Chapter 1655: “Birthday Well Wishes (3)”
But Jun Wu Xie wasn’t too concerned with that. She continued on her way leading Ye Sha and Ye Gu straight towards the main hall that the Spirit Jade Palace Lord was at.
The Spirit Jade Palace Lord was lying on his side upon the plush lounge as he gazed lazily to see Jun Wu Xie appear before his eyes, a twitch slowly forming upon his handsome countenance.
Only the Heavens knew how much he yearned to not see that brat’s face any longer.
“What more do you want?” The Spirit Jade Palace Lord felt that his choice to work together with Jun Wu Xie back then was a mistake.
No matter how he protested and rejected him, the kid still went about doing things his way as he pleased. In the end, he decided to simply not say anything and just let the kid run loose. Fortunately, besides being just a little egoistical, the kid acted a lot more appropriately with other things, and he had never antagonized the other disciples of the Spirit Jade Palace. Otherwise, the Spirit Jade Palace Lord wouldn’t know whether he would raise his hand to throw the kid out himself.
Of course, there was a prerequisite to that even happening. It could only be carried out when those two door guardians at Jun Wu’s side were not around!
“Do you still remember the agreement between us?” Jun Wu Xie asked as she looked calmly at the Spirit Jade Palace Lord, automatically disregarding the utter disdain in the Palace Lord’s eyes.
“I have naturally not forgotten.” The Spirit Jade Palace Lord replied with a lift of his eyebrow. If not for the fact that this kid had set such tempting conditions for the agreement in the beginning, how would he have been lured onto this pirate ship of hers! ?
“Ten days after today, it’s the Pure Grace Palace Lord’s birthday, and the various palaces will send their people to deliver well wishes. You can go collect a portion of your interest already.” Jun Wu Xie said nonchalantly, but her words had made the Spirit Jade Palace Lord unable to keep himself calm.
[Interest?]
[That one word could carry a meaning of astronomical proportions or be of no significance. Could Jun Wu be intending to do something during the Pure Grace Palace Lord’s birthday banquet?]
The Spirit Jade Palace Lord restrained the contempt in his eyes as his gaze became tinged with wariness.
Although the Pure Grace Palace was not comparable with the Flame Demons Palace and the Blood Fiend Palace in any way, but to be able to maintain its own standing and not crumble among the Twelve Palaces, without having to become fully oppressed by other palaces, the Pure Grace Palace would naturally possess its own kind of strength. And on the Pure Grace Palace Lord’s birthday, according to the rules of the Twelve Palaces, they would naturally send people to deliver their well wishes. Such matters were naturally what the Spirit Jade Palace Lord had experienced before the Spirit Jade Palace fell into decline.
It might be termed as sending their well wishes, but it was more like an event where the various palaces sent out a bunch of their most talented disciples to flaunt their might, turning it into a way they all showed themselves off.
And Jun Wu had actually chosen this period of time to extend an invitation to him, which just made it obvious that the kid was thinking to do something during the banquet.
But!
The banquet would be held in the Pure Grace Palace, and during that period, the elites from the various palaces would also be present. Just how bold was this kid to actually choose this most unsuitable time to go wreck havoc upon the Twelve Palaces?
[Had water leaked into his brain?]
“You’re certain that you are going there to”collect my interest” and not going there to give your life away?” The Spirit Jade Palace Lord asked with his eyes narrowed as he looked at Jun Wu. It wasn’t that he did not believe in Jun Wu’s abilities, but it was just that such a method was too bold and daring. One single careless misstep if discovered would have the kid immediately sink into a hopeless situation, surrounded and besieged from all sides. Even with both Ye Sha and Ye Gu’s protection, for Jun Wu to escape unscathed under the all round siege from the Pure Grace Palace and the elites of the other various palaces, would not be such an easy feat.
[This kid is toying with his life!]
