Chapter 1181: Chapter 95: Accepting the Mission_5
Xuan Yue felt a warmth in her heart and spoke softly, "Big brother, thank you. I, I..."
"Alright, no need to thank me anymore. Aren’t we friends? Let’s go."
Xuan Yue really wanted to tell Ah Dai her true identity right away, but every time she thought of the ice in Ah Dai’s arms, her heart ached. She had tried probing many times, but Ah Dai always avoided it, never willing to talk to her about the ice. The more Ah Dai remained silent, the more that thorn in her heart hardened. Clenching her teeth, Xuan Yue decided to keep hiding her identity until she figured out the situation with the ice before considering telling Ah Dai the truth.
The two of them left the inn and wandered the streets when Xuan Yue suddenly saw a tailor shop not far ahead and urged Ah Dai, "Big brother, let’s go and have a few sets of clothes made for you. So you won’t have to endure those petty fellows always looking down their noses at you."
Ah Dai sighed and said, "No need, I don’t have much money on me. Besides, I’m just an ordinary citizen. Let people think what they want."
Xuan Yue insisted, "No way, I can’t stand it if you don’t care about them. Today at the restaurant, I almost lost it with that waiter. Plus, we’ll have an income of over a thousand gold coins tomorrow, and won’t need to worry about food and drink. Come on, didn’t you say you’d listen to me for everything? No objections allowed. Follow me." With that, not allowing Ah Dai any chance to object, she forcibly dragged him to the tailor shop.
Inside the tailor shop, various colored fabrics were neatly displayed, and an assortment of dazzling finished garments hung on the walls.
The shop assistant saw Ah Dai and Xuan Yue enter and quickly asked, "Hello, would you like to have some clothes made?"
Xuan Yue pointed at Ah Dai and said, "It’s my big brother who needs a few clothes made. Big brother, what color do you like?"
Ah Dai gave a bitter smile and replied, "Brother, perhaps we should drop this. I’m already carrying several sets of clothes. I have enough."
Xuan Yue persisted, "No, we agreed to have clothes made, so we have to do it. Hurry up, what color do you like? If you don’t tell me, I’ll pick for you."
An hour later, Ah Dai and Xuan Yue left the tailor shop. Under Xuan Yue’s insistence, they had purchased three sets of clothes for Ah Dai, all standard samurai outfits. Made from high-quality materials, they cost Ah Dai ten gold coins. He felt the pinch. How many steamed buns could he buy with ten gold coins!
"Big brother, cheer up. Look how different you appear with the new clothes on. Your profound martial arts naturally exude a certain quality, and with this outfit complementing it, you look so spirited!"
Ah Dai looked at himself in the pale blue outfit, feeling as if he had become someone else. The light blue fabric was very light and soft, with good resilience. Passersby no longer regarded him as a servant. Xuan Yue had picked this pale blue outfit for him, saying it would complement his blue hair perfectly.
Suddenly, a rough voice bellowed angrily, "Damn it, are you asking to die, daring to touch my stuff? I’ll kill you."
"Ah—" Screams sounded, and Ah Dai and Xuan Yue instinctively looked toward the source. They saw a crowd gathering, looking at something.
Ah Dai said, "Brother, let’s go take a look."
Xuan Yue was stunned for a moment; Ah Dai usually disliked such commotion! What got into him today?
The screams continued to emanate from the crowd. Pushing their way forward, Ah Dai used his gentle True Qi to part the onlookers, making their way to the center. There, they saw a burly man assaulting a slender youth. The youth was spitting blood from the beating, lying on the ground, clutching his head, and continuing to scream.
Voices from the surrounding crowd shouted, "Beat him to death, kill that thief!" "He deserves it, stealing like that—he needs to be punished."
Ah Dai’s heart jolted. Was the one being beaten a thief? Looking at the bruised and battered figure of the thief, Ah Dai couldn’t help but remember the time he had failed to steal fish in the City of Nino and got beaten. The pain of that experience was still fresh in his memory, and without thinking, he shouted, "Stop!" He dashed forward, grabbing the burly man’s hand.
The burly man, in standard mercenary attire, looked to be in his thirties, with a face full of flesh. Seeing someone intervene while he was still angry, he cursed, "Don’t fucking meddle, get lost," and tried to shake off Ah Dai’s hand. But how could his skills compare to Ah Dai’s? Ah Dai sighed, neutralized the slight amount of energy the man had released, and said, "Big brother, let it be. He has his reasons for being a thief. You’ve beaten him enough, don’t make it harder for him."
When the burly man realized he couldn’t pull his right hand back, he flew into a rage, swung his left arm fiercely, and threw a punch at Ah Dai’s face.
Ah Dai frowned slightly. His True Qi quickly transformed into True Qi, a white glow bursting forth. Yet he had no intention of harming anyone; the burly man only felt his fist enveloped by an energy, unable to move any further. Sensing the surging energy, his aggressive demeanor changed, and he shouted with ferocity masked with apprehension, "What, what do you want to do?"
Ah Dai, still holding the man’s fist, lightly swung his hand, tossing the man aside, and said indifferently, "I don’t want to do anything, just don’t want you to trouble him any further." With that, he walked over to the youth, beaten and bruised, and the white glow reappeared. Ah Dai began to heal the youth’s wounds with his nurturing True Qi.
Xuan Yue walked up to Ah Dai and spoke softly, "Big brother, let me do it."
