Combat Emperor: Zhang Yu's Journey
Chapters... 123: Cave at the Border
After making the three-day journey Zhang Yu entered Nuli City, the westernmost region of the Xuan Empire. He met with General Zhao Yun who was on duty at the border.
Zhang Yu stopped by the fortress of the guards after being invited to stop by General Zhao Yun.
"Drink first, we can sit back," he said, offering a cup of tea.
Zhang Yu sipped the tea slowly. After two breaths he placed the tea cup back on the wooden table.
"General Zhao, may I ask you a question?"
Zhao Yun raised his face and waited for the intended question. "Please, you can say it."
Since it was already allowed for Zhang Yu to without all asking the position of the Xiao Clan to him. It suddenly made Zhao Yun stunned and the look on his face changed.
"Why are you asking me something random? I really don't understand."
Seeing from his reaction, Zhang Yu was one hundred percent sure if General Zhao knew about the agreement between the imperial family and the Xiao Clan. He paused for a moment, then said, "Seventh Prince, I mean Seventh Princess left something for me and I have to give it back. Since the Seventh Princess is in the Xiao Clan, I should also go there to meet her, right?"
General Zhao Yun's breath was restrained by Zhang Yu's words. He coughed twice before taking his cup of tea. "You know about the truth of the Seventh Prince?"
Zhang Yu dian did not answer. But from the previous sentence Zhao Yun had already got an answer to his question.
Yet he was at a loss from where did Zhang Yu know about this? He had only found out a month ago upon the arrival of the Xiao Clan's affairs. Even the six princes did not know the truth. How did Zhang Yu, a person who had nothing to do with the imperial family know the truth?
Ahem...
Zhao Yun cleared his throat once then stood up from his seat. "I don't know your reason for looking for the Xiao Clan. But it would be nice of you to erase that plan. The Xiao clan is not an opponent you can face."
"Curtain! Is that so great Klam Xiao? If I have my physical body, I can destroy them with my burst of flames," said the dragon god who was on Zhang Yu's shoulders.
Zhang Yu only glanced at him a glance, then looked back at General Zhao Yun. "So the General wants to tell me where the Xiao Clan is?"
Zhao Yun felt all of his sentences fly in vain. He sighed and then sipped his tea. "I don't know. No one knew for sure the location of the Xiao Clan. But according to some information, they are in the south. Dou Xi City region, around the southern mountains."
This information was the same as Hong Men had delivered back then at Zhen Yang Realm. Zhang Yu stood up after finishing his tea then put his hands together in front of General Zhao Yun. "Thank you for being so welcoming. Excuse me, General!"
Zhang Yu left after saying goodbye. Zhao Yun simply looked at his back until it completely disappeared in his sight.
"I'm pretty sure he was a rookie then. But in just less than two years his aura was already this strong. This kid has a great chance in his life. I hope you didn't take the wrong path for your next move."
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The border between the Xuan Empire and the Yang Empire was a fairly wide expanse of land. Deserts, dense forests, and icy mountains.
Zhang Yu was now in the forest territory after passing through the desert four days and three nights. The land of the valley with a rather dark feel makes this place rather gripping. Moreover, the scattered auras make people who pass through them must always be vigilant.
"Well, did you hear anything from that direction?" The dragon god turned his face towards the right as if giving a sign to Zhang Yu.
But Zhang Yu did not understand what he meant.
"You're really lousy. Even Sun has sharper senses than you."
Zhang Yu noticed Sun and it seemed that there was indeed something from the right by looking at the seriousness of his face.
The dragon god urged Zhang Yu to go towards the right. "Hurry up, there's good stuff in there. Don't miss it."
"Good stuff?" Unknowingly Zhang Yu had already darted hearing the existence of a good item.
A mill from where they had originally found a cave that was slightly indented into the ground.
"You must have tasted the smell, right?" said the dragon god looking at Zhang Yu's shriveled forehead. He raised his feet pointing into the cave confidently.
Zhang Yu sniffed a few times. It was as if he was inhaling a fragrant scent out of nowhere. Did it come from inside Goa?
"This fragrant aroma comes from none other than black orchid flowers. Come in and get the flowers!" the dragon god.
"Son, you should thank me for bringing you to this place. Look at everything here, all these things are of high value."
Zhang Yu walked over to the black orchid flower that was attached to the stone wall. Then move on to some point of this place. "Somehow I feel like this is a storage place."
"Don't think much. Quickly grab everything here."
There are at least a dozen rare herbal plants including black orchid flowers. Then the resource crystal and the mysterious black powder.
"What is this powder?" Zhang Yu collected them in a bag and then tried to inhale their fresh, earth-like aroma.
The dragon god also took a look at her, gradually his two whiskers moved like they were getting something. "If not mistaken this is a medicinal powder. Yeah, I remember. This powder is indeed a medicinal powder. Can recover wounds quickly and to the maximum."
"But why is the medicinal powder in a place like this?" muttered.
The two of them suddenly raised their heads towards the entrance of the cave. The sound of a few footsteps rang out from there, making them squint.
"It seems like this is not a public place," said the dragon god.
Zhang Yu replied, "I guessed it! It is very strange that this place has many rare herbal plants. It's a storage area, not a place accidentally overgrown with rare plants!"
Before long the silhouette of six people dressed in black was visible from a distance. Zhang Yu immediately took the place to hide behind a rock.
These six black-clothed men stepped up happily while carrying a sizable pouch in their hands. "Today we got good results. Maybe we should keep watch at that place often, maybe there are more cultivators or you should pass."
These six people laughed quite loudly while taking out the contents of a pouch consisting of some precious items.
"Eh ... You guys feel like something's weird?" ask one of them.
They looked at each other, then saw footprints that were somewhat different from their footwear.
For some met la was speechless as if unable to react quickly. A few seconds later, they ran in and out.
How surprised they were when they saw all the stored items disappear.
"Bad! There's thieves!" The six of them suddenly ignored the bag containing the item and ran out.
Moments later they returned with reddened faces as they were unable to find the thief who had taken their goods.
"Comebody! We're really sloppy! The Prime Minister will definitely be furious if he returns from exile."
"What's? Prime Minister?" Zhang Yu's eyes twitched hearing their conversation.
"Prime Minister? Is that Prime Minister Song Wejin?" Zhang Yu tried to peek out from the stone slit. When he saw these six black-clothed people more clearly, he felt their clothes were very similar to the group that had chased after him while on a mission to deliver the imperial seal.
"It turns out they are, indeed" Zhang Yu murmured.
The dragon god who heard Zhang Yu mutter was quite looking at him curiously. "Do you know them?" tanyakanya.
"They made me run away that time."
The dragon god held back a laugh. "You ran away from them? They're even so weak, are you really weaker than them?" her lips were very satisfied.
Zhang Yu snorted. "At that time I was still far below. Besides two years ago they were fourteen people. I can only kill two people by myself before I run away."
At that time he was still on a mission so there was no need to fight desperately because his main goal was to bring the imperial seal back.
"You're tough enough to face them all at once. So what are you gonna do with them now?" ask the dragon god looks enthusiastic.
"Of course I have to avenge what they did at that time." Zhang Yu gave a faint smile on his thin lips, then let out a flowing Qi before coming out from behind the boulder.
"Hey, you guys looking for me?"