“Go if you believe me, do as you wish if you do not.” Jun Wu Xie had not intended to explain all that much to the Spirit Jade Palace Lord. She had come to tell the Spirit Jade Palace Lord this merely because she wanted to keep her side of the bargain in the agreement between them.
A corner of the Spirit Jade Palace Lord’s mouth twitched slightly, his heart longing to deliver one good palm strike to smack this little brat dead.
[When then will this kid learn to converse properly! ?]
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“I’ll give you five minutes’ time to consider.” Jun Wu Xie said.
“…..” The urge to strangle Jun Wu to death rose up within the Spirit Jade Palace Lord once more.
[Go? How was he supposed to go?]
Before the Spirit Jade Palace fell into decline, he had never gone to any of such events. With the kind of “unique condition” he was afflicted with, asking him to go to the Pure Grace Palace and seeing the squeezy crowd with all those men….. Just the thought of it made the Spirit Jade Palace Lord’s skin crawl.
[This kid obviously knows about that and here he is asking him to do that. What other motives could he be hiding?]
“My Lord!” A gentle and sweet sounding voice suddenly rang out.
It was not known from when the figure of Zi Jin had appeared within the main hall and she walked slowly to come before the Spirit Jade Palace Lord to kneel down.
“Zi Jin is willing to accompany Young Master Jun to go to the Pure Grace Palace.” Zi Jin said determinedly with her head lowered.
The oppression the Spirit Jade Palace had suffered for so many years could not have been any clearer to Zi Jin. If what Jun Wu said was really true, that he would be able to deliver a severe blow to the Twelve Palaces, she was willing to go pay witness to it with her own eyes.
The Spirit Jade Palace Lord arched up an eyebrow slightly and looked at Zi Jin who had her head lowered before him. After a moment, he raised up his head to look at Jun Wu.
“Can Zi Jin go on my behalf?”
Jun Wu Xie nodded her head. She was merely offering a choice towards their cooperation and it would not matter to her at all who went there.
The Spirit Jade Palace Lord then turned back to look at Zi Jin.
“Zi Jin, I shall order you to go forth, together with Young Master Jun to the Pure Grace Palace. But there is one thing you must definitely keep in mind. No matter what happens, you must not act rashly. What you do will not only involve just you yourself, but the entire Spirit Jade Palace.” The Spirit Jade Palace Lord’s voice suddenly sounded rather severe, and a notch less of his usual languid nonchalance.
Zi Jin had been brought up under his hand, and he knew very well what kind of personality Zi Jin had.
Zi Jin had a simple and honest nature, but was also easily easily provoked. Her inability to hold her composure was her most critical and deadly weakness. Once they go into the Pure Grace Palace, they would be like lambs within a horde of wolves, where the slightest slip up would result in the bones being picked clean.
“Zi Jin understands.” Zi Jin acknowledged obediently.
The Spirit Jade Palace Lord was still a little worried and he could not stop himself from saying to Jun Wu: “You have bummed so much food and drinks off my Spirit Jade Palace for so long and today I will hand Zi Jin over to you. I will take it as we’ve agreed that no matter whether you succeed or not, you have to bring her back safe and sound. Otherwise, our cooperation will henceforth be terminated.”
Jun Wu Xie nodded.
The Spirit Jade Palace Lord reminded Zi Jin with a few more words and then allowed Jun Wu and his people to leave.
Walking out from the Spirit Jade Palac
e, the sunlight shone upon the ground. The skies were completely clear, the weather considerably nice.
Compared to the Spirit Jade Palace where it was like spring all year round, Mount Fu Yao felt to be slightly colder. Zi Jin was a little unaccustomed to it following behind Jun Wu and his men, the sudden low temperature causing her to shudder.
Right at that moment, a thick cloak was pushed into her hands. Zi Jin raised her head up in surprise, to meet the cold and indifferent eyes of Jun Wu.
“Put it on.” Jun Wu Xie said emotionlessly, immediately turning herself around to continue on their way after saying that.
