Beauty and the Bodyguard

It was just that he didn’t know about the stuff with Jin Wudi- he had been sent out on a mission by the head of the house, and so his information channels weren’t all that great. All of the information that he received came from the Zhaos.

As a result, his little brother’s news came as a shock to him, “What exactly happened?”

The younger Zhu didn’t hide anything, and told him everything that had happened to him, including the information leak that House Pi had let out. The elder Zhu fell into silence as he thought about it, “This Lin Yi… is he really that strong? Yes, he isn’t a small fry, but there’s something up with that follower of his. Should I sound him out?”

“You musn’t!” The younger Zhu jumped up, “Brother, what sort of house is the hidden House Pi? They may be physical practitioners, but in terms of total battlepower, they’re way stronger than House Zhao! They have sky class masters, and we don’t- our House Zhao’s old head never even stayed in contact and disappeared after going to that place, and the current head of the house has been stuck at Earth class late phase peak for so many years. We’re the weakest out of the hidden houses, we can’t be the first to take this risk!”

“That’s right! Elder Zhu, we need to give this some more thought!” Qibing didn’t want the older Zhu to go test Lin Yi’s follower, there was still House Yu so they could let them go! He had just gotten himself an Earth class and still hadn’t gotten the chance to show him off yet- what if Lin Yi’s follower killed him?

Qibing was someone with ulterior motives- after all, his end goal was to become the head of House Zhao! Looking at their current situation, his strength was still too weak- he had no helpers, and he had nothing to compete with his Zhao brothers!

That was just one factor- the second one was that Qibing wanted to be the heir of his house, and that was only possible with the approval of old man Zhao! If the old man didn’t nod his head, then it didn’t matter if even his father, Zhao Guangyin, did!

But since he was a bastard, the old man had never treated him well- of course, this was also due to the fact that Qibing hadn’t achieved anything for the house yet after all this time. If he were to make a name for himself here in the common world, then at least he could be respected there and be put in the core group of the house!

Now, Uncle Zhu was completely loyal to Qibing as Qibing was someone who played the long game and gave benefits to his men. With hard work and the help of Uncle Zhu, he believed that getting the older brother to his side was not a hard task at all!

“But… little brother, you really got messed with…” The older Zhu looked at his brother with sympathy.

“Don’t worry, Elder Zhu- I’ve already sent Yao Wang to look for the medicine to tend to Uncle Zhu’s wounds!” Qibing started making his move, “It is said that there’s a special elixir called nerve opening elixir, capable of repairing all the damaged nerves in a practitioner’s body- as long as it’s consumed, Uncle Zhu could regain his strength!”

“Master Bing, you’re a son of the head, and you’re my young master as well- call me Old Zhu, no need for the honorifics!” Old Zhu said with a nod to Qibing, “Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Master Bing- I’ve heard of this elixir before, but it’s a very rare medicine, a very invaluable one. Ordinary people would have to go through a very hard time to get their hands on it, but the head may have a few with him, though he wouldn’t give it to people like us…”

“Alright, since you say that, Elder Zhu, I’ll call you Old Zhu, and I’ll call Uncle Zhu Brother Zhu!” Qibing nodded, closing the gap between him and the brothers, “Don’t you worry, Old Zhu, if I have the chance, I’ll ask grandpa for the elixirs- we’ll use it on Brother Zhu! If I achieve something in the name of House Zhao, the will be the first thing I mention when grandpa awards me!”

“Thank you very much, Master Bing!” Old Zhu felt a bit touched- putting aside whether or not Qibing would be able to do it, the fact that he promised showed his genuineness. He felt that his brother and him would have a good life if they followed this man.

“Thank you, Master Bing!” Brother Zhu was touched as well- when Qibing said he would look for special medicine to cure him, he didn’t say that he would actually ask the old head for this nerve opening elixir! If he really was able to take the elixir, he would be able to recover to his prime state!

“Haha, no need for thanks! You got injured when you were helping me, of course I would do at least this much!” Qibing said with a wave of his hand, “Lin Yi, this bastard- we need to take our revenge on him eventually, but we’ll have to endure it for now and see what happens!”

Everyone nodded in approval.

Old Zhu had came to visit Brother Zhu, and after seeing him and chatting for a while, he got up and prepared to leave. He still had something to do after all, and him coming here was just to visit.

Back in the tomb, Xiaoke put the lasst puzzle piece in its position, and there was a loud cracking sound- the stone door had been activated! What followed was the mechanisms in front of them turning and spinning as the stone door vibrated. A few clacks later, there was silence.

“Alright, the door is probably open now!” Xiaoke said, listening to their surroundings- there were no other noises.

Old Hei took in a deep breath and lightly pushed open the stone door- it opened up with seemingly no resistance, and a long narrow path appeared in front of them. The path was not as wide as the one before and it also had rougher walls instead of the smooth ones they saw earlier. The craftsmanship here could only be described as rough!

“How come this place looks so run-down? We didn’t choose the wrong one, did we?” Elder Yu said as he looked at the path in front of him.

“It should be right- this isn’t the death door for sure,” Xiaoke said with certainty, “The death door is put with the coffin, and it’s the most important place in the tomb- there is no way they’d make the path with this level of roughness. And so, this could only mean that it’s the exit- since it’s the exit, it has nothing to do with the main tomb, and there would be no reason for them spend a lot of money or too much time here.”

“I see! Well, let’s go then!” Elder Yu nodded- he was excited that he was finally able to leave, but at the same time, he gave Lin Yi a deep look!

His injuries had pretty much recovered after practioning for the past few days…