Chapter 634: The Pitiful HuangFu
Shui ManCheng as well as HuangFu Jun both took in a breath of cold air, looking at each other in dismay. What exactly happened, to have this great malicious star personally come out? What they could confirm was that since it was Tian ZhiYi that came, then the troops that they brought to Rocky Pier would be insufficient!
Shui ManCheng’s expression was heavy as he spoke, “So it turns out that the one who calls the shots is here. I apologize for my lack of respect. Shui ManCheng of the Shui Family has embarrassed himself.” The moment he finished speaking, he passed down the command to allow the groups to give way. At the same time, he signaled to an aide close to him, with the intention of asking him to report this matter to their family.
The army shifted towards the two sides like the tide receding, revealing a wide road of about fifty feet wide. The dull hoof beats of the warhorses sounded as three people seated side by side leisurely made their way over.
The person in the center was tall and sturdy, as though he was a god. On his face was a golden mask, and when the rays of light shone down, it reflected the light everywhere, causing everyone to not dare to stare at him.
On his left was someone wearing a silver mask, his body not moving a single inch despite being on the horse, while to his right, the person wore a copper mask with a ferocious expression.
Shui ManCheng’s face turned pale white as an unbelievable thought ran past his head. How could it be that the top three figures of the Sky Alliance had come today? If it was really them, then what would their motive be? This was hard to believe!
When the golden-masked man, Tian ZhiYi turned to face him, everyone scrambled out of the way, only leaving Shui ManCheng as he stood in the center all alone. He mustered his courage to cup his fists as he politely asked, “You must be the great mister Tian? Might I know the identities of the other two?”
“This one is Tian ZhiEr!” The silver-masked man cupped his hand, yet did not get down the horse, his voice harsh and grating.
“This one is Tian ZhiSi!” There seemed to be a smiling intention behind the voice of the copper mask, and the speaker seemed to be genuinely friendly at least.
Shui ManCheng’s expression changed at this time, as his voice trembled, “It is indeed the three of you great misters. Shui ManCheng from the Shui Family actually had failed to entertain angels unawares, to fail to recognize such famous people.” However, deep inside his heart, he felt fear. For these three to come over and survey the area, just what sort of matter was it that required the three of them to combine forces in order to accomplish their task?
The more Shui ManCheng thought about it, the more scared he became. The only person here that could possibly even force the three of them to come over would only be… me! Could it be that they came here to silence me? After thinking of this his face had already turned pale.
Standing by the side HuangFu Jun evidently came to the same conclusion, and a look of schadenfreude flashed across his eyes. He suddenly took a step forward and kneeled on the ground as he exclaimed, “This one comes from the HuangFu Family and is named Jun. I pay my respects to the three great figures! Your names and reputations have traveled far and wide, shaking the heavens and earth. To have the fortune of meeting your imposing bearings today, it is indeed a wish of a lifetime!”
“HuangFu Jun?” The man in copper mask repeated the name slowly, before a hint of a smiling intent appeared in his eyes, “You must be a descendant of the HuangFu aristocratic family. That’s right, the current young master of the HuangFu family goes by this name too. How did you end up here?”
Seeing how the other party was actually aware of his hand, as well as the goodwill he showed, HuangFu Jun inwardly exclaimed with joy. However, his attitude remained respectfully as he replied, “It is indeed I, and having such great figures recognizing me really fills me with pride and honor. My purpose of coming here today is actually to escort Miss Shui.”
“Shui QianRou, Miss Shui?” The eyes inside the copper mask shone, even as he smilingly replied, “The HuangFu Family members are all mighty and imposing characters, so how could I not know of them?”
“Thirdie, don’t be so corny. You’re making me have goosebumps.” The eyes of the silver-masked man showed some dissatisfaction as he coldly replied.
All of a sudden, there were light flapping sounds, as three messenger pigeons flew up from behind the Shui Family.
