Chapter 416: Chapter 239: Celestial Sound Liu Clan (Part 2)
Could it be, another melodramatic story entangled in this?
In his past life, Chu Qing read many novels, always with this kind of story happening.
For example, a young lady from a great family is attracted to a poor boy, they secretly pledge to each other, and the young lady follows the poor boy home and gives birth to a child, only for the great family to discover them.
In a fit of anger, the great family comes to take the young lady back home, but she doesn’t want to go, threatening to destroy the poor boy’s entire family.
Helpless, the young lady can only follow them back, on the condition that no harm is to come to the poor boy’s family.
Ultimately, the family is torn apart...
And the child born from the poor boy and the young lady must inevitably be a supreme prodigy, a genius that shocks the world.
When he grows up and discovers the truth, in a fury he eradicates the great family, regains his mother, and reunites his parents. If the great family has some sense, they can rely on the prodigy’s power; otherwise, they’d be annihilated just like that!
Chu Qing pondered, could he be the protagonist in the story?
He hadn’t found anything like a Supreme Bone on himself...
But then he thought of the system.
Great! The plot fits, perfectly interpreted!
Chu Qing wiped the sweat off his forehead, feeling that the cliché plot made it a bit hard for him to breathe.
However, if it were true, would Chu Yunfei still send him to Celestial Sound Mansion to deliver a message to the Liu Family?
Could he be overthinking this?
A train of thoughts inexplicably ran through his head, and then he thanked Zhou Rui.
Zhou Rui left Chu Qing with a prescription before retreating to sit back and continue his meditation.
Only Chu Qing and the other two remained, looking at each other.
Gentle softly said:
"Sister Wu, don’t worry, it’ll be fine."
Wu Qianhuan shook her head, not feeling particularly worried, but she looked at the prescription in Chu Qing’s hand cautiously:
"You’re not really planning on making me take medicine, are you?"
"Why not take it?"
"Zhou Rui already said, this thing takes years to have any effect... By the time it works, my injuries would probably be healed."
Wu Qianhuan began to make excuses:
"Moreover, taking medicine every day leaves a strong medicinal smell on your body, which is very unpleasant.
"Furthermore, the medicine is especially bitter... it might also be sour, it might be astringent, but it certainly won’t taste good.
"I don’t want to drink it..."
Chu Qing fell silent for a moment. Wu Qianhuan never liked taking medicine as a child.
He remembered that once, he specifically prepared candied fruit for her, so that she wouldn’t feel the bitterness after taking medicine.
But the girl lied to him, pretending to take the medicine, yet she actually poured it all away... She ate plenty of candied fruit at last, but her illness didn’t improve at all.
It was Wu Ganqi who discovered the mystery, puzzled why the flowers by the bedside wilted so tragically.
Ultimately, Wu Qianhuan got a stern scolding, and Chu Qing clapped his hands in approval... Serves her right for tricking him for candied fruit!
At this moment, they gazed at each other, Wu Qianhuan bit her lip and gently shook Chu Qing’s arm:
"I don’t want to take medicine..."
"...Okay, let’s hold off."
Chu Qing sighed, considering the medicine’s effect was mediocre, it wasn’t urgent whether it was taken or not, so he set it aside for now.
Among the several remedies, others were hard to say, but if it was true that he had such a connection with Celestial Sound Mansion... the idea of the Heavenly Heart Peaceful Song shouldn’t be too much trouble.
It was definitely better than taking medicine.
After chatting casually for a couple of moments, Chu Qing moved to the other side to rest.
Thus, the night passed without words.
The next morning, after waking up, the group split up.
They had gathered because of Chu Huai Feng, and now that Chu Huai Feng was dead, they immediately went their separate ways.
Although before leaving, they couldn’t help but show up in front of Chu Qing to make their presence known...
Chu Qing, however, paid them no mind, just gazing at the already halted snow outside, his brows furrowed.
This snow was truly intense.
Such heavy snow was effectively a snow disaster.
