By the ti he left the palace, Noah's ears were swollen red, just like the huge caved fist implanted in his stomach, courtesy of his dear friend.
'Well, I kind of deserved it for not letting him know about the plan. Yet I would do the sa thing again to make sure what I had planned cos to fruition. Now that I don't have the sa power of my previous life, dealing with the cult has beco a thousand tis more difficult than it would have been.' Just as Noah was leaving the castle, he heard so whispers among the workers that left him speechless as well.
"Did you hear? Soone heard that the Emperor was talking to himself in his quarters."
"I heard the Emperor was being haunted by the ghost of a dissatisfied woman."
"Is that true? Now that you say it, the Emperor sent away the guards when they tried to help him."
"Wait… did any of you ever think that he was simply talking to soone?"
'Thank God there are still normal people in the castle.' Hearing the question posed by the last woman, Noah heaved a sigh of relief, but what he heard next caused him to cough up imaginary blood.
"No way! I was told that no one entered His Majesty's quarters. Unless it was a mistress who sneaked into the room from so secret passage, I think His Majesty has been affected by loneliness."
"Why doesn't His Majesty simply marry soone? I am sure any woman would be lucky to be his wife."
"What do you know? Even though His Majesty is the dream man of every woman in the Feng Empire, no one is simply worthy of him. How could he just marry any other woman? The Queen of this Empire needs to be soone who can match his grandeur even a bit."
Noah's face couldn't help but twitch when he saw a group of maids squealing like fangirls in the corner as they gossiped about Wuhan and their thoughts of him. Ignoring them, Noah hurriedly walked out of the Royal Estate.
For the next few days, the capital was in an uproar. Rumors had it the Emperor was being haunted by a lonely ghost. At first, everyone was stunned and even shocked, but the won claid that it was only natural.
In their words, "Even a ghost cannot resist his charm. We are but mortal won."
…
These days, Noah did not imdiately look for Zhong Hua but disguised himself with the help of the mask he owned and sneaked around the southern region of the Royal Capital—the sa place where all the major families owned the lands and several other assets.
He collected all the information about the situation of the Zhong family. From what he gathered, he ca to know that after the competition was over, Zhong Liu entered closed-door cultivation to assimilate her gains and broke through to the next level, reaching the peak of the core formation realm.
Now she was rely a step away from the soul formation realm. The news of her breakthrough reached the ears of the Spirit Lotus Sect, the very sect Zhong Hua was part of before she agreed to join Noah.
A few days ago, the elder of the sect ca knocking on the door to bring 'their disciple' back to the sect, but Zhong Hua refused to et them under the guise that she was stabilizing her cultivation.
Hearing this, Noah twitched, 'You broke through a month ago, you are stabilizing shit!'
Noah was surprised by her shaless behavior, but he was even more surprised to hear that the elder who ca to visit them decided to stay in their residence to wait for the woman to get out of her 'closed-door cultivation.'
Shaking his head, Noah adjusted the straw hat on his head before standing up from the table he was sitting at inside an inn.
'Ti to make my move.' Leaving the money for the fresh tea behind, he moved in the direction of the Zhong Estate. But Noah did not forget to take away the…
…
"Elder Han, are we really going to wait until that woman cos to see us?" Inside the Zhong Estate, one of the luxurious guest rooms had been assigned to this very Elder Han and a young disciple following him.
The two of them were the guests from the Spirit Lotus Sect who ca to bring Zhong Hua back to the sect.
Elder Han was an old man with long white hair and a white beard that reacted to his pot belly. He was sitting in a ditative position with his eyes closed. The sea-green robes he was wearing had silver thread work on them. Sitting there, the man gave off a calm and gentle vibe.
Opposite him was a young man pacing around the room with a hint of fear and impatience in his eyes. The robes he was wearing were similar yet different from the one Elder Han was wearing—they had a very subtle green-colored lotus weaved on them with threads.
They were both wearing sea-green robes, but the difference in the outline of their robes labeled their position and status in the sect. One of them was an elder of the sect, while the other was only a direct disciple in the sect.
"We did not even notify the Sect Leader of our departure. If we spend too much ti here, it might get difficult to explain it to the Sect Leader."
That was what he was saying, but the truth was that the boy did not want to et Zhong Hua, the woman he once lost to miserably and got kicked in the censored area.
After hearing the worries of the boy, the old man finally opened his eyes. His eyes mirrored his aura. They showed the depth of his wisdom and power, but that was not all—deep hidden behind all of that was a sharpness well concealed.
"You disappoint , disciple." The old man spoke softly as his gaze made the young man flinch under their weight. "You need to learn to calm down and analyze things with a broader mindset. Did all of my teachings go to waste that you cannot even tell what is really happening here? My objective of coming here was never that unruly brat. We are here for soone else."
"Huh?" Wu Fei trembled as his master reprimanded him, but he could not refute his words, as his master was right—he did not understand his real intention until he revealed it himself. "Waiting for soone else…? Who?"
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