Chapter 340: Janice’s Trickery
Chapter 340: Janice’s Trickery
" KH-KHEUGHH!"
Ke Yuan stayed on his knees as he clenched his belly. His face was pale, as if he were enduring a great deal of pain.
" Goodness! You didn’t have to hit him that hard." Janice pouted as she looked at Jia Hao.
Jia Hao shrugged, " What? I just punched him lightly. You saw yourself, didn’t you? I didn’t use any internal qi at all."
Janice put her finger to her lips as she pretended to think. " Hmm, you are right! You didn’t use your internal qi at all."
" Young Master Ke, are you alright?" Janice feigned concern, " Well, I don’t think you are."
" Guards, please escort him out."
" Yo-you!"
Ke Yuan slowly tried to get up as he looked at Janice and Jia Hao with a venomous gaze, " Ju-just wait! My elder brother...He won’t let you go!"
" Why are you alive if your elder brother will do everything?" Jia Hao spat on the ground, " Send him to your wife’s bedchamber too. I doubt you can sire an heir."
" PFFFT!"
Janice almost choked with laughter as she turned around. Despite her bold attitude, the laughter was really wicked loud for an elegant lady like her.
Ke Yuan’s face burned with humiliation as he got up. His guards quickly came as they took him away.
Jia Hao looked at Janice, " Well, thanks to you, I have created some trouble in the Blood Leaf City."
" Heh, as if you are afraid of them." Janice smirked, " I saw how you fought those bastards who tried to kidnap me. You are quite powerful, eh?"
" Come with me, my father wishes to meet you. After all, you did save me. You deserve some reward."
Cackling, Jia Hao gazed at Janice’s figure, " I believe I have gotten my reward. Am I supposed to get more?"
" Is it your contentment speaking to not take any more reward, or is it a compliment for me being a prize?" Janice raised her brows, speaking in a coquetish voice.
" A bit of both, I believe." Jia Hao chuckled, " But I don’t wish to meet your father. In fact, I wish to stay low-key till I stay in Blood Leaf City."
" Oooh, mysterious." Janice became interested in Jia Hao’s reluctance. She turned around and signaled Jia Hao, " Follow me to my residence. We will talk there."
Two Hours later...
" Mnngh, you are really a beast."
Janice curled on Jia Hao’s chest as they both lay on the bed, their clothes scattered on the floor. Jia Hao’s finger traced on Janice’s back, giving her a blissful shiver on her tired body.
" I doubt this was the discussion we are supposed to have." Jia Hao teased Janice, making her kiss his neck.
" Mmm, I don’t know. Maybe? But again, the more comfortable we are...the better the discussion will be."
Janice woke up as she tied her hair into a ponytail. She stretched her arm; her body was burning with a pleasant soreness.
With a wave of his hand, Jia Hao took out a bottle of mineral water. " Try this. You will be refreshed."
" What is it? Water?" Janice took it with a strange expression, " I mean...Water is good. But, you are treating it like medicine. But hmm...This bottle is so strange. It looks like glass, but soft?"
She twisted open the cap and took a sip. Suddenly, her eyes widened as she hurriedly took a few more sips.
" This... This is pretty...tasty?" Janice licked her lips as she stared at the water with surprise, " Like...I can’t say it’s salty, but it’s making my tongue tingle. A strange fuzzy feeling is making me less drained."
" Told you. It’s water...but better." Jia Hao felt a lack of words to explain how mineral-enriched water that gets buffed with Chaos Point works. So he decided to cut it short.
" Wait, You...You are from Nanhai City!"
Jia Hao’s pupil shrank slightly as Janice suddenly blurted out. " Why did you think that?"
" Because, as far as I have news, all the new and strange things are coming from Nanhai City," Janice explained her reasoning with a smirk like a cat who got the cream.
" This thing, I have never seen such a bottle. And it’s certainly a design that doesn’t exist in the Great Yan Kingdom. So, am I correct?"
Janice saw Jia Hao staring at her; his silence made her smile even wider. But suddenly, she saw Jia Hao was staring at her bare breasts.
Her breasts were glistening with sweat, along with the marks of love Jia Hao’s teeth left before. After all, Jia Hao really paid a lot of attention to that pair of jade rabbits.
Blushingly, Janice pulled the bedsheets and tied a knot on her boobs, " Haven’t you seen them enough?"
" Well, not enough." Jia Hao chortled, " But yes, you are correct. I am from Nanhai City."
" I see. Then what are you doing here?’ Janice couldn’t help but be curious, " Don’t tell me you are a fugitive?"
" Maybe?" Jia Hao gave a coy look to Janice, " You must be excited, right? After all, you love the [Savage Barbarian Steals Madame’s Heart], right?"
" Yo-YOU!"
Janice’s face turned red in an instant as she hurriedly looked at the shelf behind her. " Damn it! I thought I hid it well. And you!"
She looked at Jia Hao, " Do not mention things like that. A lady... has her indulgence, alright?"
Jia Hao raised his arms in surrender, " I didn’t see anything."
" You better didn’t." Janice glared at him.
" So, you are the daughter of Sanguine Gold Pavilion’s lord." Jia Hao smiled, making Janice nod. " Yes, you are correct. My name is Janice Yinyue."
" Interesting, is one of your parents is other worlder?" Jia Hao became curious. Janice chuckled, " Well, my grandmother was a water spirit who turned into a human. She married my grandfather and brought fortunes and riches."
" Then, my father married my mother, who was a half elf."
Jia Hao was impressed when he heard that, " Damn, your bloodline must be incredible."
" I wonder?" Janice sighed, " I haven’t received any special characteristics of water spirit or elf race."
" Beauty of elf race, the mind of a spirit." Jia Hao rubbed the lips of Janice with his thumb, " Not to mention, you have an incredible amount of mana affinity. You are a mage?"
" You can see that?" Janice was stunned, " I hide that fact from most people after all. You are pretty sharp, eh?"
Jia Hao leaned on the bed, " Well, enlighten me, Miss Janice. I really don’t know how things here work."
" Here, Blood Leaf City is jointly managed by the City Lord, appointed by the Great Yan Emperor, and the Adventurer’s Union, which governs the mercenaries."
" There are two merchant houses in this city, our Sanguine Gold Pavilion and White Horse Hall. They are our rivals and try their best to sabotage us."
" Next, there is Maple Sword Sect, Raging Lion Guild and Bluestone Tower, three powerful factions in this city. I am from Bluestone Tower, which teaches us magic and magic enchantment."
Jia Hao became interested in Janice’s abilities. " Then how different do you think mana is from internal qi or spiritual qi?"
" You need to have affinity with mana to wield it. But spiritual qi is a crucial stick that helps you efficiently guide the mana." Janice explained, " For example, I only cultivated spiritual qi and mana techniques. And I can also practice internal qi."
" However, technically, spiritual qi actively and passively gets divided the more different things you practice. So, if I start with martial arts now, my progress will be slower."
" Anyways, you should join the Hundred Blood Battles then. You will see many different techniques and magics there."