Chapter 7: Mo Chou's Road Ahead Without a Confidant

  The whole tavern fell silent.

  Their faces were complex and colorful with expression.

  But the three people from the Azure Villa were completely unaware, still admiring the "Blood Jade Cup" in their hands. After a while, the leading two-star warrior patted Tang Zheng's shoulder and said with a somewhat dazed expression: "Good brother! From now on, if you have any trouble in Wulong Town, just report my name!"

  "That's great, what should I call you, big brother?" Tang Zheng smiled with narrowed eyes.

  "Hidden Blue Manor, Two-Star Warrior, Azure Spring." That two-star warrior had obviously not been the first time to report the name of Hidden Blue Manor and his own level of strength.

  But for some reason, he felt particularly relieved when he reported it today.

  That feeling is especially cool, never had before...

  "Then I'll thank you first!" Tang Zheng pretended to cover his mouth and lowered his voice again, "That, wealth shouldn't be shown off, big brother, are you...?"

  "What my brother said is right, let's take our leave!" The moment the warrior named Blue Spring heard this, he immediately stuffed the teacup with a broken corner into his pocket and pulled the family servant beside him, "Let's go! We're leaving!"

  Three people went out with their hands covering the place where they had put the tea cups, walking very carefully, afraid of breaking the things in their pockets.

  As a result, everyone in the tavern looked at him with great curiosity.

  When passing by Lán Quán Road, he subconsciously covered his pockets tighter: "What are you looking at?"

  The crowd of people immediately lowered their heads.

  Tang Zheng and his companions went out the door, took three steps and then turned back to this side of the table, shouldered their own bundles, and with his left hand pulled Tian Meng: "We're also leaving! Let's hurry!"

  Tian Meng's mind was still a mess, he was still thinking "why did the broken tea cup turn into a blood jade cup", "why can I see moonlight in broad daylight", and was dragged out of the tavern by Tang Zheng in a daze.

  ……

  Two people ran out of the tavern and sprinted all the way down the street.

  Until he turned left and right, Tang Zheng's footsteps finally slowed down in a small alley.

  Tian Meng was not a martial artist, and he ran too fast. His brain, which was originally not very quick, became even more dizzy: "You... what did you do to those three people? Did you... cultivate the Tianji Yanshan Jue?"

  "What's Tianji Yanxiang Jue?" Tang Zheng straightened his eyes, "What kind of ghost..."

  "No, no," Tian Meng vetoed himself again, "the heavenly mechanism must be continuous for three lifespans, and the main star is always the heavenly mechanism star. At least you need to be a three-star warrior, but you don't even have one star..."

  Three days passed quickly, but it was an extremely difficult thing!

  Two adjacent palaces with the same master star will double the difficulty, let alone three consecutive palaces that introduce the same master star.

  As for seven stars shining together and nine stars linked like pearls... that is even more a guiding star method that only exists in legend.

  But challenging the legend is just asking for trouble!

  Even if challenging the Three Stars, it is generally necessary to have a relatively mild main star, such as Tianji Star, Tianfu Star, Tianshang Star, Tianliang Star, and Tiantong Star. If you must use violent stars like Qisha Star, Tanlang Star, Lianzhen Star, or Pogun Star to challenge the Three Stars...

  Looking for death!

  "Is it the pollen of Papaver rhoeas that you're using?" A soft voice suddenly came from above the heads of the two people.

  "What? You are..." Tian Meng raised his head and looked up to see the three people jumping down from the rooftop, who were none other than the grandfather and grandson duo from the small restaurant earlier.

  "You guys are really bold, actually using paper to confuse and deceive in a public place." The little kid leaned in close to Tang Zheng, his eyes shining with interest as he looked up at Tang Zheng's face.

  "Grown-ups are talking, little one shouldn't interrupt." Tang Zheng patted the kid's head.

  "You...!" The kid sprang up like a startled cat, "You...do you know who I am? How dare you speak to me like that!"

  "I don't know, but didn't the adults in your family teach you that after someone helps you out, you should at least say thank you?" Tang Zheng asked with a smile.

  "Hmph!" The child pouted, "I don't need you to help me out of this situation at all."

  "Don't need it, no need to say thank you?"

  "Hmph, it's clearly your fault that I didn't get to fight!" The kid turned his head, his face full of discontent.

  While speaking, the child raised his head again and used the corner of his eye to sneak a peek at Tang Zheng's hand.

  It's strange, it was just an ordinary pair of hands after all.

  How could he have been shot in the head before he even realized what was happening?

  Tian Meng's brain was already completely unable to keep up with the rhythm of these two, his thinking still lingered on the first sentence the child said, about the matter of being drunk on wealth and infatuated with power...

  Could it be that what Tang Zheng took out of his package and didn't get a clear look at was the intoxicating golden pollen?

  "Drunk on wealth and blinded by gold... Starlight disk... " Tian Meng had spent a lot of brain cells before finally connecting everything.

  The runes on the star disk were all carved with purple gold, which was a very precious thing. No wonder the three people who held the star disk looked so joyful and intoxicated after coming into contact with the paper drunk golden fog.

  As for how cool and pleasant that illusion is...

  Tian Meng subconsciously took a glance at Tang Zheng - probably only those who had personally experienced it, like Tang Zheng, would understand.

  Tang Zheng pulled them to the empty table next to them, not for those broken tea cups, but because if they were too close to the Flower King in the package, the intoxicating pollen would be almost ineffective!

