Chapter 19: Level 9 Masters Don’t Kneel to the Emperor Part Two

Fang Jie nodded and replied, “Of course.”

“Ok then!” the crippled old man said, “You can go now. She can stay.”

Fang Jie turned around and left without saying anything else. He walked over to Da Quan and helped the latter to get up. While dusting off Da Quan, Fang Jie said with a smile, “From now on, we will survive together. It will be hard to adapt without a woman around us… but on the second thought, we will save a lot of money on liquor.”

Da Quan hesitated a little and said, “We will really leave Xiaoyao here?”

Fang Jie laughed and helped Da Quan move forward. “Didn’t you say that Chen Qingshan is Sister Xiaoyao’s junior sister?”

“Yeah.”

“Chen Qingshan is a top-tier level 8 master; she can’t be defeated even if there are 30 Sister Xiaoyao, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Therefore, Sister Xiaoyao is feeling frustrated since she is unwilling to admit defeat. She is the most stubborn person in the world, right?”

“Yeah.”

Fang Jie smiled and said reluctantly, “She accompanied me and did things for me for 15 years. Now, the opportunity is here. She has to live her own life. Although Chen Qingshan also protected me, I want to see how Sister Xiaoyao defeats Chen Qingshan. I find it thrilling just to think about it…”

“How come I don’t find it thrilling?” Da Quan asked.

“That is because you don’t have my level of understanding. Let’s go. I rarely act kind; don’t make me regret this, ok? We are a few months away from Chang’an; we have to hurry now. Don’t turn around and look. Since we made the decision, we have to stand by it. Even if Sister Xiaoyao calls us, we can’t turn around. Ok?”

“OK!”

…

Mu Xiaoyao didn’t call them; she followed them instead.

“What are you doing?”

Looking at Mu Xiaoyao who was following him with her bag, Fang Jie said with a bitter expression, “I finally acted selfless once; can’t you grant my wish? I will feel very guilty if you do this, ok? If I were you, I wouldn’t leave. Too bad that I’m a wastrel in terms of cultivation. I probably can’t… what are you doing?”

Fang Jie waved his hands helplessly and kicked his feet in the air.

Without saying a word, Mu Xiaoyao walked forward while holding up Fang Jie by his belt.

“I can walk myself!” Fang Jie said.

Mu Xiaoyao walked a few steps forward in silence before saying, “I know that you can walk yourself, but there might be dangers in the city. Although I can’t detect that crippled old man and that woman, two out of the four masters who I sensed earlier are still around. I declined the crippled old man, so he wouldn’t help us out anymore. That woman also might not get involved more. We have to leave the city. Once we are out, we can ditch them by using Da Quan’s ability.”

“Do you know what kind of an opportunity you missed? Don’t you always want to surpass Chen Qingshan?” Fang Jie asked while struggling to get free.

“Yeah… even in my dreams,” Mu Xiaoyao said while walking, “I entered our faction at the age of six, and I was seen as the pride of the faction. My master said that I would be the one who brings honor and glory to our faction. Chen Qingshan also entered the faction at the age of six, but she got there three years later than me. I was at top-tier level 3 when she hadn’t even cultivated. During her second year there, I reached level 4, and she obtained the inspiration and started to cultivate. During her third year, I reached level 5, and she was already at level 4. At 12 years old… I started to run around with you. About 15 years passed, yet I’m still at level 5.”