Abandoned Princesses
Lu Mingzhi (2)

"Sister!" Ye Xiaoran was seen smiling brightly from a distance, her neatly styled hair combined with pink clothes that perfectly matched her silver hair.

Lu Mingzhi smiled back at the child.

Now, sixteen-year-old Lu Mingzhi, and twelve-year-old Ye Xiaoran, they intended to go to the festival in Ming City.

Ever since the incident with the disciples of Elder Chu, the relationship between the two had become close and inseparable. Each of them even considered each other as siblings.

While regarding the fate of the disciples of Elder Chu... Who knows? They were immediately expelled from the sect with destroyed meridians. While Elder Chu is labeled as an Elder who is bad at educating the morals of his students so that he is not allowed to accept students again for the rest of his life.

Ye Xiaoran walked cheerfully while jumping around a little. Next to him, Lu Mingzhi was already ready to help him climb onto the horse carriage that had already been prepared from the stables.

Ming City was indeed a short distance away from Mount Jiuyue, where the Sun Sect stood. It only took around three hours, therefore Ye Xiaoran and Lu Mingzhi still got some leftover time to train in the morning before leaving.

Along the way, Ye Xiaoran enthusiastically glanced back and forth. Of course, it is natural to remember that his father finally allowed him to go see the city after several years of illness.

"Sister, look!" Lu Mingzhi simply laughed and shook his head at the behavior of the child. Ye Xiaoran even became very fascinated just by looking at a ferret.

They arrived when the sun was at its peak. Ming City, which belonged to the Yuan Kingdom, was not as dense as the Imperial Capital of Wen. Even so, at that time Ming City was filled with tourists from other kingdoms who wanted to attend the festival.

The festival in Ming City was called the Fallen Moon Festival. It is related to a local myth where a gallant hunter shot down the Moon to meet the woman he loved, who was on the Moon because of a curse.

Ye Xiaoran had heard the myth many times, as a girl who had entered the age of puberty, she was very interested in visiting the festival because of the romantic story behind it.

"Sister Zhi! Lookie! Let's buy that!" Lu Mingzhi could only serve the request of his little brother, who had only seen the large number of sellers in the city.

They bought tanghulu, hair accessories, bracelets, and several pairs of shoes for Ye Xiaoran.

The child happily hugged Lu Mingzhi's arm as he walked.

"This must be the happiest day for me!" Ye Xiaoran smiled as usual.

"All right then! We buy other things!" Lu Mingzhi replied excitedly.

They walked cheerfully until they found an arena stage in the middle of the city. Many people crowded around to see the fight taking place above the arena. They all cheered when one of the men who competed won.

Next to the arena, there was a special rack containing prizes that would be given to the winners. There were many precious items such as five hundred year old ginseng, Golden Dragon Pill to increase cultivation, as well as the Rise Pill to refine the destroyed meridians.

Ye Xiaoran happily pointed at the Gold Dragon Pill on display, the winner could choose whatever they wanted on that shelf.

"Sister! What if we reward the Golden Dragon Pill master?" Ye Xiaoran looked so enthusiastic. Lu Mingzhi immediately nodded, he also felt that it was a good idea.

However, just as Lu Mingzhi wanted to speak to the referee who was beside the arena, Ye Xiaoran suddenly jumped into the arena stage. Lu Mingzhi was certainly surprised.

"Well! This brave little lady looks so fiery!" Speak to the referee immediately get ready.

"Will I challenge him?" Ask the referee to all corners of the crowd.

Suddenly a young man with an expensive looking mask and robe advanced slowly from the direction of the crowd.

Lu Mingzhi furrowed his brows. He felt that something was wrong with the man.

"It's okay, Brother. Just wanted to test my abilities." The little girl smiled towards Lu Mingzhi.

But it turned out that his hope was not fulfilled.

"Xiaoran! Get down now!" Lu Mingzhi shouted frantically as the young man began to set foot on the arena stage.

Ye Xiaoran ignored Lu Mingzhi's shout and immediately paid her respects to that opponent. After all, the entire stage was already covered by a transparent wall made of qi stone. But it seemed that because it was made for a small festival in Ming City alone, this qi stone was not very valuable because its quality was not as good as the other qi stones.

After being layered by the transparent wall, no one could enter the arena. Unless the person inside comes out on their own. Hence Lu Mingzhi was worried about Ye Xiaoran's safety.

Lu Mingzhi's feelings were proven to be true. The reason Lu Mingzhi had told Ye Xiaoran to go down immediately, was none other than that Lu Mingzhi finally saw the true strength of the young man right after the pair of legs of the young man landed on the stage.

Ye Xiaoran would never win from that young man. Not even Lu Mingzhi could. The young man's cultivation had already far surpassed the two of them, even though Lu Mingzhi and the young man looked to be the same age.

Lu Mingzhi clucked and clenched his hands tightly. He was very worried.

The referee's cue sounded, and both sides darted swiftly towards each other.

One punch.

The one punch that the young man needed to make Ye Xiaoran sprawl out to the point of vomiting blood helplessly on the stage floor.

Lu Mingzhi felt extremely helpless. The next moment he jumped onto the stage.

Lu Mingzhi hugged Ye Xiaoran's body tightly, blood soiling his clothes. The girl's breath was very weak. Lu Mingzhi growled towards the mysterious young man.

Suddenly, out of nowhere a Grandfather appeared next to the young man. The grandfather walked slowly towards Lu Mingzhi, then checked Ye Xiaoran's pulse.

Grandpa shook his head.

"You're! Only I told you to win that Golden Dragon Pill why would it be like this?!" The grandfather looked annoyed and beat the young man slowly. Then he turned towards Lu Mingzhi.

"Haiyah! Young man! I apologize for the behavior of this student of mine! Say it! Why can you make this girl like that?" Ask the old man.

"He looks strong. I'm concerned. So use full power." The young man said briefly.

The Grandfather shook his head, then quickly put a small pill into Ye Xiaoran's mouth. Lu Mingzhi could only be shocked as his eyes could not match Grandfather's speed.

"This is my apology. He'll be guaranteed to stay alive with the pill. But you must still heal his internal wounds. The rest, it's up to this kid when he's gonna wake up."

Lu Mingzhi had yet to say anything, yet the Grandfather had already disappeared with the mysterious young man.

He could only prepare his heart to face Elder Ye. Elder Ye's reaction.. He sure would be heartbreaking. However he would take full responsibility, as he was the one who today accompanied Ye Xiaoran to Ming City.

Lu Mingzhi got up by holding Ye Xiaoran's body.

Just one thing in his mind at the moment, he would definitely avenge today's incident on that mysterious young man. But he would ease the retaliation a little because Grandpa had already given his apology with the pill earlier.

Only one thing Lu Mingzhi saw in them.

Crescent Moon Brooch.