Chapter Eleven Just Listen To Me

  "Now the academy is selecting students, we have a chance to escape from Cang Qin country. If it's a bit later, I'm afraid the academy will know that I killed Xian Yuan Kui and Yong Li Man..." Ji Luo Fei said in a low voice that only Ning Cheng could hear, urgently whispering in his ear.

  Did she kill Xian Yuankui and Yong Lixia? Ning Cheng's heart skipped a beat, but as soon as he heard the two names, he immediately understood. He didn't know if Ji Luofei had killed these two people for other reasons, but he was certain that Ji Luofei killing them had something to do with him.

  When he arrived in Cangqin country, the first time he went out for a stroll, he almost died at the hands of Xianyuan Kui. Ji Luofei killed Xianyuan Kui, and must have had the intention of helping him take revenge. As for Yong Laiman, although Ningcheng didn't know her, she knew that this surname was definitely connected to the Cangqin imperial family.

  Don't even mention the royal family of Cang Qin, if it gets out that Ji Luo Fei killed Xian Yuan Kui, she's a dead woman. Ji Luo Fei knew that getting caught was a death sentence, yet she still came back to find him, clearly afraid that if she left, Cang Qin and the Xian family would vent their anger on him.

  "Thank you, Lu Fei." Ning Cheng understood this point and immediately grasped Lu Fei's hand, expressing his gratitude. He couldn't say he liked Lu Fei, but Lu Fei had helped him kill Xian Yuan Kui and risked her life to remind him to escape, and this friendship was something Ning Cheng was deeply grateful for. He didn't explain the reason for his thanks, believing that Lu Fei would understand what he meant.

  Ji Luo Fei had previously grabbed Ning Cheng's hand without any feeling, even when she carried Ning Cheng back home, there was no special feeling. Ning Cheng dying and coming back to life on her back wasn't anything out of the ordinary for her. Whether Ning Cheng was dead or alive, she would take him away from the prison gates. For her, this was just repaying a debt, but not Ning Cheng's kindness, rather Ning Grandfather's kindness.

  Before, she had sent Ning Cheng to the Cultivation Tower, and it was just a part of repaying her kindness. Even though she was about to leave Cang Qin Country, her feelings towards Ning Cheng were only concern, without any other emotions. However, now that Ning Cheng had said those five words from his heart, Ji Luo Fei's heart slightly trembled, and she deeply felt Ning Cheng's gratitude.

  Ning Cheng has changed. The Ning Cheng of before, even if she had given her life to him, he would have only thought it was what should be done and absolutely couldn't say those five words. But now's Ning Cheng completely overturned the original impression of Ning Cheng in her heart. At this time, being held by Ning Cheng's hand, she even felt her face heat up a bit.

  Ji Luofei's heart was still trembling, but Ning Cheng was much calmer than her. He reached out and took Ji Luofei's hand, saying "Don't be nervous, just follow me and listen to what I say."

  Watching Ning Cheng move calmly towards the outside of the crowd, Ji Luo Fei's eyes reddened and she followed closely behind him.

  Don't be nervous, just follow me and listen to me. A simple sentence, yet it made Ji Luofei feel a sense of dependence. Her cultivation was clearly higher than Ning Cheng's, but she could still feel Ning Cheng's protection.

  When the Ji family was destroyed, she was still young and was taken in by the Ning family. To put it nicely, she was a distant relative of the Ning family. To put it bluntly, she was just a child bride with no status whatsoever, hardly any different from a servant. Although Old Man Ning didn't look down on her, the rest of the Ning family didn't treat her as one of their own daughters-in-law either; at most, they treated her like a young maid.

  Even Ning Cheng only treated her as a female servant, and was almost inferior to a female servant. Every time Ning Cheng saw her, he had a face of disgust.

  Ning Hongchang as the master of the Ning family cannot take care of Ji Luofei at all times.

  From the time she was aware, everything had to be done by herself, with no one to rely on. There were even times when there wasn't enough food to eat, and she still had to listen to other servants' orders at Ning Fu. It wasn't until she grew up a bit that Master Ning sent her to Cangqin Second Star Academy, which slowly changed her hungry days.

  Ning Cheng was only one year older than her, but his simple words made her feel that Ning Cheng was now towering above her, and had become her reliance. Only those who have never had anyone to rely on before can understand the preciousness of these words. Ning Cheng's image seemed to turn around in her heart at this moment.

  Ning Cheng didn't think that much, although he knew Ji Luo Fei was more familiar with the Cang Qin Academy than him, but he was very clear that when it came to escaping and handling things in critical moments, Ji Luo Fei was far inferior to him.

  Ji Luo Fei followed Ning Cheng through the crowd, already at the edge, and saw Ning Cheng enter a row of giant trees. Ji Luo Fei immediately thought that Ning Cheng was going to exit from the small gate leading to the Dou Guo field. She was about to remind Ning Cheng that today was the day when Xing Xing Wu Xue Yuan selected students, and this small gate leading to the Dou Guo field must have been sealed off, so it would be better to go through the main gate. At this moment, a team of seven or eight guards rushed out in a hurry, suddenly appearing in front of them.

  This team of guards saw Ning Cheng and Ji Luo's direction seemed to be a small gate, immediately stopped, even with the trend of coming over.

