The Anarchic Consort c1-1376

by Warring Young Seven

  "Mm hm. He still is."

  Retired Emperor let out a long sigh. "What happened at that time was all my fault. If it wasn't for me, that big fire...forget it, just let him choose whoever he wants to choose then."

  Tusu Feng smiled again and answered with a 'yes'. Everyone knew Retired Emperor's treatment of Third Prince could even be said to be pampered to the maximum.

  However, this pampering was layered with a guilt that he'd never talked to anybody else about. If Retired Emperor hadn't been too impatient at that time and announced to the world that Baili Jia Jue's body was connected to three kinds of elements, then there wouldn't have been so many people who, for the sake of obtaining power, hatched those evil schemes against the him who had just barely broken through a qi level.

  During that year, what his treasured grandson lost wasn't just his qi.

  But also all of his faith in human nature.

  Ever since after his imperial mother passed away, he and that girl had relied upon one another for survival.

  But who would've thought that that girl, also for the sake of obtaining a higher position, colluded with outsiders, and at a time when he let his guard down the most, she led the wolves inside the palace and set off the fire.

  Made his treasured grandson almost lose his life!

  From then on, his treasured grandson had not gotten close to any female.

  He'd truly been scared off, sigh.

  During those times his treasured grandson didn't even step foot out of the door.

  Later, only after he was burned did he recover some of his former indifference. He responded to every matter with an attitude of total disregard.

  However, as a grandfather, Retired Emperor understood more than anyone that the matter must've been buried in him and even more so, couldn't possibly be so easy to just remove from his heart...

  Chapter 94 - He Chases, She Hides

  Commerce Plaza. Inside the armament shop. Grandmaster stood up all of a sudden, looked at Wei Wei drinking tea, and paced back and forth. "It's no good, disciple. It certainly is not so easy to dodge from being targeted by that icy fellow. What's more, in front of so many people, you even rejected him like that. This time, he definitely will hold a grudge against you."

  "Master. Don't worry, Retired Emperor already held Third Prince back. No matter what, I reckon he must've punished him." A grandson who was so disobedient must've been punished. As Wei Wei was speaking, she was stroking the white cat held in her bosom. How very indolent.

  Grandmaster shook his head and replied, "Girl, you don't know how much Retired Emperor dotes on that icy fellow. Listen to Master. Let's hide from him a bit!"

  "Putting it that way..." Wei Wei seemed to have thought of something, her eyes tightened up, "Just now, he even said he'd sort me out."

  Grandmaster blew on his beard, "What did I say, and you still won't take it seriously!"

  Wei Wei yawned lazily, "How could I have thought that he would choose me. This prince really is normally too bored, so he wanted to find a bit of excitement from me, and nicely made Retired Emperor get angry."

  "It's not necessarily like that." Grandmaster let out a sigh, "Retired Emperor also wants him to find someone who'll keep him company. His Highness has been too solitary in life."

  Helian Wei Wei's hand paused and didn't say anything.

  Grandmaster seemed to be caught up in reminiscing and told Wei Wei about all the things that happened that year, including the part about how Third Prince was betrayed.

  Wei Wei's eyebrows jumped. "Master, you telling me these things, are you trying to tell me something?"

  "What I mean is, if it's not possible to hide, you can just let it be and marry him." Grandmaster raised his head and looked at the ceiling, "In any case, you don't have a person that you like, right? Is it possible that Murong Chang Feng is still constantly on your mind?"

  Wei Wei knead her forehead, "Master, don't use words to incite me. I've said it many times. I'm not interested in things like getting married."

  She finally experienced how it feels to have someone push her into getting married.

  Indeed, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry (It's both funny and embarrassing).

  Anyways, she wasn't some leftover vegetables to be sold at the market, getting ready to be marked down so that it'll sell.

  Well alright, so even though at this age, she's already considered an 'old maid' in ancient times, however, in modern times, she's still a teenager, ok? !

  "Fine. If you truly don't want to marry that icy fellow, then you now need to first leave White Academy." Grandmaster looked at her, the light in his eyes profoundly deepened. "These couple of days, master also wants to go down the mountain, to make preparations for the grand martial qi competition not long from now. At the Flower Gifting Festival, you were in the limelight like that, it will inevitably draw people's jealousy. I'm afraid that once I leave, at that time, something will happen to you here. I also won't be able to rush back quickly enough to stand up for you. Moreover, from what I see of that icy fellow's intent, he'll come find you tonight. What's most important is that I called you over this time also in order to have you leave White Academy for three days and go participate in an armament convention."

  Wei Wei looked up in an interested manner. "An armament convention? Master, are you talking about the armament convention where we compete in the assembly and disassembly of armaments, and also could conduct an armament auction?"

  "Correct, it's precisely that armament convention." Zi Zun smiled. "Right now, these people mock you like this, only because you're not a genuine armament master. Only by getting acknowledged there will you have the qualifications to be an armament master and obtain other people's respect."

