Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated
Zhao Yanzi returned to the Ethereal Summit on Little White, satisfied.
Xie Yujia was watering the spiritual herbs in the valley; she was relieved when she looked up and saw Zhao Yanzi and Little White coming back. Although Zhao Yanzi was mean to her, she didn’t want anything to happen to her.
Zhao Yanzi ignored Xie Yujia and flew directly into her own cave abode.
Upon returning, she took the four storage bags off her waist and poured a whole bunch of stuff out.
All kinds of spirit stones, techniques, flying swords, and dharma notes were piled up together.
She and Little White ‘robbed’ four passing by cultivators from dawn till now, and they obtained four storage bags in total.
Of course, the cultivators who came to her weren’t so upright themselves. They saw how young Zhao Yanzi seemed and thought she was at the Qi Refinement Realm. They wanted to rob her because they thought she sneaked out with the spirit beast due to her master’s absolute protection, but to their surprise, Zhao Yanzi ‘practiced’ her sword technique and robbed them instead.
The smaller versioned Little White hopped up and down in excitement when it saw the ground covered with shiny objects. Obviously, Little White fell in love with it ‘promising robbing career’ because of hearing what Zhen Congming said and experiencing it first hand with Zhao Yanzi.
“106 low-tier spirit stones, four mid-tier spirit stones, three techniques, two flying swords, six dharma notes, three bottles of elixirs…” Zhao Yanzi looked through her trophies as she mumbled, “They don’t even have top-tier spirit stones. They are so poor!”
She didn’t know how rare those spirit stones were on Fifth Heaven. Only a high-status cultivator could own top-tier spirit stones.
Her cave abode wasn’t big, and those things took up a lot of space. However, they were all her trophies, so she didn’t want to throw them away. Zhao Yanzi thought for a bit and said to herself, “I’ll ask Hao Ren to open up another cave for these treasures when he comes up to Fifth Heaven next time.”
She turned to Little White, “What do you think, Little White?”
“Um…um…” It murmured and continued to nod as it wagged its tail.
“I’m not sure about these elixirs and techniques though. I’ll ask Zhen Congming to evaluate them when he comes here next time.”
She had it all planned. She and Little White would be the robbing gang that would rob evil people, Zhen Congming would be the adviser. Hao Ren would be the gang leader, and as for Xie Yujia… Um… she could be the support worker for the time being…
It had always been her dream to be a heroine who had a strong sense of justice and ready to help the weak. She wished to start a sect in the valley and take the mountain for her own.
Fifth Heaven now seemed to be an excellent place for her!
“We should head back, Zi!” Xie Yujia shouted as she stood in the valley.
“I know! I know!” Zhao Yanzi put everything in the corner and answered loudly.
Shoo! She flew out of the cave abode on Little White.
Xie Yujia looked at Zhao Yanzi standing in the valley and shrugged.
Little White landed in the valley and carried Xie Yujia on it back steadily. It liked Zhao Yanzi but didn’t want to mistreat the Big Zhumu. Therefore, it was well-behaved in front of Xie Yujia.
Shoo…Little White carried the two of them out of Fifth Heaven.
“Hao Ren is not in Fifth Heaven, so you shouldn’t mess around. We wouldn’t even have time to save you if something goes wrong,” Xie Yujia couldn’t hold back anymore and said.
“I know! I was just wandering around and didn’t do anything bad. Plus, Little White is really strong now, and no one can catch us!” Zhao Yanzi answered.
“Ah…” Xie Yujia knew she couldn’t win this argument, so she simply zipped her mouth.
Sitting in the front, Zhao Yanzi pouted. She knew that Xie Yujia was worried about her. She also knew that she would be scared in the valley last night if it weren’t for Xie Yujia. However, she acted like she didn’t want to hear what Xie Yujia had to say.
The two of them went back to First Heaven, and Xie Yujia dropped Zhao Yanzi off at her home.
Zhao Hongyu got up early and was in the kitchen when Zhao Yanzi pressed the doorbell. She opened the door and asked, “How come you didn’t come back all night, Zi!”
Zhao Yanzi didn’t say anything because she didn’t know how to explain herself. Xie Yujia smiled and covered up. “Auntie, Zi came to my place to review her schoolwork last night, and I kept her in my dorm for the night because it was pretty late.”
“So, where are your studying materials?” Zhao Hongyu looked down at Zhao Yanzi’s empty hands.
“They are in my dorm. I didn’t let her bring them back because she will be coming to my place to study every day,” Xie Yujia added.
“I couldn’t even reach you on your cell phone…” Zhao Hongyu complained, but then she smiled happily at Xie Yujia. “Thank you so much, Yujia. You are tutoring Zi even though your finals are coming soon as well. Plus, you dropped her off so early in the morning. Come in and have some breakfast!”
“It’s ok, Auntie. I need to go back to school soon,” Xie Yujia said politely.
“A meal won’t take up much of your time. I’ll drive you to school afterward.” Zhao Hongyu pulled Xie Yujia into the room in full spirit.
Zhao Jiayi pouted as she looked at Xie Yujia in dissatisfaction. But she then thought of how Xie Yujia covered for her and how she needed her excuses to go cultivate on Fifth Heaven over the next few days, so she had to pretend that she was close with Xie Yujia.
