Chapter 169: Seeking (I).

Xiao Fen said nothing and walked away immediately. The group walked hurriedly to a small garden behind the Eastern Depot. Inside, an old man wearing a big red robe was looking at the flowers with his side face. Hearing Xiao Fen’s footsteps, he turned his head and glanced. The corner of his mouth raised slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes. He said: “You came quite early. I thought you would sleep a little longer.”

Xiao Fen shook his head slightly and said: “Some things, the earlier they are resolved, the better.”

Wei Zhongxian nodded, sat back on the Grandmaster chair moved over by his followers behind him, gently tapped a memorial, and said: “Last night, the Eastern Depot suffered heavy losses, and the Imperial Guards also lost many elites. Today, the Grand Secretary sent a memorial, saying that someone recklessly used military force and did not follow the rules. What do you think about this matter?”

Xiao Fen smiled slightly. There was no real smile on his face either. He answered: “I don’t look at it. I only know that if we don’t do it now, I’m afraid more than a few people will die then.”

Wei Zhongxian nodded again, handed the memorial to the follower behind him, took a cup of wine from the follower’s hand and drank it, and then said: “True, true. If we don’t do it now, it will be a big deal in the future. If we eliminate more now, naturally there will be fewer Disasters in the future.”

He paused. Wei Zhongxian raised his eyes slightly. His gaze was like a knife as he stared at Xiao Fen. His face had a smiling-but-not-smiling expression as he asked: “If you say I can know these things, there must be many reasons. Although I can’t see the future completely, I have some clues. But you, and you all, how can you know what is in the future? Why would you be willing to enter such a pool of blood and mud to roll around?”

Xiao Fen wanted to say that everything was the rule of the World Tree, and if he didn’t do the mission, he couldn’t get out. But even if he said this, the big eunuch in front of him probably wouldn’t believe it. He might even label him with the title of spreading demonic words.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Fen said: “In this World, there are always some people who are different. They want to move all those Disasters away, not for one country or one person, but for all the people in this World. Do you believe it?”

Wei Zhongxian gently knocked on the armrest of the Grandmaster chair. After a while, he said: “But where do you move those Disasters to?”

“I can’t say. I can only say that the place where those past Disasters were moved to now has a name called Hell.”

Wei Zhongxian let out a “ha” laugh and said: “There are thousands of Hells.”

Xiao Fen answered: “There are countless Disasters.”

Wei Zhongxian took another cup of wine and drank it. He said in a low voice: “This method of transferring Disaster is good, but ultimately, it treats the symptoms but not the root cause. One day, there will be a counterattack. So many Hell monsters in this Capital City, aren’t they the karma you created before?”

Xiao Fen was speechless. The Filth Creatures hated living beings so much. Their World was destroyed by the Disasters that should have been borne by the Earth. From this perspective, it was not wrong to say that these Filth Creatures came to the surface for revenge.

Seeing Xiao Fen speechless, Wei Zhongxian waved his hand gently and said: “Just go. Although our goals are the same, our methods are different. There is no need to argue about who is right or wrong. Being able to reduce some Disaster is good. You go do your thing. One day, we will need to support each other.”

Xiao Fen was somewhat confused, but he didn’t intend to say too much about this matter. He looked at the small courtyard where no one else was around at some point, and suddenly said: “I want a companion who is familiar with the geography of the Capital City.”

Wei Zhongxian suddenly raised his head, looked at Xiao Fen again, and said: “That is interesting. Others are afraid of having an Eastern Depot Agent by their side, fearing they can’t avoid them fast enough. But you, you actually ask for an Agent to follow you. What do you want to prove?”

“I don’t want to prove anything. I just want a companion.”

Wei Zhongxian smiled again, waved his hand, and said: “The Eastern Depot Agents have been busy recently. None of them are free to play with you. Go out from here, and a Daoist from White Cloud Temple will take you to play.”

Xiao Fen smiled and said again: “My two friends have suffered great physical loss and need to rest for a while. I hope you will forgive me.”

Wei Zhongxian turned his head to look at the flowers and said: “The Eastern Depot doesn’t lack what your friends have. But, do you have anything in return?”

Xiao Fen also smiled and said: “Whether there is a return or not, you will know when the time comes.”

After saying that, Xiao Fen did not continue to talk nonsense. He didn’t even perform a salute, turned around and left. He faintly heard a soft sigh from the big eunuch behind him. Xiao Fen just shook his head slightly.

Some things, even knowing they can’t be turned around, if one does nothing, one will always feel uneasy.

He walked hurriedly out of the Eastern Depot side gate. The Agents there acted as if they didn’t see Xiao Fen, doing their own things, which was a huge contrast to their attitude yesterday afternoon.

Xiao Fen didn’t mind. He walked out of the courtyard and looked around. The bluestone ground was still stained with blood. The slaughter from yesterday was still before his eyes. However, the current Xiao Fen was very different from yesterday’s Xiao Fen.

While he was thinking, a person turned out from beside a willow tree not far in front, waved repeatedly at Xiao Fen, and said: “Come, come, come. Follow me. There will be benefits.”

