A Journey Against the World
Chapter 174

"Jiazhen, why would you say such a thing? And you even ran away from us." Yihua and Minghao managed to catch up with Jiazhen after her sister left after saying that Shua Xie was not her mother. Seeing Jiazhen running, Yihua and Minghao rushed after her after saying goodbye to Shua Xie.

Jiazhen's gaze was still fixed downward along with her footsteps that kept walking forward, she was already not running like before.

"You know I can feel a person's aura and Mana. The first time I thought of Shua Xie as Mother, I had already recognized her aura and Mana so that if we lost Mother in the crowd I could find her quickly without fear of wrong people." Minghao and Yihua were stunned by Jiazhen's words.

"So you're saying that this woman wasn't our mother?" timpal Yihua as he looked at Jiazhen seriously.

"I'm not sure if this is just my feeling or not. But clearly her aura and Mana felt different, besides Mother also became increasingly weak," Jiazhen replied, not entirely convinced by her conjecture. But he could not deny that his heart said the woman was not his mother, even though her face was the face of his mother. Jiazhen herself was worried whether her guess was wrong or right.

Seeing Jiazhen moody, Minghao patted her on the shoulder. "Don't get yourself wrong. Maybe it's just your feelings. She is still our mother. We can't behave like this."

Jiazhen raised her face looking at Minghao. "You're right. It seems my attitude hurt Mom. Should I apologize to him now?"

Yihua patted Jiazhen on the shoulder. Then he shook his head. "Not now. Mom must be busy, what if we're looking for a gift of apology for Mum but we're already outside? I'm sure you'll be happy" he said, staring around.

True too, Jiazhen was too focused on running to not realize she was already outside the kingdom. Now he and his two older brothers were even near the town square. A few minutes walk away, they will arrive in the city.

"I agree. Alright let's find a gift of apology for Mother," Jiazhen replied excitedly.

"Good! Let's go."

The three boys again ran towards the city square laughing cheerfully like a boy playing. They had to admit, only this was where they could behave their age, whereas in the Upper world the Grandfather continued to force them to become intelligent and great children. Don't play too much, their grandfather said.

While Lou Yue, their father? Hem, their father didn't really curb what they wanted to do as long as the three of them were happy. It was also a plus point for Lou Yue why she was so loved by her three adopted children.

It didn't take long, they arrived at the town square. The atmosphere immediately greeted them. Noisy sounds came from other walkers, roadside vendors, and children running to and fro.

At first they were confused about what kind of apology gift they wanted because they did not know clearly what their mother liked. But Yihua said the woman was very fond of clothes, jewelry, flowers and sweet food. Finally, they took the initiative to buy women's accessories at the jewelry store.

The tring!

"Don't forget to stop by again!" A 17-year-old girl yelled at her customers who had just come out of her shop.

"Of course."

Jiazhen approached the jewelry rack in the form of a bracelet, while Minghao was on the necklace rack, and Yihua was on the ring rack. They agreed to give each other a gift that they thought was best.

"What little sister can I help you with?" One of the shop workers approached Jiazhen. Seeing Jiazhen seem confused to choose a bracelet, he took the initiative to help her.

Jiazhen looked up, looking at a young girl beside her. While the young girl was wide-eyed in shock to see it, instead of what, in her eyes Jiazhen was very cute. His blue eyes and white hair seemed to match Jiazhen's handsome face.

"Um, I want to buy a bracelet. But I was confused what bracelet would be suitable for my mother" Jiazhen said softly.

"Uwaa, you're so cute. Turns out you wanted to buy a bracelet for your mom. No problem, I can help you," the girl replied excitedly.

"really? Thank you." Thank you." Jiazhen felt very helped. Fortunately there was a person who was willing to kindly help her, Otherwise, she did not know what kind of bracelet to choose. Jiazhen how to know what kind of bracelet women like, for her learning such a thing is a waste of time. But now, Jiazhen seemed to need to learn it, so that in the future she would not be difficult to find a gift for her mother.

"Either. Come with me." The girl walked followed Jiazhen behind her. They approached a storefront, where in the display case there are various types of bracelets that seem to be the latest release bracelet.

"Try to explain what kind of woman your mother is, maybe I can choose the best bracelet for her" she asked. Jiazhen nodded in understanding.

"A very beautiful woman's mother. His skin was white and he chose unique eyes. But Mother was a little grumpy, but I still loved her," Jiazhen explained plainly. While the girl who was listening to him looked stunned. Perhaps not expecting it, Jiazhen would say such an innocent word.

"It's adorable. Looks like I know what kind of bracelet suits your mom." The girl smiled briefly, then picked up a box of red cloth. The girl opened it and it appeared to be a silver bracelet. The shape is indeed simple, there is only a crystal-shaped bracelet there. Besides the blue sky. And there are some pretty carvings on the side of the bracelet. Simple but elegant looking bracelet.

Seeing the bracelet, Jiazhen immediately interested in buying it. "I want that bracelet. Wrap it in the best place" he said excitedly.

"Ah, okay."

