NFBE Chapter 61 Return to town
Chapter 61 Return to town
Shao Ming looked at her in silence for a while, then finally took her hand...
Looking down at the Dutian Pavilion, which was getting further and further away from them, and its current state, Shao Ming felt increasingly pleased.
He only regretted that he hadn't witnessed their deaths firsthand; otherwise, he would have personally delivered the final blows to appease those who had seen him but pretended not to know anything.
"Oh, by the way, I noticed that the kid surnamed Zhang was taking a portrait to find another person. He's probably also a blood slave. Do you have any connection with him?"
Shao Ming seemed to pause for a while before replying, "No, I only know that in that cage, there was only me."
"That's it."
It seems he doesn't want to reunite with the person who escaped. I wonder what happened between them that made him like this.
Liu Xingxing changed the subject at the right moment: "Tsk, if we fly like this we'll miss the meal time. You'd better hurry up, I need to speed up."
"it is good."
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Xikou Town
Ah Zheng was already used to Liu Xingxing picking up someone as soon as she went out, after all, there were precedents for this.
However, this boy looked rather pitiful, with many scars on his body that seemed to have been deliberately left.
Liu Xingxing was in such a hurry that she forgot to change Shaoming's clothes to clean. It wasn't until people kept glancing at her that she remembered. She only remembered this when she was eating, so she used a spell to cleanse him and asked Azheng to give Shaoming a set of his clothes to wear temporarily. Only then was the matter settled.
Baili Shu remained in his room as always, making no sound.
Today, with another person arriving, Liu Xingxing had to rent another room for Shaoming. The meals were served as usual, since she had been eating extra portions every day for the past few days and was quite full. This was just right.
Before they knew it, they had been living in the town for almost half a month.
"Tuk Tuk Tuk"
One afternoon, Liu Xingxing knocked on Shaoming's door.
"squeak"
Shao Ming looked at the person outside the door with some surprise. Since he moved into this inn, he had rarely gone out except for his daily mealtimes. Liu Xingxing had never asked him anything either. It was unexpected that she would come to find him today.
"Here, I've prepared some medicine for you to remove scars and promote tissue regeneration. Take one dose daily, and you'll see results in half a month."
Liu Xingxing casually handed over a jade bottle.
Shao Ming took it with both hands in surprise and looked at her: "This was specially made for me?"
"Yes, I really don't like the sight of all those scars on your body. I'll just do some medicine to remove them when I have some free time. You're so young, it's not good to have so many scars. You'd be uncomfortable looking at them yourself. I guarantee the medicine will remove all the scars."
Shao Ming was deeply moved, and said with a touch of self-mockery, "So, alchemy really doesn't need... anything like blood as a catalyst. I used to think you..."
"You think I'm just another Zhang?"
Liu Xingxing continued what he wanted to say.
"Yes, sorry."
Liu Xingxing smiled indifferently: "It's okay, it's understandable that you think that way. Oh right, I have something else to talk to you about. Let's go inside."
Shaoming was slightly puzzled, but he still stepped aside to let the man into the house.
"My benefactor, is there anything else important that you wish to discuss?"
"Didn't you say you were kidnapped from the Southern Frontier by someone surnamed Zhang? This place isn't particularly far from the Southern Frontier. Do you remember where you used to live? Are you an orphan?"
Shao Ming suddenly became anxious: "My benefactor, no, is planning to take me back?"
"No, it's just that I've heard some things about the Southern Frontier and wanted to ask you about them. Besides, I want to learn more about you, you know. I can't just bring someone I don't know back to the sect without knowing anything about them."
Shaoming thought about it carefully and realized that what she said was true, so he began to recall it seriously.
"I don't know if I qualify as an orphan. I only remember that when I was five years old, I accidentally got separated from my family. But... I also seem to remember that someone abandoned me and ran away..."
"It's been too long, I... I don't remember very well. If that's really the case, what's the point of me going back? In that case, how am I any different from an orphan?"
"Later, I wandered around in the southern desert for several years. One day, I went out to find something to exchange for food. I was accidentally captured by that person and imprisoned for more than 20 years."
"Now that I have been saved by my benefactor, who has also given me medicine and food, I will naturally follow wherever my benefactor goes."