Xiao Fen glanced at that person and was somewhat stunned.

The so-called clear eyebrows and eyes, a male with a female appearance, mostly referred to the person in front of Xiao Fen. Leaving aside the skin that was transparent like jade, and not mentioning the crystal-clear eyes, just this thin body, coupled with the smiling-but-not-smiling expression on his face, could always make people have the illusion that the person opposite was a girl.

The large eyes with almond-colored pupils looked very attractive at this moment, making people impulsive. The small nose and mouth were even more tempting to commit crimes. No matter how one looked at it, such a little Daoist boy deserved the word cute.

Xiao Fen rubbed his nose. This Daoist boy in front of him seemed to be in a very dangerous situation in this era. The custom of male love in the Ming Dynasty was also prevalent. Even in the Capital City, a little boy with such a beautiful face like a cute girl would probably arouse the hobbies of those people even more.

However, this Daoist boy wearing a dark blue Daoist robe, with his head casually wrapped in gauze and not wearing a Daoist crown, seemed completely unaware of this. He watched Xiao Fen approach, took big steps forward, grabbed Xiao Fen’s hand, and said with a half-smile: “Let’s go, let’s go. There are thousands of paths ahead. Don’t go the wrong way. Ask more, listen more. It’s always a good thing.”

Xiao Fen was suddenly grabbed by such a soft little hand, and his heart tightened.

With his current Spirit and Agility, let alone being grabbed like this by an ordinary person, even if someone wanted to approach within one meter of him, he would be able to detect it and take precautions. But the speed and stealth of this little Daoist boy’s actions far exceeded his imagination. One could say that if he compared Wei Zhongxian’s aura that hurt people with this little Daoist boy’s movement just now, Xiao Fen was even more wary of this guy beside him who looked more like a girl.

Harming people with aura at least had some omens. But this guy who looked more like a child was enough to hurt people without a sound. If he had just attacked with a knife from this close range, Xiao Fen couldn’t imagine if he could have dodged in time.

Thinking of this, Xiao Fen’s hand moved slightly, wanting to pull it out from the Daoist boy’s hand. But unexpectedly, that Daoist boy had great strength. With Xiao Fen’s current strength, he couldn’t move at all. Instead, the Daoist boy realized Xiao Fen’s intention, looked back at Xiao Fen, smiled again, and increased the strength in his hand, making Xiao Fen’s right hand unable to move at all.

At this point, the hairs on Xiao Fen’s back stood up, and his heart was churning endlessly.

The young man in front of him was not only incredibly strong but also very skillful in applying force. Although he was gripping Xiao Fen’s hand with such great force, Xiao Fen didn’t feel any pain in his hand. Obviously, the young man’s ability to control his strength was also amazing. One could even say he could control the exertion of force in every inch of skin on his hand.

Such a guy would appear in the Ming Dynasty?

Xiao Fen kept asking himself. Although the young man only showed this one move, it already indicated that his Agility, Strength, and even Spirit far exceeded Xiao Fen’s by too much. With such strength, even among the Awakened, he probably had his own status.

If such a guy existed in the Ming Dynasty, history would have been different, right?

The young man looked at Xiao Fen’s appearance, smiled, and said: “Don’t look at my current ability like this. You don’t know, in this World, there is a heaven above the sky, and people outside of people. There are always people you cannot defeat.”

Xiao Fen didn’t panic when his thoughts were seen through by the young man. He smiled and asked: “May I ask how to address you?”

“I am a Daoist surnamed Yuan. You just need to call me Daoist Yuan. It is the Immortal who has come here for such an event. I haven’t asked for the Immortal’s great name. It is really rude, really rude.”

Xiao Fen gave a wry smile at this teasing and said: “My surname is Lin.”

This surname was indeed found by him from the name Palin. If next time this Daoist boy called Xiao Fen “Xiao so-and-so” in front of Lycaon, although everyone knew it tacitly, it would still be somewhat awkward.

Daoist Yuan smiled slightly and said: “You know the face but not the heart. I’m afraid the Immortal Lin’s surname is also fake.”

After saying that, he laughed loudly. Without waiting for Xiao Fen to answer, he took the lead and walked away with big steps. Being pulled by him like this, Xiao Fen actually couldn’t control himself. He hurriedly walked a few steps, only to be surprised to find that walking like this, he didn’t stumble at all, but seemed much faster than before.

This is probably what is called footwork, Xiao Fen thought.

Just at this moment, Daoist Yuan suddenly asked: “Immortal Lin, what does this ‘Third Under Heaven’ mean?”

Xiao Fen was stunned for a moment and asked back: “Third Under Heaven? Where did this come from?”

“The plaque the Immortal took out from that residence is to be shown to someone. How could you forget?”

Xiao Fen was stunned again. He thought for a while before realizing that he had ignored something before.

That plaque of Third Under Heaven was indeed read from left to right, while the custom in the Ming Dynasty at this time was to read from right to left. So this plaque did not correspond to this era at all!

A plaque that does not correspond to the era?

Xiao Fen thought while answering: “If this plaque is read according to the foreigner’s method, from left to right, that is the normal reading method.”