Chapter 747 Jingkong Meets His Master (Second Update)
Little Jingkong was having a great time playing with the little princess when the laughter of the two little rascals could be heard from afar.
The young princess wasn't so childish in the palace; she always acted like a little elder, putting on airs and being quite mature for her age.
Two little ones were chasing fireflies in the yard, unaware that someone was coming their way.
Zhang Dequan was the first to spot the king, and he quickly bowed in greeting.
The king raised his hand, gesturing for him to come to the side.
Zhang Dequan stepped aside to make way.
The two little ones chased each other, and the little princess ran ahead. She accidentally bumped into the king's thigh.
The little Jingkong behind her couldn't stop in time. To avoid hitting her, his small body swayed to the side and bumped into the king's other thigh.
The king and Xiao Jingkong had met twice before.
The first time was when Little Jingkong and the little princess were singing outside the Qilin Palace, with sweet nothings like "You love me~ I love you~" that still echoed in the king's mind. As for his appearance, the king hadn't really looked at him closely.
The second time was at noon. Two little kids were sitting in the Qilin Hall, their faces dirty, and I couldn't see their faces clearly.
Now that Xiao Jingkong was standing in front of him, he was finally able to look at that tender little face.
There's no doubt he's good-looking. Xiao Jingkong's excellent appearance is never diminished by his tan. Whether he was fair-skinned and tender in Zhaoguo or now with his wheat-colored skin, he's incredibly cute.
But there's a hint of heroism in his delicate features.
More importantly, his eyes showed no fear even when facing the King of Yan.
This child will surely amount to something extraordinary when he grows up...
"Uncle!" The little princess hugged the king's leg.
Xiao Jingkong said "Oh," took a step back, and politely greeted, "Hello, Uncle Xiaoxue."
The king's gaze remained fixed on Xiao Jingkong's face.
As he read, he couldn't help but frown.
It was a very strange feeling, one that even he couldn't quite put his finger on.
"His Majesty."
Xiao Heng walked over from under the old locust tree on the other side.
"Qing'er." The king shifted his gaze from Xiao Jingkong's face to Xiao Heng. "Did they disturb your rest?"
Xiao Heng is currently portraying himself as sickly and weak, and he will pass away in six months.
He adjusted his breathing and said weakly, "No, it's hot, I can't sleep."
The king looked at him and said, "If you feel unwell, have the royal advisor get you some medicine."
Xiao Heng smiled bitterly: "There's no need to waste the medicinal herbs."
For someone who is about to die, taking medicine is just a psychological comfort. Xiao, the cunning and ruthless man, has perfectly captured the essence of the character!
The king's gaze was still unconsciously drawn to Xiao Jingkong.
He frowned: "This child..."
Xiao Heng said, "Doctor Xiao said he just returned from the forest and it would be best to observe him at the Imperial Preceptor's Hall for a day or two to make sure he is physically and mentally fine before sending him back. I have already sent someone to inform his family."
After all, he had risked his life to save Shangguan Xue's child, so it was only natural for him to rest and recuperate for a few days at the Imperial Preceptor's Hall.
The king gave Xiao Jingkong a deep look and said nothing more: "Xiao Xue, we should return to the palace."
The young princess waved goodbye to them with reluctance, saying, "Goodbye, Jingkong! Goodbye, teacher! Goodbye, nephew! Goodbye, cousin!"
Shangguan Yan waved to her from behind the window.
The king glanced at Shangguan Yan, his brow furrowed slightly, but ultimately said nothing.
After getting into the carriage, the young princess happily played with the light-colored glass bottle in her hand.
The glass was translucent, and inside were fireflies caught by Xiao Jingkong, twinkling like stars in the sky.
The king, however, thought of that child.
A five-year-old child dared to bite a child in the street and not let go, and calmly led Xiaoxue to escape from the place where they were being held, and even found a hiding place, where they stayed for an entire afternoon.
He went hungry himself, giving all the food to Xiaoxue.
Courage, resourcefulness, composure, kindness... it seems that all the best qualities in the world can be described in that child.
"Uncle, can I come visit Jingkong again tomorrow?" The little princess interrupted the king's thoughts.
"Aren't you afraid anymore?" the king asked her.
"What are you afraid of?" the young princess asked him in return.
The king said with amusement, "Didn't you say this afternoon that you would never go out again, afraid of running into bad people if you left the palace?"
"Oh, that? I just talked to Jingkong about it too," the little princess said. "But Jingkong said we can't... we can't let Grandpa Gray Stone be here!"