The golden-masked man gave out a cold snort, and behind him, a man stood on horseback from within the Sky Alliance’s troops. Nocking his arrows and pulling on the bow, three long arrows shot out at practically the same time, and the three messenger pigeons uniformly dropped from the sky as well.
Shui ManCheng’s face turned pale as death!
The silver-masked man, Tian ZhiEr let out a weird laugh as he gazed at Shui ManCheng, coldly remarking, “Third Master Shui, you don’t have to be too anxious. Our motive here does not involve you. We will stay in our own lane and mind our own business. It’s just that we do not wish for others to know of our presence here. But if Third Master Shui does not know how to keep his birds in check, then it is unknown where the arrows will end up next.
“Definitely! Just now, my men were careless and alarmed the three of you. I beg your pardon for that…” Shui ManCheng’s heart also settled. While Tian ZhiEr’s words were grating to the ear, he had revealed the crucial point. They had their own matters to solve by coming here, and it was because they did not wish to be interrupted while doing so that they chose not to let anyone know of their presence! So long as they were not coming for him, then there was not much need to care. Upon coming to this conclusion, the Third Master Shui felt his shoulders relax and had a euphoric feeling as though he had been dragged to heaven from hell.
From start to the end, the copper-masked man had been staring at HuangFu Jun, with a strange posture.
“Thirdie, what are you looking at?” The man with the gold mask, Tian ZhiYi spoke in a low tone, curious.
“That brat is the first in line for succession at the HuangFu aristocratic family. He’s called HuangFu Jun.” Tian ZhiSi made a knowing gesture towards him.
“Interesting? How interesting is that?” The gold-masked man snorted through his nose. “Thirdie, this person is just a mere HuangFu family member. How is it interesting to look at someone with just this much of ability? I feel you’re slipping backward as time passes.”
“A mere HuangFu aristocratic noble isn’t anything fun…” Tian ZhiSi let out a weird laugh before continuing, “But this young noble HuangFu actually came all the way here just to welcome the little princess Shui QianRou. From what I heard, this person is totally infatuated with Miss Shui, and Shui ManKong even has intentions to betroth his daughter to him. Do you think… there’s going to be a good show to watch later on?!”
“Oh… hahahahaha…. in that case, things should get pretty interesting.” Tian ZhiYi also burst out into laughter, his eyes immediately turning towards HuangFu Jun, as though he had seen a valuable artifact. “Since the Young noble HuangFu is present, then no matter what, things are bound to get interesting, really interesting!”
“If that Young Noble HuangFu were to perform some kind of emotional play right here and then, and our Young Noble is informed of it, things would get EVEN BETTER. What do you guys think?” Standing by the side eavesdropping, Tian ZhiEr suddenly blurted out while in deep thought.
“Young Noble will definitely catch wind of this, and I can also roughly estimate his reaction. The entire process will be amusing at the very least.” Tian ZhiYi let out an unbridled laugh, “Our young noble is extremely harsh and severe when it comes to this particular area. If one really angers him, then I guess the Song Family can laugh their way up the ranks. The only problem left… is that since we did not help the young noble to ‘clear the path’ beforehand, do you think the young noble will punish us for not doing a good job?”
The Song Family was the aristocratic family that was ranked directly behind the HuangFus. To say such a thing, the hidden intention behind it was really obvious…
“He definitely won’t. How could Young Noble be such a petty person? Besides, the great Miss Shui could be said to be the belle of this area. Even if we wished to clean the path for young noble, we might not even manage to clear them all! From my sources, another of her diehard pursuers is the Second Young Master of the Song Family, and he has already wooed Miss Shui for a few years. Coupled with this young noble HuangFu, they are akin to fellow sufferers who can empathize with each other.” Tian ZhiSi stroked his chin as he replied in schadenfreude.
“What astute eyesight they have!” Tian ZhiEr could not help but praise. “To be able to see where danger lies and leap towards it. It could be said that their eyesight is indeed the best.”
