Chapter 432: Recruiting More Disciples! [1]
"It's good to see you again, Lady Xin Yan, Young Master Long!" Seeing Gu Jin bowing to them, Noah and Xin Yan nodded back as a sign of greeting.
"It has been a while, Gu Jin. Where is everyone?" While Xin Yan remained indifferent to his greeting, Noah replied with a smile.
Gu Jin was caught by surprise; he did not expect a reply from both of them at all. Besides the city lord and his wife, he was the only other person who knew how strong the people before him were.
Or so they thought…
Gu Jin started respecting Noah even more as he looked at the boy in astonishment. Snapping out of his daze, he replied, "Please follow me inside, and I will fill you in on what happened here."
With an eager smile on his face, Gu Jin led them through the hallway to the same room where Mingli had led Noah before.
As the two of them sat on the sofa, maids came forward and poured them tea.
"After the day you left, the city lord and madam were called by the Emperor." After signaling the maids to leave the room, Gu Jin started telling everything that had happened during this time.
"He offered one of them to take over the Primal Dawn City as the new 'city lord.' Since the city lord had his hands tied with this place, the madam took over as the city lord of that city."
While talking, Gu Jin stood calmly opposite the sofa they were seated on without sitting.
"The madam asked my lord to go to the Primal Dawn City once a month for, ahem, certain tasks." Gu Jin coughed lightly, looking away as he said those words. Noah raised his eyebrows, hearing too much detail from the guard.
"And today happens to be one of those days?" He asked, trying to ease the guard's embarrassment. Gu Jin nodded slowly, a little embarrassed about giving away his lord's secret like that.
"What about Ma Li?" Placing the cup back on the table, Xin Yan asked the guard.
"Someone must have informed the young miss about your arrival by now. She must be here—"
*Bang!*
Before Gu Jin could complete his sentence, the doors of the room were slammed open.
"Brother Tian!!!" Turning their attention to the door, Noah and Xin Yan saw a young woman fully drenched in sweat, so much so that her robes were sticking close to her body, running inside the room after slamming the door open.
She was wearing a set of training robes that emphasized her fully grown body; fortunately, several parts of her body were covered in bandages, or some of her parts would have popped out of her robes.
Without even saying anything, she jumped on Noah after screaming Long Tian's name. Read new chapters at empire
*Thud!*
Gu Jin looked away from the scene. He was used to seeing Ma Li walking in partially revealing clothes, but he was not used to seeing her lying flat on the floor with her face plastered on the cold tiles.
Just before she could jump on Noah, Xin Yan used her foot to push the sofa along with Noah's back, causing her to fall to the ground.
"You know she might like that more…" Noah chuckled, feeling the cold aura coming from Xin Yan.
"I forgot she was… like that." Xin Yan was going to say pervert, but she decided against it.
"How could you do that to me… Aunty Xin Yan!" Ma Li pushed herself up from the floor and glared at Xin Yan with a saddened expression.
Her nose and forehead were only slightly rosy, and there were no signs of injuries. Even the redness vanished the next second.
Seeing the rate of her recovery, Xin Yan was a little amused. Then she recalled Noah telling her that Ma Li was cultivating a body cultivation technique.
'If I recall correctly, it was called the Barbarian Queen Technique.' She looked at the young woman intently behind the mask.
"When did you arrive, Brother Tian?" Getting no response from Xin Yan, Ma Li approached Noah once more. This time she did not jump on him.
Seeing her walking closer to him, Noah used his qi to dry her sweat and stood up from the sofa. "I just arrived."
"It's good that you are here. I thought you wouldn't ever come back here." Ma Li smiled at Noah, but he could see the sadness hidden behind the smile.
"We came here to finish meeting up with the city lord and his wife." Xin Yan also stood up from the sofa and corrected her dress before looking at Ma Li.
"Are you going to leave again?" Ma Li could not hide the sadness in her voice once more. "Can I come along with you as well?"
"Young Miss! I am afraid…" Gu Jin stopped saying anything else, seeing Ma Li glaring at him, and sighed.
He knew she was just as stubborn as her mother, and he could not deal with either of them.
"How about we talk about that after we meet with your parents?" Noah spoke up, breaking the tense atmosphere in the room.
"Are you going to Primal Dawn City?" Ma Li asked with a shocked look on her face.
"We are going to Primal Dawn City!" Noah shook his head. His reply caused Ma Li to be stunned before a relieved expression appeared on her face.
She walked closer to Noah and held his hand between her own. "I will be glad to go along with you two."
"As long as you know how to behave, we don't mind taking you along." Ma Li squealed a little, finding herself being pulled by her collar. She had to release Noah's hand as Xin Yan dragged the girl out of the room.
"Gu Jin, as you heard, we will visit them directly." Noah waved his hand in the air and walked behind the two of them. Gu Jin was left in the room with his mind spinning, unable to wrap around what had happened in such a short time.
By the time he snapped out of his daze, the two of them had left the mansion along with Ma Li.