"Jiazhen, have you got a good present?" Minghao came along with Yihua. It seemed that the two children had also gotten the thing they were looking for.

Jiazhen nodded slowly while smiling cheerfully. "of course. I'm sure you'll like it."

"Good." Minghao smiled looking at Jiazhen as he pleased. Then he gave the thing he had chosen to the worker there. "Please wrap this necklace for me. And give me the best package," said Minghao.

"Me too" said Yihua, giving her the box of rings she had chosen.

"I'm sure Mom will be happy to get a gift from us" Minghao said happily.

"Yes, I think so too." Yihua nodded softly approving of Minghao's remark. She is also a woman, of course, knows women really like to be given this kind of thing.

"Here it is, all for five gold pieces" said one worker, grimacing the parcels at the three children.

"Ah, five gold pieces?" Minghao shook his hand in front of the worker, then appeared a bag of money that allegedly contained a piece of gold. Minghao had a storage ring, although it could only store a few objects. Not as big as Menma's ring room.

The worker was surprised to see a bag of money suddenly appear, but he thought it was possible that Minghao used magic intrigues. He checked the contents of the bag and was shocked again when he saw the contents.

"No problem, you serve us very well. Think of it as a bonus for your own good" Jiazhen said, glancing at the girl who had served her. The girl looked embarrassed at his words.

"yes too. Then we're leaving." Minghao flicked his hand over the three packs, and at once it simply disappeared. The workers there were amazed to see Minghao's magic skills that they did not know had entered into Minghao's storage ring.

After that, the three of them walked out of the shop.

The tring!

"Don't forget to stop by next time!" shouted one of the workers who was near the exit. He had seen these three children were not ordinary children, having that much money was certain they were from noble families. They should serve them as best they can.

The three of them only nodded kindly in reply to the worker's words.

"How now? Are we going straight home?" minghao asked after leaving the jewelry store.

Yihua was silent looking like she was thinking. While Jiazhen looked indifferent, she did not care where they were headed anymore, most importantly she had already found a nice apology present for her mother.

"Should we walk for a while? I don't want to go home yet. In the kingdom Grandfather always invites us to accompany him in his study. It's so boring anyway, when else can we go out like this?" yihua. Minghao agreed with her, during this week almost every day Emperor Feng Kim took them to the study room on the grounds of asking for the company of his granddaughter. Want to not want them to obey their Grandpa's will. For Minghao and Yihua to be with Emperor Feng Kim was very boring, but for Jiazhen who liked political matters, she felt that being with Emperor Feng Kim was very pleasant.

"I agree with you, Yihua. What about you, Jiazhen?"

"I-i"

Nguong!!!

Suddenly there was the sound of trumpets blaring in the sky. Sontak attracted the attention of many people who happened to be busy with their respective activities. Jiazhen who had not yet spoken up looked up into the sky. Instantly his eyes were perfectly rounded.

"What's that?"

"Homestos?"

"A lot of times, they cover the sun."

"What's that shit?"

"What's going on over there? Why does the bird cover the sky."

"Are they birds migrating?"

"No! Look carefully, it's not a bird, it's a human!"

"Huh?! Really true?"

"Really! It's human! They're flying!"

"What's this about? Are they going to attack us?!"

"Quick evacuate! Hurry along!"

"AS SOON AS EVACUATED!"

The townspeople were in a panic to see a group of people in the sky covering the sun. At first they thought it was a group of birds about to migrate, but it turned out that the group was black-armored humans, complete with sharp weapons. As a result, they panic and immediately escape, looking for the safest place because they suspect the flying humans will attack them.

In the midst of a crowd of panicked people fleeing. Jiazhen, Minghao and Yihua were silent at the spot where they stood. They were on the ground looking at the hundreds of thousands of war soldiers in the sky there. But more striking than the soldiers of war is the man who leads the army.

"Did I not see wrong? You saw it, didn't you?" jiazhen asked as she sharpened her vision. For ordinary humans, they would not be able to clearly see the faces of those war soldiers. But for Jiazhen a Cultivator, she could see clearly from quite a distance even.

"Right, I saw it too. But why?" timpal Yihua panicked.

"There's something wrong. Why did Father bring the war soldiers to the Underworld so quickly? Shouldn't it be a few more days?" Minghao frowned in surprise. Knowing that the soldiers were led by their own father.

The three of them already knew that his Grandfather, Lou Zhou, would attack the Middle world and master it. But they did not expect the attack to be faster than its time. If it was like this, then the Middle world would really be dominated. Won't be able to make a protector or anything.

"Something seems to have happened there. Allegedly, Grandpa Lou Zhou felt threatened so he accelerated his attack" Jiazhen said.

"Huh? Could that be?" sahut Yihua was shocked.

"Why can't it? The Upper World was not the only world that had Cultivators. You must remember there is still an Underworld. It is possible that something in the Underworld threatens the power of the Upper world" Jiazhen explained. Meanwhile Minghao and Yihua looked surprised at Jiazhen's analysis.

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**A/N: Crazy! Menma belom nongol 💣

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