A day passed quickly as if someone had rushed the time...
Finally, a day had passed without anything happening at the Purple Dragon Auction House as Zheng-Fu had imagined. The enemy that was hiding had no sign of showing his head at all. So that night, Zheng-Fu just spent all night cultivating.
Aaaaah!!!
Zheng-Fu opened his eyes and looked at the sky, which seemed rather gloomy, before saying, "Is it morning already…? Yaaawn!!! Looks like the weather today isn't very good. What a bad omen." After saying this, Zheng-Fu got up from his bed to take a bath.
Thump, thump, thump!!!
Knock, knock, knock!!!
"Young Master Zheng-Fu!!! Young Master Zheng-Fu!!!"
Squeak!!!
After taking a bath and not getting dressed, the knocks on the door of his room rang out, along with the sound of Bao-Jin calling him out loud. Zheng-Fu went to open the door and asked, "What's up!? Why did you guys come to me this early in the morning?" He made a confused face.
Oops!!!
But suddenly, a small, high-pitched cry rang out when the young woman, Bao-Bao, behind her brother, saw Zheng-Fu's figure that had only a single piece of cloth covering the lower part. The upper part was completely open, revealing the beautiful wavy muscles on his abdomen. Her face turned red, and she looked down at the floor in embarrassment.
"Hey!!! What's the matter? Why did you come to me?" But Zheng-Fu did not care much; he already wanted to show it anyway, so he asked Bao-Jin again.
"Ah... um... We must apologize to Young Master, for disturbing you now, which is not early, but it's too late in the morning. But that doesn't matter. I just received the news that our kingdom's outpost had been seized by the Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven Kingdom's army. Our own sect is there, so…"
"So, you guys came to me and wanted me to take you there, right?" Zheng-Fu interjected as if he knew what Bao-Jin wanted to say next.
"We know that it would be selfish of us to beg Young Master. But our master, brothers, and sisters are there, and we don't know what will happen to them now, so we want to go to Frontier City. Whether Young Master will take us or not, we have to go, sir," Bao-Jin said very firmly and seriously that they had to go to the outpost.
"You guys can go. I won't forbid you. But what can you do once you've arrived there? What if your master and brothers were caught? How will you guys help them? And if they're dead, aren't you going to waste your lives in vain?"
"Um... That's..."
"I think you should look into the news carefully and come up with a plan. If you go without any plans, it'll be like you guys running into fighting with a tiger with your bare hands," Zheng-Fu still said calmly and gave some thought to Bao-Jin and his group.
"But... where are we going to find the news?" Bao-Jin asked curiously.
"I'll take care of that. You take these energy stones and hurry to absorb them. Your current power level definitely won't allow you to fight with anyone!" After saying this, Zheng-Fu immediately handed each member of Bao-Jin's group an Immortal Qi energy stone.
"Wha... what... what level is this Immortal Qi energy stone? Why is it packed with so much power!?"
"That's right. Just by holding it, I can feel a huge amount of energy seeping into my arm!!!"
Excited noises rang out when everyone saw the Immortal Qi energy stone in their hands, which was not very large in size but was filled with a large amount of natural Qi energy that was ready to explode at any moment.
"These are the Immortal Qi energy stones that are filled with the purest energy of nature. With just one lump in your hands, I think your cultivation level would rise by leaps and bounds. It might even break through to the level of the Nascent Soul stage. By that time, you'll be able to help your master and brothers."
Zheng-Fu explained to them the level of the Qi Stone in their hands. He also told them that absorbing the Qi energy from these stones would cause their level to rise by leaps and bounds. But he did not mention the risks that might arise after that huge boost.
"We'd like to thank you very much, sir, for always helping us. I promise that after saving my master and my brothers, I'm ready to serve you!!!" Bao-Jin said, seriously smashing his chest with determination in his eyes.
"We too!!!"
"Ma... ma... me too!"
Everyone was chanting the same promise as Bao-Jin at the same time, even the young woman, Bao-Bao. However, she did not speak as firmly as the others because she was in a shy mood, which made her speech stutter.
"You don't have to promise anything like that. I don't want anything. We're friends, and we need to help each other, especially you, Bao-Jin. You've helped me in many ways. So, I've helped you guys. Alright, you guys can go now.
I feel cold now," finished speaking, Zheng-Fu raised his hand to cover his body with a chilling expression because the wind that blew between the doors hit his body.
"Hehe, yes, Young Master!"