The king was completely bewildered. What grandfather, Gray Stone?
The young princess tried her best to explain: "It's just... it's just... you... you choked on your food. You can't stop eating just because you're afraid of choking. So I... I can't stop going out just because I'm afraid of running into bad people! The world is so big, I want to go see it!"
I think you just want to take a stroll around the Imperial Preceptor's Hall!
Also, that's called throwing the baby out with the bathwater!
The king asked, "Did he really say that?"
The little princess nodded sweetly, "Mmm!"
The king scoffed, "You know quite a lot."
He tried to coax her until his throat was dry all afternoon, but the little girl wouldn't listen to a word he said. What? She immediately took whatever her friend said as gospel?
Zhang Dequan smiled and said, "It's obvious that she has a good upbringing. It's a wonderful thing that the young princess can make such a friend."
The king: "Hmph."
...
I slept too much during the day and couldn't sleep at night.
He sat in the chair, swinging his legs listlessly: "Jiaojiao, I want to eat mille-feuille, the kind without sugar."
Thousand-layer pastries come in both sweet and savory varieties, but usually a little lard is added to enhance the flavor. Only one long-established shop in Daxing Lane makes thousand-layer pastries with vegetable oil.
Gu Jiao said, "Okay, I'll go buy it for you."
Xiao Heng said, "I'll go buy it."
Little Jingkong jumped down: "I want to go too!"
Xiao Heng: No, you don't want to.
Xiao Jingkong insisted on going with him.
Considering that he had just been frightened, it was normal for him to be clingy, so Gu Jiao took him along.
Daxing Lane is not far from the Guoshi Temple. It was windy tonight and the temperature was quite cool, so the family decided to walk.
Gu Jiao held Xiao Jingkong in the middle, and Xiao Jingkong jumped around excitedly.
When the inner city of Shengdu is not under curfew, it is still very prosperous. It is late at this time, but the streets are still bustling with traffic and pedestrians.
"Wow! How beautiful! Their lanterns are made of gold! Can I go and take a look?"
Can't!
That's a brothel!
Wow! It's so lively! So many people! Can I go in and have a look around?
That's a gambling den!
"And then what about this one?"
This is a funeral clothing store!
"There are so many children over there! I want to go too!"
That was a place where people were castrated; poor families would send their children to the palace to become eunuchs through that place.
Is something wrong with you, kid?
Xiao Heng decisively hoisted the little guy onto his shoulder.
Little Jingkong struggled, crying, "Put me down! Put me down!"
Xiao Heng: "I won't let go."
Little Jingkong's face turned bright red as he cried out, "I need to pee! I can't hold it anymore!"
Xiao Heng: "..."
A child's urine can come out of nowhere.
Xiao Heng's body trembled: "Don't you dare pee on me!" After saying that, he said to Gu Jiao, "I'll take him to the outhouse."
"Then I'll go queue up. The shop is in the alley ahead," Gu Jiao pointed out the location to Xiao Heng.
Xiao Heng hummed in agreement: "I understand. I'll come find you in a bit."
Gu Jiao went to queue up in the alley ahead.
This pastry shop is doing very good business, with a long queue. Gu Jiao was standing at the very end, almost stretching into the alley across the street.
While she was waiting, she suddenly felt a powerful aura flash past above her head.
It happened so fast that the surrounding people didn't notice at all.
Gu Jiao didn't take it to heart at first, but the next second, another powerful aura flashed past her head.
The auras of these two were comparable to Qi Xuan's, and perhaps even stronger.
The two began fighting in another alley nearby, and Gu Jiao could clearly feel the clash of their internal forces.
She decided to go and see.
It was an alleyway that sold coffins and funeral clothes. The shops had long since closed, leaving only the cloth signs of the funeral clothes and coffin shops fluttering silently in the night wind. Under the moonlight, they had a rather eerie and sinister atmosphere.
Gu Jiao stood outside the alley, blocking her view with her body, only peeking out with her head.
The two combatants were a Buddhist disciple and a Taoist disciple.
The Buddhist disciple lightly touched the ground with his toes, flipped backward in mid-air, and landed on a rooftop on one side, directly in the direction where Gu Jiao was.
Gu Jiao looked closely and exclaimed, "Huh? A handsome monk?"
At this moment, the Taoist disciple leaped up and struck him with a palm.
He turned around and calmly retreated half a zhang towards Gu Jiao.
Now, the faces of the Taoist disciples were revealed.
Gu Jiao was even more surprised: "Master Qingfeng?"
