felt that he had already lost half his life.

Since there was no limit on the time he could go down the mountain, there was no need to get there in a hurry. So Ling Xiao suggested that they take a horse carriage. Thinking that he had yet to take a horse carriage, You XiaoMo thought that he could give it a try, so he agreed. He didn’t expect that he would regret it less than an hour later. Also, where did Ling Xiao get this horse carriage? The horse that was pulling the carriage seemed relatively easily excitable leaving You XiaoMo in a disastrous state.

“It will be fine when you get used to it.” Ling Xiao consoled him.

The Raging Fire Horse was really relatively easily excitable, but they had good stamina and they were also fast. Once one got used to their speed, one would find that this was actually a very enjoyable thing!

“I rather not get used to it ever … ugh … ”

Crossing through the green plains, that enormous city on top of the fortress finally appeared. The tall city walls that reached into the clouds were extremely wide and grand. The unending red city wall seemed to give out a rusty feel. It obviously had a very long history. When the sunshine poured down from above, the red city wall seemed to shine, reflecting dazzling rays of light. Taking a look from up close, the red city walls were actually made of what was called Suzaku Ghost Iron/Vermilion bird Ghost Iron.

Suzaku Ghost Iron was something that had excellent defensive properties but its price was also extraordinary. HunJi city walls were completely made out of Suzaku Ghost Iron, so it was clear how deep their resources were.

Half an hour later, the horse carriage finally reached outside HunJi city. That Raging Fire Horse, that was not driven by anyone, stopped on its own.