After that, Bao-Jin's group returned to their own room to immediately start absorbing the energy from the Qi stone that was given by Zheng-Fu. As for Zheng-Fu, after getting dressed, he again went to the reception room, waiting for Wang-Ke's answer as to which one he chose.
In Wang-Ke's reception room...
Squeak!!!
"Respect, Master Zheng-Fu."
As soon as Zheng-Fu opened the door, a greeting rang out, as Wang-Ke and the three Great Elders had already been waiting for him earlier to give him an answer.
"Have you guys been waiting for me for a long time?" Zheng-Fu asked, although he already knew when Wang-Ke and the three Great Elders had been waiting for him.
"We've only recently waited for Young Master," Wang-Ke politely replied.
"Hmm... what about your answer?" Zheng-Fu was too lazy to speak at length, so he immediately got into the matter.
"Regarding the answer, we've already discussed that we'll move to In-See City, as Young Master said. But the problem is that we don't have any land there, so..."
Blop!!!
"This is a recommendation letter from me. When you guys arrive there, City Lord will arrange it for you," Zheng-Fu took out the letter of recommendation that he had written last night, handed it over to Wang-Ke, and told him not to worry about the land.
"You're really so cautious, you even write a letter like this in advance!?" Wang-Ke accepted the letter and praised Zheng-Fu for preparing it in advance.
"Ha ha ha! Whatever we do, we must have a plan. Same as you, you had planned a bet with me earlier? Your plan just didn't work on me," Zheng-Fu said with a warm laugh and let Wang-Ke know that he already knew that Wang-Ke had come up with a plan to bet his fortune with him. He was just not caught in his trap.
"Do you already know!?"
"Of course, I know... and whatever your answer turns out to be, I won't do anything to your family or the auction house. Master Wang-Ke, I said that because I just wanted to compete with you for your plans and patience."
"Sigh... I accept you from my heart, Young Master Zheng-Fu. You're such a wonderful person. Whether it's the ability of martial arts energy or the brain, I can't even fight with you," Wang-Ke said with admiration for Zheng-Fu and regret for himself. At this age, he had gone through many trade negotiations with no loss. But this time, it was a total loss, and he could not negotiate at all.
"Alright, let's stop talking about this... I heard that Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven Country's forces attacked our Blueland?" Zheng-Fu stopped the old topic and immediately changed to a new one.
He thought that Wang-Ke had to have more or less information about it. So, Zheng-Fu tried to ask him to also find the news for Bao-Jin.
"Yes, sir. By now, the Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven Kingdom has sent more than five million troops to invade our Blueland. And Frontier City, which was as strong as a capital city, was easily defeated. There were no rumors of an invasion until the city was destroyed and captured."
"Five million troops!?" Zheng-Fu repeated Wang-Ke's words, furrowing his brows in shock at the number of soldiers sent this time, before continuing to ask, "What about the villagers and sects in Frontier City?"
"Some villagers had already evacuated from the city before it was attacked. As for the sects within the city, I don't know about them. But many great masters managed to escape before the city was destroyed. They are now at Blossom Meadow City. Now His Majesty has sent Commander Guan-Yang-Sen to lead an army of five million soldiers from all over the kingdom to battle."
"Hmm... Even though our kingdom has the same number of soldiers as the enemy's, in strength, it definitely won't be able to fight," Zheng-Fu said, stroking his chin and immediately began to analyze the situation that was going on.
"That's right, as Young Master said. Although the number is the same, the strength is very different. In addition, the weapons and defenses are also on different levels. In any case, this battle is definitely too difficult to fight," Wang-Ke immediately explained his thoughts about the situation and the difference between the troops.
"That's right, so we thought of moving to In-See City, as Master said. From what we've heard, the reconstructed city wall of In-See City has been cast with a high-immortal protective spell. Therefore, those who have energy levels lower than an Immortal's Spirit can't do anything against it," the First Great Elder said, staring at Zheng-Fu as if demanding an answer from him.
"That's right, Great Elder. The In-See City Wall has been cast with a protective spell. Even if the Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven Kingdom sends ten or twenty million people to invade, they can't do anything against the city wall. Only the most talented great grandmaster at the Immortal's Spirit stage can destroy it," Zheng-Fu proudly spoke of the strength of the city wall that he had cast a spell on.
The spell he had cast was a special protective spell that could resist all elements. It could be called the ability of the non-characteristic element itself. However, this spell also had a disadvantage in that it could only withstand an elementary Immortal's Spirit stage martial master. If the invader was one who was at a higher level than that, it could be destroyed as well.
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