  As for the "Blood Jade Cup", it's purely because there just happened to be a few broken cups next to it, otherwise it would definitely become something like "Blood Jade Bowl", "Blood Jade Chopsticks" or "Blood Jade Trash Can".

  "Tang brother, I...I was too rash." Tian Meng thought back on his series of actions, and his face couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed.

  "This isn't recklessness, it can only be said that you're inexperienced," he said, pointing at the child, "Just like this one here."

  "Who are you talking about?!" Suddenly, a skeleton-like star pattern emerged behind the child!

  On the skull's two feet, two bright stars shone clearly.

  Tian Meng's eyelid twitched violently: "Two Stars... Blood Sea Corpse King..."

  The old man, who had been silent all along, chuckled twice. His withered and weak-looking hand gently pressed on the child's shoulder: "Alright, Ah Chu. You were never deeply involved in worldly affairs..."

  "Hmph!" The star chart of Ah Chu was reluctantly pressed down.

  "By the way, why are you two following us?" Tang Zheng didn't look at Ah Chu again, but instead turned to the old man, staring at his face with a hint of a smile.

  The old man's face remained unchanged, but being swept by Tang Zheng's gaze was like being pierced by a master who had cultivated the Heavenly Eye Technique, directly stabbing into his soul.

  "I'm tracking him, not you." The old man pointed at Tian Meng.

  "Huh?" Tian Meng was taken aback, "Me... me?"

  "What's your surname?" The old man's gaze remained fixed on Tian Meng. "I see that you're wearing the Zhongzi jade pendant of the Tianqin family."

  Tian Meng hastily retreated two steps: "Junior... is a descendant of the Tian family of Wu Feng Dao."

  The old man's face showed no unexpected emotions, but his eyes seemed to drift a bit far away: "Tian Shi... was it the Tian Shi of the Tulun Pass battle?"

  Tian Meng lowered his head and hummed a low "uh-huh".

  "Have you just had a Starburst?" The old man scanned Tian Meng's body.

  "Uh, yes..."

  "Even if you survive the explosion of the star, it's still a great fortune. However, if you don't receive treatment from Tianyi Valley within three days, for the next ten years your meridians will be severed, and you will gradually become crippled and die."

  Tian Meng thought he had escaped with his life, but upon hearing this, his face turned pale again.

  Die slowly over ten years?

  It's better to just die directly when the star explodes!

  "You...you've gone out of your way to catch up with me just to...remind a younger generation?" Tian Meng asked.

  "I just think you two little brats are interesting, and it so happens that you're also a descendant of the Tian family...". The old man waved his long sleeve with a smile, "Alas, young people are easily hot-blooded... Stellar Explosion is no child's play!"

  "At a critical juncture, circumstances compelled." Tian Meng subconsciously explained two sentences.

  "I know, who hasn't been young before..." The old man's smile was a bit worn out. "Go, hurry up and treat your injuries, the earlier you get treated, the smaller the aftereffects will be..."

  "But, heaven... Tianyi Valley, Tianyi Valley is within the borders of the Qian Tang family's territory, and to get there, we have to cross the entire Qin family's land, in three days, no matter what, it's impossible..." Tian Meng's breathing became heavier, his face as pale as death.

  "It's also a blessing for you, young one," the old man smiled, looking towards the west, "The Young Master of Tianyi Valley, Xiao Tan, is currently in the expeditionary army at Tulun Pass."

  "Ah......" Tian Meng's emotions fluctuated greatly.

  "How far is Toulon?" Tang Zheng interrupted with a sentence.

  "If on horseback, two days and two nights journey."

  "Go find a horse quickly!" Tang Zheng urged.

  "But... I promised Tangjiabao that I would go teach there..."

  Tang Zheng also couldn't help but mock Tian Meng's weakness.

  A matter of life and death, yet this bookworm still has time to dawdle around here.

  "You go, I'll head over to Tangjia Bu and explain things." Tang Zheng made a "I've got this" gesture.

  "But..." Tian Meng still hesitated.

  Even though he knew time was pressing, he didn't want to leave without saying anything.

  This is the pedantry and inflexibility of bookworms.

  But this is also their integrity and commitment!

  "Why don't you write a letter and have this young brother take it to Tangjia Village?" The old man made a compromise suggestion.

  "Alright then." Tang Zheng directly replaced Tian Meng with a pleasant expression, "Where's the paper and pen you just bought?"

  Tian Meng put down his bag somewhat numbly, took out paper and pen, and wrote a letter on the ground.

  He got up with a dirty face because he wrote in a hurry.

  Tian Meng took off the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Tang Zheng: "Token... token of trust!"

  Tang Zheng put away the letter and jade pendant, looked up at Tian Meng, pressed his shoulder hard, and said: "Live!"

  "Hmm..." Tian Meng's eyes reddened again.

  "Mostly, I don't want the first person in this world who remembers my name to die just like that."

  "Cough..."

  "Go!" Tang Zheng watched as Tian Meng walked away, turning his head back every step of the way. He burst out laughing, waving at him with one hand while loudly singing, "Don't worry that the road ahead has no friends, who in the world... doesn't recognize you?"

  Tian Meng's body stiffened in shock.

  Don't worry about having no one to understand you on your journey ahead, for who in this world doesn't know you...

  He looked back at Tang Zheng deeply once again.

  Then he clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and turned away.

  He didn't realize until his back was gone that Tang Zheng touched his head: "Damn it, where did he say the Tangjia Fortress is?"

  On one side, Ah Chu was still savoring "Don't worry about the road ahead having no friends" when he heard it and almost fell to the ground.

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