“Speaking of this, how come Ren didn’t tutor Zi?” Zhao Hongyu asked.
“He has been a bit busy, so I’m doing it for him,” Xie Yujia said with a smile.
Zhao Hongyu nodded slightly. She thought back to the big event that all dragon cultivators were closely paying attention to and knew why Hao Ren was busy.
It would be good for the East Ocean Dragon Palace if Hao Ren could become an official inspector now.
The influence of the Dragon God Shrine had been increasing during these years since there were more and more Qian-level masters joining them. It had slowly become a strong power, and it would even rival against the four ocean dragon palaces that had been accumulating power for ages.
For example, the Dragon God Shrine played a role in the war between East Ocean and West Ocean.
If Hao Ren could have a say in the Dragon God Shrine, it would offer the East Ocean Dragon Clan more control.
Even if Hao Ren couldn’t become an inspector, it wouldn’t hurt to have some practice. All the young dragon cultivators saw participating in the exams in the Dragon God Shrine as an honor, and it would be something to show off about if they could get a place in the top 200. That meant they were the top cultivators among hundreds of thousands of younger dragon cultivators.
Commanding General was a powerful yet somewhat chill position. Hao Ren had nothing to worry about as long as he didn’t need to lead the army to fight a war.
Hao Ren didn’t have any military merits, and his strength had never been shown. Some elders were secretly against this appointment.
But if Hao Ren could get a ranking in the Dragon God Shrine’s exams, it could turn some of the opposing voices in the dragon palace down as the Dragon God Shrine’s third-party assessment was very convincing.
Therefore, from this angle, Zhao Hongyu also wanted Hao Ren to attend the Dragon God Shrine’s exams and get a good rank.
“Since Ren has been busy lately, we will have to bother Yujia to tutor Zi,” Zhao Hongyu smiled gently and said to Xie Yujia.
“That’s my responsibility,” Xie Yujia slightly bowed. She was half mad at Zhao Yanzi, but Zhao Hongyu’s smile made her realize that she should tutor Zhao Yanzi carefully.
“Alright, Auntie. Let me help you with making the breakfast,” Xie Yujia laughed happily and entered the kitchen with her.
Zhao Yanzi looked at Zhao Hongyu and Xie Yujia as they walked away. She stood in the living room and wrinkled her nose, thinking, “Who’s my mom’s daughter here?”
While Xie Yujia and Zhao Hongyu were busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen, Hao Ren suddenly sat up from Su Han’s couch.
He didn’t wake up naturally. Instead, he woke up because he was starving.
He had a bowl of instant noodles last night and a simple snack afterword. How could he handle a whole night without food? Especially after Su Han beat him up badly in the field.
Hao Ren realized it was seven o’clock in the morning, so he turned on the TV, and the morning news was playing.
“Last night around midnight, unidentified individuals invaded the East Ocean Stadium and damaged some equipment and the field. We are further investigating this case…” The news popped up on the TV.
Hao Ren looked at Su Han’s bedroom, thinking, “You have such a big heart. My parents would kill me if they found out that I was related to this vandalization…”
Su Han’s bedroom was still quiet, and it seemed like she wasn’t going to wake up anytime soon. Hao Ren turned off the TV and put on his shoes. Then, he opened the door to the apartment and rang the bell of the opposite apartment.
After a few rings, the door opened.
Lu Qing appeared in front of Hao Ren in his grey pajamas.
“Gongzi Hao…Oh… Commanding General…” Lu Qing bowed.
He looked down at Hao Ren’s slippers and ragged clothes. Then, he looked at Su Han’s opened door behind Hao Ren…
“What did they do? Hao Ren’s clothes are all ragged. There are even some scratches on Hao Ren’s chest and shoulders…” he thought.
“Um… it’s not like that.” Hao Ren raised his hand. “Do you… have anything… I could wear?”
“Please come in, General,” Lu Qing stepped two steps back.
Hao Ren was only the Fuma before without a title, so Lu Qing could still call him ‘Gongzi Hao’. Now that he was the Commanding General of West Peace who could command close 1,000,000 soldiers, Hao Ren’s official ranking was even higher than Lu Qing!
“Please call me anything but General.” Hao Ren entered Lu Qing’s room. “Just give me some simple clothes.”
“Ok!” Lu Qing went back into his bedroom and walked out quickly with five to six suits.
Hao Ren remembered that Lu Qing usually wore suits, so most of his clothes at home were suits.
“Is there anything… that’s not so formal…” Hao Ren shook his head, embarrassed.
“Gongzi Hao, please wait a moment,” Lu Qing went back into his bedroom.
A few seconds later, he brought a set of Hawaiian T-shirt and shorts out of the bedroom.
“Um…” Hao Ren didn’t know what to say.
“Linlin and Lili just got these for me as they wanted me to take them to the beach during the summer vacation. This is the only thing that is not a suit here…” Lu Qing shrugged.
“It’s time for morning practice now, Hao Ren,” Su Han appeared at Lu Qing’s door in her deep-blue leaf-patterned shirt and mini skirt pants.
She had a short bat in her hand.