Zi Jin opened her mouth slightly and looked at the cloak in her hands before looking up to stare at Jun Wu’s back, her large eyes filling up with a glimmer.
Ye Sha and Ye Gu followed behind Jun Wu Xie and turned to look at Zi Jin who had fallen slightly behind, to see the strange look in her eyes.
It was fine with Ye Gu, who just thought that their Young Miss was really “gentle and considerate”.
But Ye Sha’s eyes showed a subtle change. He seemed to have seen in Zi Jin’s eyes, the same sentiment that he had previously seen in the eyes of Qu Ling Yue…..
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[That could not bode well at all…..]
Ye Sha was feeling a little speechless. Their Young Miss’ personality was cold. But those unconscious little sweet and considerate gestures of hers had really made those bumbling little girls fall head over heels…..
The truth was, these little “considerate” gestures were just Jun Wu Xie imitating others as she did not understand all this at all. She didn’t know what it could to the hearts of young girls when she treated them in such a manner while being dressed as a male.
Ye Sha just sighed inwardly to himself and pretended to not have discovered anything, praying in his heart that when Lord Jue returned, his Lord would not fly into a rage when he discovers all of these.
Walking down Mount Fu Yao, the foot of the mountain was sparse with any sign of people. Treading upon the road, Zi Jin wore the cloak, and wrapped herself up within it snugly, occasionally lifting her head up, her gaze inexorably falling upon the back of Jun Wu Xie fleetingly.
After walking for a rather long period, Zi Jin finally could not endure the dead silence anymore and she opened her mouth to ask: “We’re going to the Pure Grace Palace just like that?”
Jun Wu Xie’s steps paused and she turned to look at Zi Jin, her eyes questioning.
Zi Jin’s face immediately blushed and faking a brave front, she said: “My looks had been seen by quite a number of people back then on Mount Fu Yao. They already know that I am from the Spirit Jade Palace. Are you really intending to go there just like this?”
Jun Wu Xie shook her head. “We’re not going to the Pure Grace Palace yet.”
“Huh?” Zi Jin was slightly taken aback.
Jun Wu Xie then said: “You do not have to worry. I will arrange everything.” She turned to continue on forward upon saying that.
[You do not have to worry. I will arrange everything.]
Those few highly simple words, when they fell onto Zi Jin’s heart, stirred up a series of ripples in that calm placid lake.
Jun Wu Xie had no intentions of going to the Pure Grace Palace just like that. Without having to mention Zi Jin having been caught in a ruckus on Mount Fu Yao before, just Jun Wu’s face by itself must definitely not appear before the Twelve Palaces. Otherwise, without needing Zi Jin to show up, everyone would know that people from the Spirit Jade Palace had come.
Jun Wu Xie did not rush her way straight towards the Pure Grace Palace but had instead slowly led Zi Jin and the others to come to a main thoroughfare. They stopped to rest upon reaching there and Jun Wu Xie did not say what they were doing at all which just made Zi Jin’s heart bubble with countless questions.
But Ye Sha and Ye Gu never questioned much and Zi Jin had naturally not dared to mouth off too much. Hence, she could only remain there with them quietly.
After half a day had passed, upon that wide road, two horse carriages came tumbling from afar. The two horse carriages were exquisitely crafted and what attracted people’s attention the most was the banner unfurled above the carriages. Upon the silver white banners, were embroidered with an image of a new moon in dark gold colour.
This emblem, throughout the Middle Realm, was known by everyone. It belonged to one of the Twelve Palaces, the emblem of the Shadow Moon Palace!
On this road that Jun Wu Xie and her group waited on, was the road that the Shadow Moon Palace had to take to go to the Pure Grace Palace!
Within the bumpy and jostling horse carriage, several youths sat together in the first carriage. The wheels tumbled along and the several youths inside had been jolted by the carriage for five days already. They had become a little lazy, their bodies heavily slanted as they leaned against the sides of the carriage, like they had been sapped of all their strength.