  The armament convention was an extremely important event for every armament master. This is the place to unearth talent. It's conducted once every three years and the purpose was to allow the armament masters to unceasingly discover fresh new blood.

  Zi Zun wanted Wei Wei to go and participate. Firstly, it's as he had said, Wei Wei needed to pass through a test like that in order to prove her own ability. Secondly, the armament convention was where talents gather. Only by meeting a well-matched adversary would his dear disciple's competitive spirit be aroused.

  Allegedly, ranked second in the world, Young Master Wu Shuang would also participate in this year's armament convention.

  This son of an old friend's someone he was previously acquainted with him. He'd completed an armament at a very young age.

  In regards to being naturally gifted, he really didn't know if the opponent was more gifted or if his own disciple was even more gifted.

  Speaking of which, this dear disciple of his was simply too good at concealing herself.

  Up until now, she still won't let him tell other people about her mastery in the field of armaments.

  Those elders at the academy were constantly pitying him. No small number of teachers sent people to him precisely because they felt it was easy to look down upon his dear disciple and wanted to take over her position.

  Humph!

  Really treating him like an old dotard who could no longer make sense of what he's looking at.

  His dear disciple was being thoughtful and didn't want to create more troubles for him.

  Otherwise, she would've already made an armament and lord it over them.

  However, Grandmaster's only worry right now was that he's afraid his dear disciple would feel that going to the conference was too troublesome and refuse to go.

  Speaking of this point, in this regard, she and that icy fellow were exactly alike!

  He often felt as if he saw illusions. Looking at his dear disciple sometimes felt as if he was looking at that distant and aloof Third Prince.

  Even within their indolence, they never lose their poise.

  They looked to be indifferent, yet held heaven and earth in the palm of their hand. Figuratively speaking, with a flip of their hand they could make clouds and wi
th another flip they could bring rain.

  However, the single difference was that that icy fellow's heart was too dark!

  It's still his own dear disciple who's the lovable one!

  Borrowing Nangong Lie's nickname for him, that group of elders had already been scared off by 'Ah Jue's tyranny. With Third Prince as the baseline, he reckoned they ought to be satisfied with just about any other champion.

  Seeing that Wei Wei didn't say anything for so long, he even thought that there was no hope for this matter.

  When he heard Wei Wei smile and asked, "That armament convention, how can I participate?"

  "Master has an invitation card right here!" His eyes shined and turned his body to fish out a gold invitation card. "Half a year ago, they already sent me the invitation. This card right here was snatched from Tu Tian's* team. In any case, he has so many disciples, the armament convention also gave him many invitations, so he won't miss this one. You can use it to get in; no one will dare to block your path."

  (*Translators note: from this point forward, Tu Lao's name will be changed to Tu Tian.)

  Wei Wei received that invitation card, but she was actually thinking about another matter. She might participate in that armament competition if it's convenient. However, what did that auction represent?

  It represented big moolah!

  Such a good opportunity to make money.

  As the boss of an armament business, how could she not take part, heehee.

  Ah.

  She'd need to bring the Hei family's young master along in a moment, so he could act as a 'front' for her business.

  There's no time to lose. She certainly didn't want to be intercepted by Third Prince before she even left for the journey.

  That guy was even more difficult to deal with than she had imagined. She needed to hide first.

  Let's be clear, she wasn't afraid of him. It's just that provoking this kind of character was just too troublesome...

  "Master, I'm leaving first." Wei Wei had always been a person who got things done. A person like her would never let an opportunity slip. "In regards to the academy, will Master make the request for a few days of absence on my behalf."

  Grandmaster subconsciously nodded his head. Frankly, he was still a little confused. What in the world did he say to have that disciple of his, who always disliked being the limelight, instantly agree so simply and easily like that?

  Chapter 95 - I Will Play With You

  After Helian Wei Wei returned to her quarters, the first thing she did was to tidy up and pack.

  Actually, there's no need to bring too many things for daily use. What's most important was to bring money and materials for making armaments.

  When it got boring on the way, she could make a few more armaments. At that time, there would be more of them to sell for money.

  But what Wei Wei didn't anticipate was how quickly Baili Jia Jue moved!

  Wei Wei saw layers upon layers of imperial guards outside the Inferior Compound and knew then that she wouldn't be able to return to her room. She merely went to the outhouse and he already came.

  Wei Wei's long shapely eyebrows creased. In a flash, her figure already hid beneath a big tree. Her back leaned closely against the tree trunk, only exposing a pair of limpid eyes.

  "Your Highness." Someone dropped to his knees in front of Baili Jia Jue, his voice deep and low, "Everything is normal."

  The man all of a sudden seemed as if he turned and took a look towards this side.

  Wei Wei immediately retracted her gaze. She gave the illusion that she'd stopped breathing.

  Phew. She almost got caught.

  Even though this man didn't possess qi, however, his vigilant nature was more formidable than anyone else's.

  Don't know whether it was because he was used to being in a position of power.

  Even though they were separated by such a great distance, Wei Wei could still feel the oppression coming from his presence.

  She believed in her ability to conceal and camouflage herself.