How far the snow covered was unknown, and how many people were buried beneath it? How would these people live from now on?
These were things Chu Qing could ignore in the past, but now he couldn’t help but consider them.
Upon parting from them, Chu Qing took Wu Qianhuan, Gentle, Wuchen... and an additional companion, Hua Jinnian.
He wanted to participate in the sword tournament at Yijian Sect but also wanted to follow Chu Qing to see the excitement at the sword awarding ceremony first.
Chu Qing was impartial, if anyone wanted to follow, they’d be welcome.
The group continued northward, out of the snow-covered range, stopped briefly at the northernmost city of Blazing Hall.
Here, Chu Qing and the others bought several horses; Wu Qianhuan had Snowy Green, but the others were not suitable for running all over the place.
Deciding to proceed with riding horses.
Secondly, Chu Qing found the city lord and asked him to deliver a letter to Beitang Zun.
Instructing him to monitor the snow disaster and take appropriate measures.
Wu Qianhuan also had a message for Celestial Dance City, which Chu Qing entrusted to Blazing Hall’s men to deliver.
It was at this time that Wu Qianhuan remembered to share good news with Chu Qing.
Qin Yuqi was pregnant, Chu Tian was going to be a dad, Chu Qing would become an uncle.
These two talked endlessly for a couple of days but completely forgot to mention this.
Chu Qing pondered for a long while, selected a Heart Method passage from the Nine Yang Divine Skill, tucked it into the envelope, and sent it together as a gift for his future nephew.
Without lingering too long in the city, they only spent about half the day.
Finally, after using Mask Transformation on Wu Qianhuan, the group set out again.
Beyond Blazing Hall, straight to Taiheng Sect.
The journey thus far could be said to be smooth sailing, although a few minor incidents occurred, there were no significant issues.
The group traveled by day and rested at night, finding places to stay overnight, galloping by day at full speed, continuing this way for about seven or eight days, Taiheng Mountain was already visible.
That day, as night fell, there were no towns around, just a solitary inn standing in the wilderness.
Judging by this situation, it didn’t look like a legitimate inn.
However, Chu Qing and his companions were all skilled, bold in exploration; if it truly were an infamous establishment, they could level it without undue caution.
They headed immediately towards the inn.
Just upon arrival, they noticed a group standing in the courtyard; the atmosphere wasn’t particularly good.
Yet when Chu Qing and his group arrived, the people had already entered the inn, several who were standing outside swept their gaze over Chu Qing and companions, then began watching separately.
Only one young man with a short sword at his waist saw Chu Qing’s group, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
He hurried to greet them:
"Everyone, it’s good to see you again."
Chu Qing was taken aback:
"It’s you..."
As mentioned earlier, the past few days of travel didn’t encounter major problems, but some minor incidents did occur.
This young man was one such minor incident.
This man was named Luo Wushuang... When Chu Qing and his companions were crossing the Blazing Hall and Taiheng Sect border ’bazaar’, they encountered this man.
The bazaar lacked a name, half in Blazing Hall, half in Taiheng Sect.
Because the rules in both areas differed, some specialties varied, there were frequent merchants traveling between, and locals coming to purchase, over time, the place evolved into such a trade hub.
Often caravans rested nearby, and items weren’t limited to Blazing Hall or Taiheng Sect.
Occasionally some goods that shouldn’t appear in either location would be furtively sold...
Merchants prospered in this environment.
Buyers could fetch desired items.
It was a blend of good and bad.
Luo Wushuang was framed and nearly killed when they happened upon him, but Chu Qing’s group saved him.
This kid wasn’t scheming, expressed tremendous gratitude towards Chu Qing’s group.
To Chu Qing, it barely counted as a noteworthy side incident, laughing it off.
After parting ways with Luo Wushuang, they met again, now.
But before they could say much of post-separation nostalgia, Gentle suddenly frowned, sniffed the air, then whispered in Chu Qing’s ear:
"There’s a Prince Xue scent!"
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ps: Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, sending two small red envelopes in the group, everyone can join the group~
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