Chapter 1645: Watching the Fool Together
Chapter 1645: Chapter 1645: Watching the Fool Together
Shao Chengxiong laughed wildly with his mouth wide open, but the surrounding crowd looked at him as if they were watching an idiot.
Heishi City’s number one playboy... How long ago was that old calendar?
"Brother Shao, haven’t you come out since your last seclusion?" Wei Xiaotian asked.
"I came out twice during the seclusion, but I supplemented with some elixirs and went back to seclusion again. What’s the matter? Why are you suddenly asking about this?" Shao Chengxiong finally noticed the crowd’s gaze was like looking at an idiot and asked irritably and confusedly.
"Brother Shao, cultivation is important, but if you have the time, you should come out more often." Wei Xiaotian looked at this idiot-like fellow, his eyes full of pity.
"Wei Xiaotian, what do you mean by this?" Shao Chengxiong, angered by his gaze, shouted loudly.
"First, Mu Hanyan is not some playboy prince but actually the eldest daughter of the Mu Family, and she is no longer in Heishi City. She is now the Young Master of the Mu Family in the capital. Second, she is certainly not trash but a cultivation genius who has just been hiding her strength all along." Wei Xiaotian said.
"How could that’s possible? I clearly heard everyone say she was a waste of a playboy, how could she suddenly turn into a cultivation genius?" Shao Chengxiong touched his head, saying with a face full of confusion.
"That’s why, Brother Shao, you should come out more often, don’t just focus on cultivation, that isn’t good for you." Wei Xiaotian said earnestly.
"Hmph, even if she’s not a waste of a playboy, what’s the big deal? After all, she’s just a descendant of a mundane family. How talented could she be? She’s merely competing with the spoiled rich kids from various aristocratic families on the continent. Could she possibly compare with us, the elites of the Holy Court?" Shao Chengxiong finally understood why everyone was looking at him like an idiot, saying angrily and defiantly.
Wei Xiaotian and Dan Tai Changqing were both too lazy to say anything more. The thoughts Shao Chengxiong had, Wei Xiaotian had once had, Dan Tai Changqing’s brother Dan Tai Xuan had also once had, and even many Holy Court disciples had once had. However, after suffering from Mu Hanyan, or seeing others suffer from Mu Hanyan, their thoughts changed.
It’s not just comparing with the spoiled rich kids from various aristocratic families on the continent, even compared to the high-minded elites of the Holy Court, Mu Hanyan is considered to have supernatural talent. Shao Chengxiong’s words, no matter how you hear them, feel like the words of a frog at the bottom of the well, making him seem even more foolish than before.
Since he doesn’t believe, they wouldn’t bother saying more. Once he sees it for himself, he’ll naturally believe.
"Hmph, I will see just how capable she really is." Seeing that Dan Tai Changqing and Wei Xiaotian were already unwilling to engage further, Shao Chengxiong had somewhat guessed their thoughts, muttering defiantly.
As soon as he finished speaking, cheers erupted from a distant hillside, followed by a dense crowd appearing in view, striding swiftly towards the Heavenly Curtain!
"One, two, three..." Shao Chengxiong counted each one carefully, his eyes full of shock.
Such a group coming to the Heavenly Curtain could only be the descendants of the Divine Guardian from the Mainland Countries. He knew the total number should be 109, along with Ye Lanfeng should make 110, yet there were 111 in view.
This means that not only were not one of the Divine Guardian’s descendants missing, but there was even one extra.
Dan Tai Changqing and Wei Xiaotian were also somewhat surprised. Although they guessed that with Mu Hanyan there, those Divine Guardian’s descendants reaching the Heavenly Curtain shouldn’t be too problematic, given Ye Lanfeng wouldn’t act easily and the unpredictable dangers of the North Abyss Misty Plain, one would expect to lose some manpower.
But this doesn’t matter. Corresponding to the respect for strength is survival of the fittest. Since it’s training, there’s no such thing as no casualties. Even among the Holy Court disciples, many have died in training. If one can’t pass the training in the North Abyss Misty Plain, then it’s a dead-end at the Heavenly Curtain too, so they didn’t think losing a few people was a big deal.
But they never dreamt that out of 109 people, not only was not one missing, but there was an extra as well.
"Brother Zhuang!"
"Junior Master Qing He!" Upon seeing Zhuang Ping’an and Sang Qinghe, a few cultivators who had arrived earlier cheered and went up.
"Hanyan, I finally waited for you." The old man also stepped forward to greet Mu Hanyan.
"Old Sir Qu, why are you here too?" Mu Hanyan asked, surprised. This white-haired old man with a face full of wrinkles in front of her was none other than Qu Shanling, Qu the Godman.
"Why can’t I come? Just after you left, I also had a bloodline awakening. Turns out I’m also a descendant of the Divine Guardian, hahahaha." Qu Shanling laughed loudly, full of self-satisfaction.
"But you’re already so old, why risk this danger?" Hearing that Qu Shanling also had a bloodline awakening, Mu Hanyan naturally felt happy for him but couldn’t help saying.
In fact, it’s not only them, more than a hundred people from the Mainland Countries who’ve had a bloodline awakening as descendants of the Divine Guardian, but those who are too old have missed the best cultivation timing, making the chances of obtaining inheritance extremely small. Coming to North Abyss Misty Plain might just be sending themselves to die. Thus, last time various countries sent people to the Holy Court, most were under 40 years old, mostly in their twenties.
Just at Qu Shanling’s age, really, there’s no need to run here and risk it.
"What’s this ’old’? I’m only just over forty myself, which means there’s still hope." Qu Shanling said, blowing his beard and glaring.
Mu Hanyan’s cold sweat suddenly started to pour out. True, the God-man’s white hair is dyed, the face full of wrinkles is squeezed, and the real age is only just over forty, not much older than the few slightly older ones in their group.
"Young Master Mu, you’ve arrived." Wei Xiaotian and Dan Tai Changqing came forward at this moment.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting." Seeing the situation, Mu Hanyan knew they were deliberately waiting for her, so she said politely.
"No worries, actually we haven’t waited long." Wei Xiaotian said, waving his hand repeatedly. His life was saved by Mu Hanyan, so he certainly wouldn’t complain over this small matter.
"You’ve come too," Dan Tai Changqing said to Ye Lanfeng.
Both of them were once regarded as the most hopeful to take on the position of Holy Master, yet after the battle in Anyun City, Dan Tai Changqing was thoroughly defeated by Ye Lanfeng, and since then they became as strangers. This was the first thing he said to Ye Lanfeng since then.
"Yes, I’m here," Ye Lanfeng said blandly. Although he still maintained his habitual smile, it still gave a sense of transcendent detachment.
Only when facing Mu Hanyan, or her friends and family, would Ye Lanfeng show a sense of closeness.