There was only one youth who sat with his body straight and upright, whom the other youths subconsciously sat further apart from. Even though the other few of them were rather squashed in there together, no one dared to intrude into the space around that one youth.
“How much longer will it be till we reach the Pure Grace Palace? This body of mine is almost falling apart already.” A youth lamented as he stretched his arms, his face twisted up, looking highly aggrieved.
Delivering well wishes for a person’s birthday was to be a good thing. But under the current circumstances where the Twelve Palaces were secretly plotting against each other, it could no longer be considered as something good. They all knew it clearly in their hearts, that besides their own people, once they reach the Pure Grace Palace, all that they would come to face would only be opponents who did not see eye to eye with them.
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“Bear with it just a little longer. I wonder if those people at the Pure Grace Palace would prepare suitable living quarters for us. If no one bothers about us when we reach there, it would be really infuriating.” Another one of the youths could not help but grumble.
The Shadow Moon Palace and the Pure Grace Palace were not far from each other but their relationship was not that good. Having two palaces just slightly closer together, had brought about more instances of clashes in their fight for might. It could be said that their relations in private were highly strained. With it being the birthday celebration for the Pure Grace Palace Lord this time, although an invitation had been sent to the Shadow Moon Palace, the Shadow Moon Palace had purposely dragged it out till the last minute, before they carelessly sent out a few youths who had just recently joined the Shadow Moon Palace to go deliver well wishes.
The meaning behind their actions showing half heartedness.
And among the group of people from the Shadow Moon Palace, the only one who could be considered to carry any weight, would be the the youth who sat straight backed. It was rumoured that that youth was the godson of some Elder within the Shadow Moon Palace and he had grown up in the Shadow Moon Palace from young. In the Shadow Moon Palace, he was considered to be outstanding but there was just one point that the other youths disliked.
And that was his stubbornness.
The youth did not speak much, and possessed good powers. Logically, he should be one of the leaders of the pack among his peers. But this person had instead chosen to only listen to that Elder and nobody else, never liking to speak to any other person much. Even when other youths were friendly to him, he would just brush them off with cold and unfriendly words.
As time passed, he became estranged from the other youths and people in the Shadow Moon Palace just innocuously left him alone.
On this journey, the other youths joked and bantered and he was the only one ostracized. But he did not seem to mind it in the least as he just sat quietly, his eyes directed towards his nose and his nose pointed at his heart, remainin
g so silent like he was not there at all.
“Who knows.” The group of youths grumbled out of dire boredom.
The advancing carriage then suddenly jolted violently, which caused the youths inside the carriage to lurch forward, several of them crashing together in a clump, looking highly wretched.
The horse carriage had suddenly stopped!
The youths inside the carriage finally managed to pick themselves up and with their mood already driven into frustration by the toll of the journey, the youths became angry.
“What happened! ? Do you even know how to drive a carriage! ? Are you tired of living?” One of the youths shouted as he jumped out in a huff from inside the carriage, all prepared to teach the coachman a lesson.
But after moments passed, there wasn’t a sound coming from outside the car.
The several youths inside the carriage then felt it to be rather strange.
Suddenly, the faint scent of blood wafted in from outside the carriage.
“That kid couldn’t have accidentally killed the coachman could he? Then who will drive the carriage! ?” One of the youths said a little worriedly as his brows creased together upon smelling the scent of blood. But his words were so cold hearted and callous. What he cared about was not the fact that his companion could have killed an innocent man but was worried that there would be no one to drive the carriage.
The reactions of the other youths were all similar and the few of them stepped out one by one, intending to see what was going on.
But the moment they stepped out from the horse carriage, the faces of the youths immediately turned deathly pale!
They saw upon the wide road before them, stained red with blood. The youth who had jumped out of the carriage just moments before, had his head decapitated, his headless body lying grotesquely within the pool of his own blood, the garish red stinging the eyes of every single youth there!
And within that bloody and gory scene, a young youth stood, poised and refined before the horse, his hand raised up to slowly placate the startled animal.
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