  Ji Luofei's heart sank, she guessed that her affair had been exposed, which was why the soldiers came to escort her. She made up her mind, even if it meant death, she would let Ning Cheng escape.

  Before Ji Luo Fei could speak, Ning Cheng suddenly said in a low voice again, "What is the name of the vice president of the academy?"

  "Yong Chang Yan." Ji Luo Fei replied subconsciously.

  Ning Cheng suddenly raised his voice and said, "It just so happens that I'm the one who has to run errands. Alas, it's all because we're too close to the stage. What a pity..."

  Ning Cheng said "what a pity" and then revealed an expression of surprise, at the same time speeding up his pace to run towards that team of guard soldiers.

  This team of guards saw Ning Cheng and Ji Luo Fei walking out at this time, and they had already stopped in their tracks. Originally, they were going to go over and ask Ning Cheng and Ji Luo Fei something, but now that they saw Ning Cheng and Ji Luo Fei running towards them instead, they stood still without moving.

  "A few soldier brothers and so on..." The people in front had obviously stopped, but Ning City still shouted loudly.

  "What's the matter?" The leading guard was a cultivator of the third layer of Qi Condensation. He saw Ning City calling him to wait, and instead forgot what he had wanted to ask Ning City where he was going.

  "Take this black wooden token, it's perfect timing that you guys are here. I'm a disciple of Mu Lao and was sent by my master to gather a team of guards at the Cultivation Tower entrance. But now is the crucial moment for the Astral Academy to select new disciples during the challenge tournament, I really don't want to leave... Luckily, you guys arrived just in time. Hurry up and follow me to the Cultivation Tower entrance, wait, let me get the letter of introduction from Dean Yong for you, when the time comes, you can directly hand it over to Dean Yong..."

  "That won't do, we're going to Xifengmen and Nanfengmen, can't help you." The guard captain glanced at the wooden sign in his hand and immediately interrupted Ning Cheng's words, saying seriously.

  After finishing, he handed the wooden plaque to Ning Cheng again. The three words "Cultivation Tower" were engraved on this wooden plaque, and he could see that it was a genuine product. After returning the wooden plaque to Ning Cheng, the captain of the guard led several soldiers to speed up their pace even more, completely ignoring Ning Cheng's motionless figure suspended in mid-air with his hand holding the imperial edict.

  Ning Cheng hastily followed behind, anxiously shouting, "But I have the Dean's token! Wherever I go, isn't it the same as executing orders? Or should you all go and wait at the Cultivation Tower entrance first..."

  Although he spoke confidently, Ning Cheng secretly let out a sigh of relief. He was afraid that this guy would recognize him as just the wooden signboard in charge of cleaning the Cultivation Tower.

  "You have your orders, we also have our orders. If everyone is as sloppy and casual as you college students, the guards of the Qing Dynasty can simply find a few people to do it. I think you should go by yourself, don't try to be clever." The captain said disdainfully as he walked away. He looked down on Ning Cheng, who had no concept of military discipline.

  As the two of them conversed, they had already arrived at the entrance leading to that bustling vegetable market. Just as Kiroko had predicted, there were also two guards standing watch at this small gate, but it wasn't the middle-aged guard from before.

  Two guards stood watch at the small gate, Ning Cheng's face showing some displeasure as he said, "Open the door, I want to go out."

  When Ning Cheng spoke with the previous captain, these two guards had already heard them and even knew what Ning Cheng was going to do. Seeing Ning Cheng's expression like that, the two guards knew that Ning Cheng wanted to go watch the challenge match, but now being sent away by someone, it would be strange if he could still feel happy in his heart.

  One of the guards was about to speak, but Ning Cheng suddenly cut him off with a delighted expression, "Brother soldier, aren't you two guarding here? Guarding by two people or one person is the same. Why don't one of you stay here and the other help me out on an errand..."

  "Sorry, we have orders to guard here and can't leave." Another guard said bluntly.

  Ning Cheng's face fell again, but this time it was only for a moment before he spoke to Yan Yuese, "You're guarding this gate, so you definitely don't allow anyone in or out, right?"

  "Yes." The guard who spoke replied very briefly.

  "So you want us to open the door, but you definitely won't open it either, right? For example, I just asked you to open the door a moment ago, didn't I?" Ning Cheng continued to ask, with an expression like that of a big grey wolf leading little sheep.

  The speaking guard was about to say yes, but saw Ning Cheng's sinister smile and suddenly felt a chill in his heart. This student must not want to go on an errand, so he wants to shift the blame onto them for not wanting to open the door. There is actually such a bold and unscrupulous student.

  However, the students of Cang Qin Academy were all extraordinary, and such a bold student didn't seem strange to this guard at all.

  "Alright, you've done the right thing. Master sister, let's head back first." After saying that, Ning Cheng pulled Ji Luo Fei and was about to turn around.

  "Wait, let me see the token." The guard understood Ning Cheng's sinister intentions and hastily called out to Ning Cheng who was about to turn back. This was just a step down for him, he knew that Ning Cheng had the token, and the previous guard captain had already checked it earlier.

  Ning Cheng didn't move, "What right do you have to see my token? I told you to open the door earlier, but you refused. This is your duty, and I won't blame you for it. What right do you have to ask for my token? If every soldier I meet asks to see my token, then I might as well hang it on my chest. Let's go, Shifu."

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