Zu An hesitated a bit. His current cultivation was the third rank’s eighth step, but his real strength was far greater.
As he understood more and more about the world, learned more cultivator knowledge from the academy, he already reached a conclusion:
Even without the Primordial Origin Sutra tempering his body, as the Phoenix Nirvana Sutra filled in his formations one after another, his real strength would have still been much greater than those of the same level.
Chu Huanzhao didn’t seem to mind when she saw his hesitation. She already got what she wanted. “You haven’t reached the fifth rank yet, right?”
“I haven’t.” Zu An subconsciously replied.
“Perfect.” Chu Huanzhao revealed a sly smile.
Zu An immediately felt like something wasn’t right. “What are you getting at? Why would you ask this for?”
“Nothing~” Chu Huanzhao snickered inwardly, her previous sulky mood gone without a trace. She began to hum, waving her small hand while skipping out in front.
Zu An: “……”
Why do I feel like I shot myself in the foot?
…
Apart from Jiao Shanhe and a few others, there was another troop of Chu clan guards led by Chu Hongcai waiting by the academy entrance.
“Yo! Brother Hongcai, fancy seeing you here.”
This fella always had that cool and cold look on the outside. But after seeing his fanboy side last night in Immortal Abode, he suddenly found him much more likeable.
“The master dispatched a troop to escort you two after school when he received news of the assassination.” When he found out his goddess didn’t go to bed with Zu An last night, Chu Hongcai’s expression also softened a bit.
He was originally the vice commander of the estate’s guards, in charge of the spiritual creek. Following the spiritual creek’s contamination, he resigned from his guilty conscience.
But in the eyes of the Chu clan’s people, he was still extremely reliable. That was why he was sent here for this task.
“Then I’d have to trouble brother Hongcai and the others.” Zu An knew that the Madam was worried about Chu Chuyan’s safety the most. Together with that eighth rank intruder affair, the commander Yue Shan had to remain in the estate to protect Chu Chuyan.
They were already treating this affair quite seriously by sending the vice commander.
Even though these people weren’t a match for Chen Xuan individually, they were all Chu clan’s elites. It would be quite hard for Chen Xuan to deal with all of them if they worked together.
Of course, this was only if he didn’t bring his own subordinates. But after yesterday’s events, Chu clan and the City Lord already cracked down on all suspicious people in the city. It was one thing if he was trying to hide himself, but keeping a huge group in the city was just courting death.
…
Cheng Shouping was already standing by the entrance when they returned to Chu estate. When he saw Zu An, he immediately raised an invitation card in his hands, excitedly rushing over. “Young master, young master! Immortal Abode’s Qiu…”
Just when he was about to continue, he suddenly saw Chu Huanzhao behind Zu An. The smile on his face instantly froze. His hands shot behind him. The feeling of that whip was clearly still fresh in his memory.
Even though he received that bonus from Zu An, the pain from the wailing whip wasn’t something even some as greedy as him wanted to experience again.
“Immortal Abode what?” Chu Huanzhao shot him a look of suspicion.
“Nothing!” Cheng Shouping hurriedly said.
“Is that so? What is that you are hiding behind you?” Chu Huanzhao tried to look behind him.
Cheng Shouping hurriedly said, “Second miss, your respected self is mistaken! It really is nothing!”
Suddenly, he felt his hands become lighter. The item in his hands was opened. He immediately panicked. He was about to turn around to ask for it back, but he noticed that it was Madam Qin Wanru behind him. The words stuck in his throat were immediately shoved back down.
Qin Wanru didn’t pay him any attention. She opened that invitation letter on her own. Her face immediately became cold. She stared at Zu An and said, “Heh, so it was an invitation letter from Immortal Abode’s Qiu Honglei? Amazing… Absolutely incredible!”