How did these two start fighting?
Could Master Qingfeng be the same Taoist priest who chased down the beautiful monk last time?
A handsome monk and a Taoist priest—this is what it means for gods to fight.
"It's so pleasing to the eye..." Gu Jiao stared, her eyes wide.
"Hey, you old fox, have some sense! If I hadn't brought you out of the forest, you might have been stuck there for a year or two. How about we just wipe the slate clean?"
"You're dreaming!"
Master Qingfeng struck the monk in the chest with a palm strike from mid-air.
His robes fluttered in the night wind, his eyebrows and eyes were ethereal and jade-like, but his gaze was full of murderous intent.
The monk dodged the attack with a swift movement.
There are very few people in the world who can avoid Master Qingfeng's palm strike.
The monk under the moonlight was as beautiful as a demon god.
He smiled, catching a falling leaf between his fingers, and sighed softly, "Sigh, it's just that I peeked at you taking a bath once, is it really worth holding a grudge for so many years?"
A flash of anger crossed Qingfeng Daoist's handsome face, and his killing move was chilling: "Prepare to die!"
The monk gave a cold laugh, waved his arm, and the fallen leaves at his fingertips turned into knives, shooting straight towards Qingfeng Daoist's brow!
This move is also a killing move!
...
"Finished peeing?" Xiao Heng looked at Xiao Jingkong as he came out of the outhouse. "Go wash your hands."
Little Jingkong, with a grumpy face, came to the well to wash his hands.
Xiao Heng looked at him amusedly: "Who are you trying to impress with that sour face?"
Xiao Jingkong snorted: "You bad brother-in-law who won't let me eat candy!"
Xiao Heng raised an eyebrow and said, "It was clearly Jiao Jiao who wouldn't let you eat it."
Xiao Jingkong, hands on hips and stamping his foot, exclaimed, "That's because you told Jiaojiao my teeth were bad!"
Xiao Heng said innocently, "Your teeth are rotten."
Xiao Jingkong crossed his arms and turned his face away: "Hmph!"
This was a shop selling dried meat, and Xiao Heng bought some dried meat for Gu Jiao on the way.
Afterwards, Xiao Heng led Xiao Jingkong to a shop selling mille-feuille pastries.
There were many people in line. Xiao Heng searched from the front of the line to the back, but still couldn't find Gu Jiao.
Xiao Jingkong asked seriously, "Are you sure you're not mistaken? Didn't Jiaojiao come here to buy mille-feuille?"
Holding a bag of dried meat in one hand and leading Xiao Jingkong by the other, Xiao Heng said, "This is the place. I'm not mistaken."
Xiao Jingkong thought for a moment: "Did Jiaojiao go to the outhouse too? I need to go find Jiaojiao."
Xiao Heng said, "Don't wander around, just wait here."
Xiao Jingkong refused to cooperate: "I don't want to, I'm going to go find it. If you don't let me, I'll cry and say you're a kidnapper!"
I'm not afraid of kids arguing with me, I'm afraid of kids with high IQs.
This was the little guy's last act of defiance; who told him to take away his candy?
Xiao Heng was both amused and annoyed: "Fine, I'll take you to find it."
We'll come right back after going around in circles.
Xiao Heng led Xiao Jingkong and they wandered off in a random direction.
Gu Jiao exited from the end of the alley, while the two of them exited from the beginning.
In the eerie and sinister alley, Master Qingfeng and the monk had already exchanged blows for more than a dozen rounds.
Gu Jiao only regretted not having a bag of dried meat on hand, as it would be a disservice to this super exciting fight scene.
Although the two fought fiercely, their moves were all aimed at each other and they did not damage a single house, door, brick, or tile.
This is the true cultivation and realm of a master.
Those who readily bomb holes in other people's houses, have they ever considered that the other person needs money to repair the house?
"This humble monk has other matters to attend to and really doesn't want to fight you anymore. Let's end this!"
The monk stood on the roof, his inner strength suddenly surging, his gray monk's robes fluttering without wind, as if his dantian was churning.
Master Qingfeng frowned; such a strong killing intent!
The monk leaped into the air, his killing intent sharp and fierce, like a Buddha who had fallen into demonic ways, and fiercely attacked Qingfeng Daoist's vital point.
"Master!"
A crisp, clear voice ripped through the murderous aura in the alley.
The monk's body suddenly stiffened.
The monthly passes will be reset in a few hours. Just a final reminder about monthly passes.
Thank you all for your continued support. I'll be adding an extra chapter tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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