After listening to his words, Liu Xingxing pondered for a while and realized that it roughly matched the description in the novel. Xin Shaoming had indeed gone missing once when he was a child, but he told Lu Xihan about it when he was drunk. However, no young royal descendant had gone missing in the Sand Gu Clan now.
Xin Shaoming of the Sand Gu Clan is currently living a perfectly good life, eating, drinking, and having fun, and is respected by everyone in the clan.
Good heavens, thank goodness she made a special trip to the southern border region of the desert a couple of days ago to conduct an on-site investigation and inquire about the Sand Gu tribe.
However, Liu Xingxing did not remember any incident involving true or false royal descendants in the Sand Gu Clan. In fact, the only description of Xin Shaoming's disappearance in the novel was the few words he uttered while drunk.
That bastard author left way too many plot holes.
It seems she'll be busy again.
Liu Xingxing carefully said, "I... want to tell you something."
Seeing her hesitant look, Shao Ming felt uneasy: "What is it? Please speak, my benefactor."
"Do you know about the Sand Gu tribe in the southern desert?"
"I know that the Sand Gu Clan has a very high prestige in the southern border region of the desert, and they control most of the southern desert area."
Liu Xingxing stared at him intently for a moment: "Then do you know that the youngest royal descendant of the Sand Gu Clan is surnamed Xin, and his given name is... Shaoming?"
Shao Ming's pupils dilated slightly, but his expression remained largely unchanged: "Having the same name is... normal..."
"The Sand Gu Clan's royal descendants have mostly possessed the metal and earth elemental roots throughout history. There have also been many royal descendants with only one elemental attribute, and most of them became clan leaders. However, the current Sand Gu Clan leader possesses both metal and earth elemental roots, and his position was passed down from brother to brother after the death of his elder brother..."
"What exactly are you trying to say?"
“A couple of days ago I went to the interior of the Sand Gu Clan and examined Xin Shaoming’s spiritual roots. They are dual spiritual roots of metal and wood.”
"As a member of the royal family, why would you have a wood elemental root? Even if it's a mutation, why is it wood in particular? As for you, I touched your elemental root that day, and it's a single metal elemental root, and your root bone is very pure."
Shao Mingmu stood there, stunned. This news was like a bomb, turning his mind into mush.
"You, you mean..."
"All the questions can only be verified by going to the Sand Gu Clan; otherwise, all the guesses are meaningless."
This dramatic shift in his answer left Shao Ming's heart pounding, unable to calm down for a long time: "I understand, I..."
"There's no need to rush to reply to me about this. You can only go after you've left Baili Pass. You can think about it carefully."
"I will think it over carefully. Thank you to my benefactor for letting me know about this matter. Otherwise, with my abilities, I probably would never have known in this lifetime."
"Then you don't need to be so self-deprecating. You will know what you are meant to know one day. It's just a matter of time."
Liu Xingxing didn't linger any longer, giving him some space to digest on his own. She hadn't had lunch yet, so she went out to find something to eat.
A few more days passed, and the array in Baili Shu's room was finally activated. However, from the outside, there was nothing unusual about it. But Liu Xingxing could sense any changes in the array that she had personally set up.
The formation, which had been making a racket for a while, suddenly dissipated, and a person with a radiant face and an even more otherworldly air than before entering the pass walked out of the room, presumably having successfully advanced.
"Oh, early stage of Nascent Soul, you've advanced a major realm. I'm very respectful."
Liu Xingxing was the first person to greet him, and she could tell at a glance how far this guy had risen in his cultivation.
"Thanks to the protective array of Fellow Daoist Qing... Fellow Daoist Liu, I was able to advance so smoothly. It's been many days, how are you all? What about Ah Zheng? Has he woken up yet?"
"He woke up early this morning, and now I wonder where he's wandering off to. You've been in seclusion for the past few days, so you've missed out on a lot of things."
"Oh? Then Fellow Daoist Liu, you must have a good talk with me."
"Sure, but you've just come out of seclusion, you should go and eat something to fill your stomach first. I'm sure you're tired of the fasting pills."
Now that you mention it, that's indeed the idea.