“I really pity the HuangFu Family, to have actually given birth to such a malignant star for a grandson that could potentially destroy the entire family.” Tian ZhiYi sighed as he shook his head. As though that was not enough to describe the magnitude, he sighed once again, “The pitiful Song Family too, to have given birth to such a sentimental fool.”
The three of them burst out into laughter, pleased as punch.
Their laughing was, however, going a little overboard, and everyone stared at them, unable to make out heads or tails as to what they meant!
Shui ManCheng and HuangFu Jun exchanged looks simultaneously, wondering why the three leaders of the Sky Alliance had suddenly burst into laughter like complete lunatics. HuangFu Jun even noticed them sizing him up as they laughed, and mistakenly thought that they were expressing goodwill towards him. He nodded his head from afar to signal his goodwill happily, thinking deep in his heart that he had probably caught the eye of the three leaders. If they were able to support and aid him, the status of the HuangFu aristocratic family would then rise up by another notch, and this might even allow him to obtain the hand of the little princess he was wooing!
“Say, big bro, do you think that Heavenly Wind is going to welcome a period of excitement and liveliness, now that the young noble is coming over?” Tian ZhiEr seemed to be a little nervous but at the same time expectant.
The person who replied him was surprising Tian ZhiSi instead, “Still need to think? I’m already seeing the scene of corpses strewn all over the Heavenly Wind Continent, blood flowing like rivers, and bones piled up like mountains!”
Tian ZhiYi and Tian ZhiEr immediately let out expressions of shock, “Such a tragic scenario? Why are we unaware of such a matter?”
Tian ZhiSi snorted as he looked down in disdain at his two elder brothers. His voice turned hoarse as he continued, “You guys should also know that on this journey, his aide is not Sister Chen, but rather Jian’ge? If it was just to explore and sightsee, why would he bring along this butcher who has the most blood on his hands? Since he has come, you guys should be aware of exactly what will happen when he’s around!”
The other two immediately let out an involuntary shiver, looking to their left and right, before Tian ZhiEr warned with some lingering fear. “Dammit, Thirdie, it’s good that you know it, but do you have to go around and spread it out? If you want to speak, at least be more discreet! If Jian’ge were to hear this phrase, then the three of us would have been ruined by you!”
Tian ZhiSi let out a faint smile. “That definitely will not happen. At the most, if Jian’ge hears it, only the two of you will be punished!”
“Why is that so?” The two of them could not wrap their minds around it.
“That’s because I’ll let Jian’ge know that this sentence was spoken by you. Didn’t you two notice that when I spoke just now, the tone was exactly like yours? As for me, I will be the righteous one that will reprimand you two for saying such words, and maybe Jian’ge will even impart to me some sword tactics to reward me!”
“You good-for-nothing, your son will definitely not have an anus when he’s born!” Tian ZhiEr got into a fury, grabbing hold of his neck and shaking thoroughly. “See what I can do to you, little brat!!”
Tian ZhiSi was shaken so hard that his eyes rolled all over the place, screaming for mercy all the way. Standing by the side, Tian ZhiYi had zero intentions to help, instead watching a good show.
Suddenly, the crowd by the shore started to move, and some people lowly spoke, “They’re here.”
The three of them instantly sobered up and stood on the backs of their horses as they gazed towards the sea. On the horizon, one could see three black dots the size of beans, and following the passage of time, they slowly grew bigger and bigger. They were currently the size of goose eggs.
The three Tian brothers were brimming with excitement! This literally felt like a lifetime ago. How many years had it been? They were about to meet their savior, the person which they held the firmest of beliefs towards!
On the shore, Shui ManCheng’s eyes let out sparks of hatred as he clenched his fists under the robe. He muttered to himself, “You guys are back, yet my son, my only son is doomed to wander on the other side for eternity! Shui QianRou, there’s no way for you to dismiss this just like that! I will definitely not forgive you!”