  At one time, in order to accomplish a mission, she stayed in the jungle for two whole days and one night without being discovered.

  This is the instinct of someone who was an elite special agent.

  Make the most accurate judgement at the most appropriate opportunity.

  Let's wait until he entered the room before she withdrew quickly in the interim. That'd be easiest, since their front line would be disturbed when he moved.

  She's not anxious. What she should be anxious about were those guards who concealed themselves early on in the surrounding areas.

  In a moment, who knows, maybe they could even help her hinder Baili Jia Jue. Wei Wei smiled. Within her indolence, there was a bit of devilishness...

  "Stand guard outside." The man's voice was as apathetic and ice cold as before, but contained within was a trace of contemplation.

  Eunuch Sun was somewhat distracted. Regarding His Highness' decision, there was something he didn't quite understand...

  Ordinarily, if he encountered this sort of situation, His Highness certainly wouldn't have reacted this way.

  What the hell's going on with the way he's treating Miss Helian?

  Wei Wei certainly didn't care about what Eunuch Sun was thinking, taking advantage of the opportunity to dodge and escape from the Inferior Compound.

  She hadn't finished packing her stuff.

  She just ran empty-handed like this. When she thought of that, she wasn't very willing.

  However, it's better than being stopped, after all.

  Thinking to this point, Wei Wei turned her head around and smiled, faced the dashing young man at the window and blew a kiss. "See you later, handsome guy, Third Prince."

  Oh no. Don't need to see you later.

  Should be bye bye.

  Wei Wei originally was a munitions special agent. With regards to this kind of stealth movements at night, she was an unbeatable expert at it.

  She first needed to circ.u.mvent a few locust trees and avoid the academy's traps. There were also those teachers holding lanterns on their night patrols to evade. Finally, she successfully arrived at the Superior Compound in secret...

  And at this moment, Baili Jia Jue pushed open the door to her room and after he saw the half packed bundle on the wooden bed, his pair of eyes instantly became extremely cold.

  With a swish.

  He drew up the curtains. His face was calm as he turned around.

  After that, he slowly walked out, his footsteps were somewhat slow-moving, as if he didn't have a care at all.

  However, no one realized that within the darkness, that pair of eyes narrowed little by little. Within eyes so deep one couldn't see the extent of their depth was a chill that could make a person's heart seize up.

  After that, he laughed.

  His thin lips seemed as if it was both curved and not curved, carrying a demonic chill that made a person shiver from the heart.

  Eunuch Sun's eyes slightly looked up, when he faced those ice-cold eyes belonging to Third Prince, he became petrified. He originally wanted to step foot into the room, but he immediately stiffly retrieved his leg.

  "Where is she?" Baili Jia Jue only asked a question, yet his ice-cold voice made the people in the shadows shivered for no reason.

  Among them, one shadow responded. "Reporting to His Highness, Miss Helian should be going to the outhouse. It was inconvenient for us to follow her, therefore..."

  "Outhouse?" The chill in Baili Jia Jue's eyes reduced a little and he walked back again. This was but a little room, yet everything was arranged very neatly and tidily all around. That bundle was the only anomaly.

  His long and slender fingers pushed it apart. There wasn't any clothes inside, and was actually a pile of black metals, but those black metals also wasn't very uncommon, and could be purchased at any armament shop.

  In the middle of the night, she used the privy, as for those packed things? Within Baili Jia Jue's narrowed eyes, somet
hing quickly flashed which slowly raised a penetrating chilliness.

  Ah, he still underestimated her.

  While training an unfamiliar fox, it would always first take an opportunity to come excessively close and obediently allow you to pet it a little, after which it would ferociously b.a.r.e its claw.

  Everything was normal?

  From the beginning, she clearly already planned to leave.

  Good. Very good. If she wanted to play, he will play with her!

  Baili Jia Jue curved his lips and smiled. There seemed to be a black fog issuing from his pupils which generally made people cold to the bones.

  He threw aside the bundle in his hand. The pieces of metal producing 'clunk clunk clang clang' noises.

  Not a single person dared to speak.

  The air seemed to have been frozen. Everyone didn't dare to look at him.

  The people in the shadows hung their heads even closer to the ground. The responsibility of guarding Miss Helian was something His Highness had assigned to them, but they actually didn't know when Miss Helian disappeared...

  That Miss Helian truly also had quite the nerve. Master already asked her to wait, and she just went and disappeared whenever she wanted to.

  If she was caught by His Highness at this moment, very likely...

  Baili Jia Jue's eyes submerged slightly deeper, his voice was also cold to the extreme, pausing after each word as he issued an order. "Go and find her for me."

  She still hadn't left the academy.

  That tea was hot.

  It's possible that she really went to the outhouse. Only, after coming back from there, she saw the guards outside, and then took the opportunity to run away.

  At this moment, Wei Wei indeed hadn't left the academy. She still needed to find her comrade. It's just that, from the distance, she already saw a large number of guards rapidly moving, as if they wanted to block the various doorways to every single courtyard.