Chapter Nineteen: Changshan

  The sky brightened, and the noble guests of Xiaolingbao were preparing to leave. The giant pulled the cart frame, slowly moving towards the gate. Su Tang had long been prepared and was waiting by the door. He was self-aware, knowing that no one would be sent to invite him, and those attendants outside all had higher status than him.

  Seeing Su Tang, Xue Jiu revealed a smile and said a few words to the car frame. When he walked up to Su Tang's side, the giant stopped in his tracks.

  The car curtain was lifted, and the girl stuck her head out, looked up and down at Su Tang, and smiled: "Are you ready?"

  "Thanks to your great kindness and favor, I...". Su Tang wanted to drag out a few more sentences.

  "I just think you're interesting, that's all... nothing more." The girl then said to Xuejiu: "Uncle Jiu, give it to him."

  Once again, seeing the extremely infectious and beautiful smile, Su Tang suddenly realized that this great noble also had his own joys and sorrows. Because of his high status, he didn't need to hide his emotions either.

  As she sat on the swing, she was so cold, not intentionally, but a kind of indifference to humble life from the bottom of her heart, just like Zhou Jin running to Heifengbao and killing wildly.

  Now she is interested in herself and wants to lift herself up. So, in her eyes, Su Tang has become a person, so she will reveal normal emotions.

  Before, he was just an ant!

  However, in this kind of high-and-mighty group, she is definitely inclined to be kind. She secretly sneaked into the East Wing to get close to them. She didn't get angry when she was disturbed. When Zhu'er refused to let them stay, Xuejiu also negotiated with good words and didn't make any threatening moves.

  All in all, he should not have mistaken the person, and that smile was very warm. Su Tang believed his intuition.

  Xuejiu pulled out a black longbow from his horse's saddle bag and handed it to Su Tang. Su Tang received the bow with great respect, his eyes glancing at the girl as he wondered if this was meant for him to practice archery?

  "Uncle Jiu saw quite a few vegetable stumps that had been shot through, are you practicing your flying knives?" the girl said.

  "Yes."

  "That's just a childish trick, not worth showing off." The girl said: "If you like flying knives, you should also like archery."

  "This longbow was a legacy of an old friend from my past. His talent was originally very good, but unfortunately... the heavens have unpredictable winds and clouds." Xuejiu sighed, then continued: "This is his martial arts manual and combat strategy, you can slowly ponder it yourself, if there's anything you don't understand, ask me as soon as possible." After finishing speaking, Xuejiu took out two yellowed small booklets from his bosom and handed them to Su Tang.

  Shang Bin was also there, and he started to hear people say that flying knives were just a child's plaything. He felt ashamed and couldn't bear it anymore. Then he saw Su Tang get a longbow, as well as martial arts and combat techniques, and became extremely excited again.

  Zhu'er and Ke'er didn't care much about what Su Tang had gotten, they just stared blankly at Su Tang without a word. In the morning, when Su Tang said she was going to leave with the guests, they were both completely stunned.

  Shang Bin was all for it, thinking that men should go out and make a name for themselves; Zhu Er's emotions were complex, not wanting Su Tang to leave, worried about delaying his future, but also worried about encountering danger outside; Ke Er was much simpler, expressing her feelings with tears; Su Tang had to persuade them for a long time, exhausting his words, before they finally calmed down temporarily.

  "Thank you, Ninth Uncle." Su Tang said with extreme sincerity.

  "No need to thank me, this bow is called Night Cries, and it's somewhat famous. As long as you don't disappoint it, that's all that matters." Xue Jiudao said.

  Su Tang shouldered his longbow and turned back to look at Zhu'er, Ke'er, and Shang Bin. For a moment, he smiled: "Remember my words?"

  Zhu'er and Ke'er were both nodding frantically, Shang Bin's eyes also welled up with hot tears. Su Tang turned around abruptly and jumped onto his horse, following at the end of the team.

  Su Tang doesn't like the sorrowful atmosphere, it's better to be straightforward.

  The fleet headed east, Su Tang was very sharp-eyed, every time the fleet stopped, he would run back and forth, after finishing his work, he had to practice his martial arts, often not having time to rest until the second half of the night.

  Everyone in the team, including that girl, greatly underestimated Su Tang. Su Tang's performance at times made them feel awkward because both sides were severely unequal in terms of resources, vision, experience and so on.

  In fact, Su Tang is much smarter than they thought!

  For example, when Xuejiu left Xiaolingbao, he said that if there was anything he didn't understand, he would ask him as soon as possible. Su Tang immediately judged that he wouldn't follow the team for too long, and Da Zun should make arrangements for him in a nearby place, and then leave, and the most likely place is Changshan County.

  Of course, Su Tang's abilities need time to be proven and he also needs time to grow up.

  More than ten days later, as Su Tang had analyzed, the convoy slowly approached the county seat of Changshan County. Changshan County was adjacent to the border with Gong Guo in the south, and to the north was a boundless black forest. It was a strategic location, and it also had several practitioner families that were well-known even within Gong Guo, with a large population and vast territory.

  When they entered the city gate, Su Tang saw Xue Jiu pay the toll like everyone else, and the soldiers guarding the gate didn't think much of him either. They just looked at the giant pulling the cart with some curiosity, and couldn't help but laugh to themselves. When they arrived in Changshan County, he was indeed a country bumpkin, but it seemed that the people in the county weren't much more worldly than this country bumpkin.

  He also gave a high evaluation of 'being above', not the kind of person who likes to show off and is afraid of losing face.

  As we went straight along the main street, approaching the city center, the motorcade turned aside and entered a courtyard. It was strange that there seemed to be no one in the courtyard, and someone had to go around from inside to open the door.

  Su Tang had been observing, the door hinges of the courtyard gate were already rusty, the small path was covered with yellow or black fallen leaves, layered one on top of another, soft and spongy underfoot. The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, passing by several houses, the windowsills were stuck with thick dust, this place had not been inhabited or cleaned for at least two to three years.

  Su Tang shook his head, the land price in Changshan County was unknown how many times higher than Xiaolinbao, this courtyard was close to the city center and so big, it would be a waste to leave it empty. However, thinking that they didn't even care about the magic rattle, what else was worth surprising him?

  The girl got off the car, looked around, and after a moment, she let out a soft sigh: "Maybe... there won't be another chance to come back, Young Master Su, this place is yours now."

  "This..." Su Tang tried to shirk, but remembering that girl's temper, he shut his mouth again.

  "Uncle Jiu, go and call over the Dragon Flag Troop," said the girl.

  "Yes, Great Master." Xue Jiuyi replied.

  Su Tang's eyes rolled around, he had always been curious about what the title "Da Zun" represented, unfortunately, he couldn't find a suitable way to ask.

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